The Edwina Grosvenor Scholarships in Social Sciences for September 2025
Northumbria is pleased to continue The Edwina Grosvenor Scholarships in Social Science* which aim to ensure that all talented Social Science students, irrespective of background, have the opportunity to follow in Edwina's footsteps at Northumbria. The scholarship will award seven students £3,500 during the first year of their Undergraduate degree 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, APPLY NOW.
Eligibility Criteria
Students who meet one of the three 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**
Applications close at 16:00 on Sunday 31 August 2025
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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
for an Edwina Grosvenor Scholarship you must:
- 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 one of the below Full-Time eligible programmes at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus, starting in September 2025
- Meet all individual entry requirements
- Be a self-funded student (i.e. not sponsored by an employer)
- 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 Student Finance Provider with Northumbria University
Eligible courses*
Important Information
- The students selected for an Edwina Grosvenor Scholarship 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 Edwina Grosvenor 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 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
- 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 Sunday 31 August 2025.
- We will let you know the outcome of your application no later than Friday 12 September.
Last updated: 03/07/2025
