Kent Law School Taught Masters Overseas Scholarships 2017, UK

Kent Law School Taught Masters Overseas Scholarships

For entry in September 2017

Kent Law School offers a limited number of scholarships to students who are liable to pay overseas student fees. The scholarships are open to all overseas applicants on the Kent LLM programme at the Canterbury campus.

Two types of scholarship are available. The first will provide tuition fees at the full overseas rate (£14,670 in 2017/18) along with living expenses (equivalent to £14,296 in 2016/17). The second will provide tuition fees at the full overseas rate.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence.

The closing date for applications is Monday 20 March 2017. A decision will be taken as soon as possible after the closing date. Candidates who have not been contacted by 31 May 2017 can assume that they have not been successful.

Candidates must complete a KLS PG Funding Application Form which should be emailed to klspgfunding@kent.ac.uk along with a letter making a case for the award and the writing sample.

Detailed Rules

Applicants must have submitted a separate application for study on the Kent LLM at the Kent Law School in Canterbury in order to be considered for an Overseas Scholarship
The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence
Where candidates are rated equivalent in terms of academic excellence, their financial circumstances will (if possible) be taken into account in deciding on an award
The number of scholarships to be awarded will be at the discretion of the Law School
An applicant should apply for the award of the scholarship as outlined below
In order to take up a scholarship, it will be necessary for an applicant to meet all of the conditions specified in their offer of a place on the Kent LLM
Scholarships may not be deferred
Applicants who are unsuccessful, or who are unable to take up the offer of a scholarship, may apply for funding in subsequent years
Any scholarship offered must be firmly accepted by signing the University’s Terms and Conditions and returning these within one month of the date of the letter from the University’s Scholarship Unit enclosing the Terms and Conditions. If not so accepted, the offer will automatically be withdrawn without further intimation to the applicant
Students who are successful in the application will be considered Kent LLM Scholars and will have the opportunity to act as LLM Ambassadors

Information to be provided by applicants

An application should make a case for the award of the scholarship to the applicant. The case for the award of a scholarship should be between 1000 and 1500 words and should:

Describe the applicant's academic achievements and performance in university studies
Discuss the applicant's reasons for wishing to study for the Kent LLM
Outline the applicant's financial circumstances, indicating in particular whether the scholarship will make a difference to the feasibility of studying at the University of Kent.

Further, students are asked to submit one piece of academic writing. This could be either a piece of coursework previously submitted for assessment at the applicant’s previous institution or it could be a 2,000 word essay written for this application on a topic of the applicant’s choosing.
Applicants are reminded to ensure that their academic referees have submitted full references in support of their LLM application for a place on the programme. A separate reference for the scholarship is not required.
Applicants may also submit a limited number of supporting documents, as they think appropriate. It is unnecessary to send a copy of documents which have already been submitted as part of the application process for a place on the programme. Please note that any documents which arrive after the closing date may not be considered.

For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.

This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/taught/overseas.html

Kent Law School Taught Masters Overseas Scholarships 2017, UK