Entrance Scholarships
The University invites applications for the Scholarships listed below from candidates who reside in Cornwall or Devon and who are offered an undergraduate place at the University (Exeter and Cornwall campuses) through UCAS during the 2012/13 application cycle for degrees commencing in October 2013.
The Farringdon House School Charitable Trust
University of Exeter Scholarship for 2013
A scholarship of £2,100 per annum, payable by instalments of £700 per term is available to new students under the age of 19 enrolling at the University in October 2013. Applications will be considered from students applying for any degree subject who are ordinarily resident in the County of Devon prior to enrolment.
Applicants applying for deferred entry onto degree programmes commencing in October 2014 can submit an application during their GAP year post confirmation of a place in summer 2013, i.e. from October 2013 onwards until the prescribed deadline for the 2014 entry scheme (date to be confirmed).
Awards are made for one year initially and are renewed annually to a maximum of nine terms (three academic years) subject to satisfactory academic progress at the University. No awards can be made once the applicant has reached the age of 21.
How to apply
The attached Trust Application form will need to be completed and returned to the address listed, detailing relevant academic qualifications and parental income together with a copy of the UCAS application form. This grant application form will need to be completed and signed by a parent (or legal guardian) for verification purposes. Further particulars of the Trust can be found on the Farringdon House Trust website.
The initial selection and notification process will be undertaken before applicants are required to confirm their firm choice options via UCAS in early May. Conferral of the award is therefore conditional upon selecting the University as Firm choice institution and the outcome of examination results in August (if applicable).
The deadline for completion and return of application forms is the 15th of February 2013.
The Tony Allen Scholarship for 2013
For students from the South Hams, Teignbridge or Torbay areas.
A scholarship of £1,500 per year for top performing students who live in one of the South Hams, Teignbridge or Torbay areas of Devon and receive an offer for an undergraduate 3 year programme of study from the University of Exeter (Streatham, St Luke’s or Cornwall Campus). The Scholarship may be used to support living costs or as a partial fee waiver and is for students who are able to present a demonstrable commitment to their chosen subject of study and will be eligible for means-tested support through the Exeter National Scholarship or Access to Exeter Bursary schemes. Preference will be given to students who meet one or more of the following criteria:
· parents in non-professional / managerial occupations,
· coming from a non-privileged background where progression to higher education is not common
· coming from, or having experience of, the public care system.
Applicants must have accepted an offer (firm or insurance) for a full-time, 3 year undergraduate course at the University of Exeter (Streatham, St Luke’s or Cornwall campus).
How to apply
Applicants from schools and colleges in the South Hams, Teignbridge and Torbay areas will be contacted by email in early March with full details and an application form. If you live in one of these areas but attend a school elsewhere please contact Emma Stephenson, Widening Participation and Student Recruitment Manager (e.stephenson@exeter.ac.uk) at the beginning of March for a form.
All applications must be received by the 28th March 2013.
The initial selection and notification process will be undertaken before applicants are required to confirm their firm choice options via UCAS in May. Conferral of the award is therefore conditional upon accepting the University as Firm or Insurance choice institution and the outcome of examination results in August (if applicable).
Special entrance scholarships for 2013
Offered to new students who meet the specific requirements of each scholarship scheme as follows:
Ballard Scholarships – for males who have been members of the Ballard Institute, Plymouth. If funds available, also available to males from the City of Plymouth or the Borough of Saltash or the Rural District of Plympton St Mary. £50 - £85 annually.
Cedric Hall Mardon Scholarship – for sons of officers of the RAF or RAFVR, primarily sons of officers who have died whilst on active service. Up to £70 annually.
Charles Read Scholarships – offered to individuals under the age of 19 at the time of application whose parents have resided for the preceding 15 years in the Parish of Honiton or, if funds available, the Honiton Parliamentary division of Devon. Up to £100 annually.
George Christopher Davie Masonic Scholarship – offered to children of a Devonshire Freemason who:
- was resident in Devon when initially admitted to the lodge
- a subscribing member of the Lodge and resident in Devon for 5 consecutive years (within 2 years of an application being made). Up to £100 annually.
Horwill Memorial Scholarship - for applicants who have relatives in employment with, or have retired from, the Post Office in the South West region. Up to £40 annually.
Other entrance scholarships for 2013
Other scholarships offered to new students, which are administered independently, are available as follows:
CV Thomas Scholarship - for pupils of Truro School. For further information, contact the Headmaster, Truro School.
Plymouth Naval, Military and Air Force Scholarship - for children of members of the fighting services in Plymouth. For further information, contact: Area Education Officer, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth PL1 2AA
How to apply
Details of the Special and Other Entrance scholarships with attendant application form can be obtained from the Scholarship Administrator, Admissions Office, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QE, to whom completed forms (together with supporting documentary evidence certifying the validity of a claim based on residential and/or occupational grounds, e.g. birth certificate) should be returned. Email: admissions-scholarships@exeter.ac.uk
All applications must be received by the 20th September 2013.
Applicants applying for deferred entry onto degree programmes commencing in October 2014 can submit an application during their GAP year post confirmation of a place in summer 2013, i.e. from October 2013 onwards until the prescribed deadline for the 2014 entry scheme (date to be confirmed).
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of both meeting the specified criteria as detailed above and consideration of UCAS application forms, achievement of grades in GCE A-Level examinations (or examinations of equivalent standing) as determined by the scholarship committee.
Awards are made for one year initially. Scholarships can be renewed annually for the normal duration of a first degree programme, subject to satisfactory progress by the nominated student and recurrent funds being available.
The University reserves the right not to offer scholarships if in the opinion of the interviewing committee no candidates of sufficient merit present themselves.
