RHA Benevolent Fund Scholarships 2526

This information is for BSc (Hons) Business and Supply Chain Management students enrolling in September 2025.

The RHA (Road Haulage Association) Benevolent Fund have pledged to support and establish two Undergraduate scholarships aligned to Northumbria’s Higher Education Without Barriers Campaign. Through the HEWB Fund, Northumbria are providing a range of financial initiatives to make participation and progression in higher education more achievable for academically talented students regardless of their social or economic circumstances.

The scholarships will award two BA (Hons) Business and Supply Chain Management students with £5,000, paid in instalments* throughout the first year of study. The money can be used to help support living costs and as part of the scholarship offer, the successful scholars will be encouraged to consider a placement opportunity at the appropriate point in their study journey and provided with information about opportunities with RHA members, if they wish to pursue a placement pathway.

*Please note, part of the selection process will offer the shortlisted applicants an informal one on one discussion either face to face or over Microsoft Teams with the donor

Eligibility Criteria

Students who meet at least one of the following characteristics will be considered;

You live in a neighbourhood with a low progression rate to Higher Education. Please use your main home address and not your term time address and use the Postcode Checker to check your neighbourhood progression rate
You are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background
You have declared a physical and/or mental health condition, long-term illness, or learning difference on your UCAS form**

APPLY NOW. The deadline to apply is 16:00 on Friday 03 October.

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*If your POLAR4 young participation quintile is identified as 1 or 2, you will be eligible to apply OR; After searching your postcode, click view detailed results and if your TUNDRA MSOA quintile is identified as 1 or 2, you will be eligible to apply (This only applies to applicants living in England)

**UCAS application data will be used to verify submitted information

Terms and Conditions

To be eligible to apply you must also:

Be a UK/Home applicant - This includes students domiciled in Jersey, Guernsey, The Channel Islands, Ireland and Isle of Man
Apply and enrol to study on BA (Hons) Business and Supply Chain Management to begin at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus on a Full-Time basis in September 2025
Meet all individual entry requirements
Be a self-funded student (ie not in receipt of any sponsorship)
Apply for one or more elements of the Government Student Finance package (for example, Tuition Fee loan, Maintenance loan)
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

Important Information

Students selected will not be eligible for any other Undergraduate scholarship schemes
If you apply and are successful for more than one scholarship, you will automatically receive the highest value scholarship
If you apply and are successful for more than one scholarship of the same value, you will be asked to select your preferred scholarship
The scholarships are awarded as cash
*Payments will be made as £1,250 (25%) by the end of November 2025, £1,250 (25%) by the end of February 2026 and £2,500 (50%) by the end of May 2026
Payment is made in the first year of study only
The successful students will be required to send a thank you letter to the donor
The successful students will be expected to provide a progress update to the donor as appropriate
If you do not provide a thank you letter and a progress update 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 a 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) - 'What are your career aspirations in Business and how would a scholarship help you to achieve them? Describe what difference this scholarship will make for you?' - applications will be considered on the strength of response against a marking criteria
Applications close at 16:00 on Friday 03 October
Following this, the top three highest scoring applicants will then be offered the opportunity to have an informal discussion with the donor where they will discuss their application in more detail
We will let you know the outcome of your application no later than Friday 17 October