Ros and Andrew Holden - STEM Scholarship

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Scholarship value

Tuition Fees: £27,750 for UK students (£9,250 per year)

Maintenance Grant: £6,937.50 (£2,312.50 per year)

Total value of scholarship: £34,687.50 for the 3 year duration

Deadline

July 31st 2024, 5:00pm 

Criteria

  • All candidates eligible for the Ros and Andrew Holden Scholarship must:
  • have accepted an unconditional or firmly accepted a conditional offer from the University of Kent
  • be studying any STEM subject as a first degree
  • provide evidence of financial hardship 
  • have lived and/or been educated in Kent for a minimum of four years.

 

STEM subjects are considered as any Undergraduate course from the following schools:

School of Biosciences

School of Chemistry and Forensic Science

School of Physics and Astronomy

School of Sports and Exercise Science

School of Computing

 School of Engineering

 School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science

 

 

Further details

This scholarship has been generously funded by Ros and Andrew Holden and will fund the tuition fees of a Kent based widening participation student studying a first degree in any STEM subject for three years. 

The successful candidate will be invited to meet the donors on an annual basis to update them on their experiences and progress.

Continuation of the Ros and Andrew Holden Scholarship is subject to satisfactory academic progress as defined in the University Terms and Conditions applicable to this award. If the student fails to make satisfactory academic progress the award may be suspended until such time as the student is able to progress to their next year of study, or will be terminated by the Scholarships Office. This decision to suspend or terminate the scholarship will be at the discretion of the University of Kent responsible for the award.

Applications are open to those applying for 4 year courses that include a Sandwich year, Placement Year or Year Abroad, but the award will only be applicable to the 3 years of study at the University campus and not the year away.

Applicants applying for a Foundation year course, or offered a Foundation year course are not eligible.

How to apply

Applications for the Ros and Andrew Holden Scholarship should be made via your application portal, where you will be able to view any scholarships for which you may be eligible to apply.

You will need to have received a formal offer for your programme in order to submit a scholarship application.

In order to apply for this scholarship, you will need to submit a statement of no more than 500 words, describing your motivations for study at the University of Kent, demonstrating your academic potential and how the scholarship will support your studies.

The successful applicant will be chosen on the basis of:

  • Demonstration of financial hardship - The student must have made an application for student support to Student Finance England. Student Finance England use the student’s household income to assess whether the student is eligible to receive a bursary. If the student is eligible to receive a bursary, then they will have demonstrated socio-economic need as required by the criteria of the scholarship. You will be asked when applying to confirm by way of a check-box that we may use the demographic information you supplied to us when you started at Kent to establish your eligibility for this award.
  • Strength of personal statement
  • Evidence of have lived/been educated in Kent for the last 4 years

This award is subject to University of Kent Terms and Conditions which will be provided to successful candidates at the point of award.

If you have any queries, then please contact scholarships@kent.ac.uk.