The Assura Scholarships for September 2023
At
Northumbria, we are passionate about bringing together our inspirational
courses, forward-thinking staff and innovative students to tackle the
challenges of tomorrow. Northumbria champions students who are curious,
hardworking and academically gifted.
Assura engaged
Northumbria University through the CHASE (Centre for Health And Social Equity)
capital development project, attending a stakeholder session at The Baltic in
June 2022. Subsequently, they have pledged to support Northumbria's Higher Education Without Barriers campaign targeted towards scholarship
funding.
“It
has never been so important to assist our health & care workers in training
than it is now, and I am thrilled that this year we are supporting five
students at the Northumbria University. The
support will be directly for students living in or around Cramlington and we
hope to see them in our brand-new health and care academy once complete” - Jonathan Murphy CEO.
The Assura Scholarships will award five highly gifted Undergraduate students who choose to study on one of the below eligible courses* with £3,500 cash
during their first year of Undergraduate study only.
The money can be used to enhance the overall university learning
experience.
If you are
ready to start your university journey with Northumbria, create your best
future and meet the criteria below, you will
automatically be considered for an Assura Scholarship.
Terms and Conditions
To be eligible
for a Assura Scholarship you must:
- Be a UK/Home applicant
- Achieve at least 144 points
(or equivalent) from your best three qualifications, for example AAA at A
Level or DDD at BTEC
- Have a household income of
under £40,000
- Live within an NE23, NE24, NE25 or NE63 postcode
- Apply and enrol to study on one of the below Full-Time Undergraduate courses* at the Newcastle Upon Tyne
campus, starting in September 2023
- Choose Northumbria as your firm choice by 08 June 2023
- Meet all individual entry requirements
- Be a self-funded student
- 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)
- Agree to share consent via your Government Finance Provider with
Northumbria University
Eligible Courses*
Important Information
- The students selected for an Assura Scholarship will not be
eligible for any other Undergraduate scholarship schemes
- The Assura Scholarship is awarded as cash
- Payments will be made as 25% of total in November 2023, 25% of
total in February 2024 and 50% of total in May 2024
- 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
- Progress updates for the donor will be requested throughout the first academic year
- If you do not provide a thank you letter and a progress update to the donor, the scholarship will be withdrawn
- If you defer your place at
Northumbria University before the scholarship has been paid, the
scholarship offer will be withdrawn
- If you decide to leave your
course after the scholarship payment has been made, the University will
not make efforts to reclaim the amount
- If you are required to resit
your first year, the scholarship will not be paid again
- The University's decision is final and cannot be challenged; there
is no right of appeal
Selection
Process
- Students who are eligible for an Assura Scholarship will be identified by Northumbria University post-enrolment, there is no separate application form
- If more than three students are eligible per subject area, we will consider points taken from the highest three tariff based qualifications i.e overall point score from best three qualifications. Following this, the successful students will be chosen on the strength of their UCAS personal statement
- The successful students will be notified by the end of October 2023
Last updated: 21/03/2023
