Nottingham Trent University Brenda Howe Africa Scholarship
All applicants will also automatically be considered for our £2,000 International Development Scholarship. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/internationalscholarships to find out about any other scholarships you may be eligible to apply for. Please note that you may need to complete a different application form for other scholarships.
How to apply
- Complete the application form – make sure you fill in all sections.
- Send your completed form to international@ntu.ac.uk before 4 pm GMT on Wednesday 22 June 2016.
We will contact you with our assessment decision within three weeks of the deadline.
Visa and Finance Advice
The Brenda Howe Africa Scholarship will cover the full amount of your tuition fees, Please note that you will need to be able to pay accommodation fees and other general living costs yourself.
Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/internationalfees to check what your full tuition fee will be.
To get a Tier 4 student visa you will need to show that you have £9,135 in your bank account to cover your living costs for one year of study. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/tier4 for more advice about Tier 4 visa requirements.
Your Scholarship Statement
This is your opportunity to tell us why you should be awarded the Scholarship, how you could be an NTU ambassador, and the future benefits of studying at NTU.
Please write three statements to answer all three criteria below. You should write around 300 words for each section. Your statements should specifically relate to your scholarship. If you reuse your course application statement your application will not be considered
To be considered for the Brenda Howe Africa Scholarship you need to demonstrate outstanding experience, ideas and ambitions for all three criteria.
1. To be eligible for consideration of Brenda Howe Africa scholarship, applicants must:
a) have been offered a place on an eligible full-time postgraduate course (excluding MBA, GDL, LPC, BPTC and exchange students), please check the list of eligible courses at www.ntu.ac.uk/internationalscholarships; and
b) be classed as overseas students for tuition fee purposes; and
c) have an African nationality. Please Note: NTIC progression students are not eligible to apply for a scholarship. Please check our website for details of funding for NTIC students at www.ntu.ac.uk/ntic.
2. Students who are sponsored by their employers, government or a funding body (full / part) are not eligible to apply for this scholarship award.
3. Applicants are only able to apply to the Brenda Howe Africa scholarship once per academic year per offer of a place on a qualifying course.
4. There is one scholarship application deadlines for the Brenda Howe Africa scholarship. This is: Final deadline: 4 pm GMT 22 June 2016
5. Applications received after the final deadline will not be considered.
6. Scholarships of up to full-fee are available.
7. Scholarships will be available in the form of a tuition fee reduction. If you are awarded a scholarship your tuition fee will be adjusted before enrolment.
8. If you are awarded the Brenda Howe Scholarship you will not be eligible to receive any other scholarship, bursary and / or tuition fee reduction from the University. If you are awarded an International Scholarship and are awarded any other scholarship, bursary and / or tuition fee reduction from the University, the maximum amount awarded will not exceed more than half the tuition fee for the course.
9. The scholarship is not transferable and will not be awarded if you choose to defer your entry to a different academic year or if you choose to transfer to a different course at the University.
10.Applicants will be informed of whether they have (or have not) been awarded a scholarship (with the value of the scholarship award if they have been awarded) within three weeks of the application deadline dates.
11. The scholarship will only be awarded once an applicant accepts and meets the conditions of their offer, accepts their scholarship offer and is eligible to enrol on the full-time undergraduate or full-time postgraduate course.
12. Scholarships are competitive and selection is based on the information you provide on the application form. It is, therefore, of great importance that you give your personal statement careful thought and preparation and you refer to the criteria provided.
13. The University’s decision in all matters relating to the scholarship is final.
14. The University reserves the right to revoke the scholarship if you leave the University before completing the programme
15. If your scholarship application is successful, you may be asked to appear in online and / or printed University marketing materials. This may involve providing a student profile and a photograph which may be used to promote the University’s scholarship schemes and courses.
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