The 1974 Business School Scholarship

The 1974 Business School Scholarship for September 2025 - Applications are now closed

The 1974 Business School Scholarship will award one Business student £2,000 during the first year of their Undergraduate degree only. The money can be used to enhance the overall university learning experience.

The scholarship was set up by a Business School alumnus to celebrate the 50 year anniversary since he and his cohort graduated in the hope that it enables a talented student to come to Northumbria and achieve their potential, creating their own lifetime of memories. This cohort was one of the very first to study Business Studies at Newcastle Business School. Some of this cohort, now spread across the globe, recently came back together to visit Northumbria and rekindle memories created so long ago.

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**

*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 for The 1974 Business School Scholarship you must also:

Be a UK/Home applicant - This includes students domiciled in Jersey, Guernsey, The Channel Islands, Ireland and Isle of Man
Apply for, and be accepted on to of of the eligible Business School courses* to begin at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus on a Full-Time basis in September 2025
Choose Northumbria as your firm choice by 30 June 2025
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)
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

All Full-Time Undergraduate Newcastle Business School courses studied at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Campus beginning in September 2025. Degree Apprenticeship courses are not eligible for the scholarship.

Important Information

The student selected for The 1974 Business School Scholarship 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
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 scholarship is awarded as cash
Payments will be made as 25% of total in November 2025, 25% of total in February 2026 and 50% of total in May 2026
Funding is provided in the first year of study only
The successful students will be required to send a thank you letter to the donor
A progress update for the donor will be requested at the end of the first year of study
If you do not provide a thank you letter and a progress update to the donor, the scholarship may be withdrawn
If you defer your place at Northumbria University before the scholarship has been paid, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
If you are required to resit your first year, the scholarship will not be paid again
If you decide to leave your course after the scholarship payment has been made, the University will not make efforts to reclaim the amount
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
Applications close at 16:00 on Friday 04 July 2025
We will let you know the outcome of your application following results day in August 2025

Last Updated: 04/10/2024