The Paul Winters Scholarships for September 2024
The Paul Winters Scholarships are open to women and will award three Full-Time BSc (Hons) Sociology students with £3,500 per year during their Undergraduate studies, to a total of £10,500*. The money can be used to enhance the student’s learning and overall university experience.
The Paul Winters Scholarship was established to support BSc Sociology students through their university journey. Since studying Sociology at Northumbria University, Paul has enjoyed a successful career and recognises the impact of his time at Northumbria in a personal and professional capacity. This donation will provide support for the fourth, fifth and sixth Paul Winters scholarships at Northumbria, enabling access and progression through the Undergraduate journey.
At Northumbria, we are passionate about bringing together our inspirational courses, forward-thinking staff and innovative students to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. If you are ready to start your university journey with Northumbria, create your best future, and meet the criteria below, APPLY NOW.
Applications close at 16:00 on Monday 01 July 2024.
Terms and Conditions
The Paul Winters Scholarships are open to women and you must also:
- Be a UK/Home applicant - This includes students domiciled in Jersey, Guernsey, The Channel Islands, Ireland and Isle of Man
- Have a household income of under £35,000
- Apply for, and be accepted onto, BSc (Hons) Sociology, to begin at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus on a Full-Time basis in September 2024
- Choose Northumbria as your firm choice by 06 June 2024
- Meet all individual course entry requirements
- Be a self-funded student (i.e. not in receipt of sponsorship or other funding for the payment of fees, such as employer funding)
- Apply for one or more elements of the Government Student Finance package (for example, tuition fee loan, maintenance loan) in order for your application to be means-tested
- Register with Student Finance England (SFE), Student Finance Wales (SFW) or Student Finance Northern Ireland (SFNI)
- As a Scottish student, register with Student Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS) and apply to be means-tested for maintenance funding, in order that SASS can send your data to Student Finance England
- Agree to share consent via your Government Finance Provider with Northumbria University
Eligible Courses
- BSc (Hons) Sociology - *If you choose to undertake a placement year, the scholarship will not be paid in this year
Important Information
- Students selected for the Paul Winters Scholarships will not be eligible for any other Undergraduate scholarship schemes
- Should you apply and be successful with more than one scholarship, you will automatically be awarded the higher value scholarship
- The Paul Winters Scholarships are awarded as cash
- Payments will be made as 25% of total in November 2024, 25% of total in February 2025 and 50% of total in May 2025 and in these months in subsequent years
- Funding is provided on an annual basis, based on the successful student progressing to the next year of study
- *If you choose to undertake a placement year, the scholarship will not be paid in this year
- The successful students will be required to send a thank you letter to the donor
- The successful students will be expected to provide yearly progress updates with the donor as appropriate
- If you do not provide a thank you letter and progress updates to the donor, the scholarship may be withdrawn
- If the successful students defer their place at Northumbria University before the scholarship has been paid, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
- If the successful students decides to leave the course after the scholarship payment has been made; the University will not make efforts to reclaim the amount, however any subsequent payments will be cancelled and the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
- The University's decision is final and cannot be challenged; there is no right of appeal
Selection Process
- There is a competitive selection process for this scholarship scheme. Applicants need to apply via online written application. In no more than 3000 characters (500 words) - 'How will this Award support your aspirations to succeed in Higher Education?' - applications will be considered on the strength of response against a marking criteria
- We will let you know the outcome of your application following results day in August 2024.
Last updated: 10/04/2024
