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Scholarships

Full-time students can receive one of Newman’s 3 scholarship schemes:

Academic Achievement Scholarship
National Scholarship Programme
John Henry Newman Scholarship

Academic Achievement Scholarships - Single and Combined Honours Courses (for A Level Students)

Newman will offer Academic Achievement Scholarships of £10,000 over three years for all full-time single and combined honours students starting in 2013 who put Newman as Firm choice on their UCAS application and achieve BBB/ABC (or above) at A2. You do not need to apply for these scholarships, we will contact you in August once your results are known. In order to be eligible for the scholarship you must:

Achieve either a minimum of BBB or ABC from three full A-levels (A2) awarded in one year
Be studying on a full-time, three year undergraduate course that charges the full tuition fee and must have selected Newman as your conditional firm or unconditional firm choice.
Be classed as a Home student by the Student Loans Company.

To continue to receive the scholarships in years 2 and 3 of your course you must pass all modules at the first attempt each year, achieving an average of 60% or above across all modules and progress onto the next stage of the course at the end of every academic year.

Academic Achievement Scholarships Single and Combined Honours Courses (for non A Level students)

Newman recognises and values a range of qualifications and also offers a scholarship to students who achieve high grades in non-A Level qualifications prior to studying at Newman. All students who achieve a minimum of DDM (DDD for BTEC Early Years) in a BTEC National qualification, Grade A in the CACHE Diploma, 34 points or above on the International Baccalaureate or a completed Access Diploma with 45 credits at level 3 of which 30 credits must be at distinction and 15 credits at merit or higher will receive £2,000 over three years. A full range of qualifications which qualify for this scholarship are at the bottom of the page. In order to be eligible for the scholarship you must:

Meet the academic qualifications in the ABB equivalent qualifications document at the bottom, of this page
Be studying on a full-time, three year undergraduate course that charges the full tuition fee and must have selected Newman as your conditional firm or unconditional firm choice.
Be classed as a Home student by the Student Loans Company.

To continue to receive the scholarships in years 2 and 3 of your course you must pass all modules at the first attempt each year, achieving an average of 60% or above across all modules and progress onto the next stage of the course at the end of every academic year.

Academic Achievement Scholarships - Initial Teacher Education students

Ten Academic Achievement Scholarships worth £2,000 over three years are available to students on undergraduate Initial Teacher Education courses. The academic criteria for students being eligible for a scholarship are the same as for single and combined honours students (above). However as the number of scholarships is limited to ten, achieving the grades does not guarantee a scholarship. Once you have been made an offer of a place at Newman, please download and complete the application form to apply for the scholarship.

To continue to receive the scholarships in years 2 and 3 of your course you must pass all modules at the first attempt each year, achieving an average of 60% or above across all modules and progress onto the next stage of the course at the end of every academic year.

Scholarships will be awarded on the following criteria in preference order:

ABB+ or equivalent and the highest number of A or A* at GCSE
Most GCSEs at A*
attended a school with the lowest proportion of 5 A*-C grades at GCSE
Lottery of remaining applicants equal on all the above criteria

We expect most applicants will qualify for a scholarship, but a worked example of how the scholarships are distributed if there are more applicants than available scholarships is in the application form at the bottom of the page.

The flowchart at the bottom of this page also explains how we will distribute Academic Achievement Scholarships to ITE applicants.

Academic Achievement Scholarships - International Students

Newman has three scholarships for International students for those who achieve a high standard of secondary education. These scholarships will be available for new applicants for single and combined honours undergraduate programmes in September 2013. Visit the International Students Scholarships page for further information.

National Scholarship Programme

Newman will offer 58 National Scholarship Programme (NSP) awards to undergraduate students (initial teacher education or single and combined honours) who have a household income of under £25,000. NSP awards consist of £3,000 in year 1 and £1,500 in each of years 2 and 3.

Year 1: £1,000 cash; and £2,000 in reduction in fees or halls accommodation costs (your choice)

Year 2: £1,500 reduction in tuition fees or halls accommodation costs (your choice)

Year 3: £1,500 reduction in tuition fees or halls accommodation costs (your choice)

NSP awards will be made to students with a household income of under £25,000 who meet the following criteria, in preference order:

1. Care leavers
2. Carer for a disabled relative - the student would qualify for Carers Allowance (but may not be in receipt of the allowance because they have been in full-time education) as they are a main carer for a parent, partner or sibling.
3. Students who attended a low achieving school - as defined by the contextual data used in Admissions i.e. under 30% of students achieving 5 A*-C at GCSE grade C or above including Maths and English.
4. Students with ABB+ equivalent qualifications (as outlined in the document at the bottom of this page)
5. Students with a home address more than 50 miles from Newman
6. Lottery of all remaining qualifying students once the above criteria have been met.

We strongly encourage applications from potential students for the NSP, even if the only criterion met from the above list is a household income of under £25,000. The NSP application form is at the bottom of this page.

Part-time students will only receive a proportion of the scholarship equal to their level of study (ie a student studying 50% of a full-time course will only receive 50% of the scholarship). Part-time recipients of the NSP can only receive their proportion of the award in fee waiver or reduction in Halls fees, not cash.

The Government has ruled that NSP awards cannot be made to students ordinarily resident in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland or:

Postgraduate students (including PGCEs)
Students transferring directly from another course (eg Foundation degree students transferring to a top-up degree course)
Students transferring from another university

Students who qualify for the National Scholarship Programme will not also be eligible for Newman’s academic achievement or John Henry Newman Scholarship schemes. Students who qualify for both may choose which scholarship to receive

Please download and complete the application form below (and Additional Information Form if applicable) to apply for the National Scholarship Programme Awards.

John Henry Newman Scholarships

The same academic requirements apply to the John Henry Newman scholarship as apply to the Academic Achievement Scholarship outlined above of BBB at A2.

John Henry Newman Scholarships are available to applicants who have attended, and are awarded by, schools which are members of the Newman University Catholic Higher Education Network. Recipients of the John Henry Newman Scholarship will receive £12,000 over the three years of their course, and will also contribute to the scholarly community by supporting the Chaplaincy team through liturgical and/or charity work for up to 3 hours per week during the first or second year of their studies.

All scholarship payments will be made after Christmas each year.

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