Apply for Medway Student Support Bursary(doc) and you could receive £2,500.

Applying for this bursary is easy. Check the eligibility criteria below, if you meet the requirements, all you need to do is complete the application form and return it along with the required evidence by the deadline.

Application deadline: 12.00 noon on 3 November 2014

Eligibility criteria

In order to be eligible to apply for the Medway Student Support Bursary you must:

• be a home student (UK/EU)
• be currently registered full or part-time on an undergraduate degree programme based at the Medway Campus
• demonstrate a household income of £42,620 or less
• already be or be prepared to become, an ambassador within the Medway community and demonstrate how you have contributed to the local community to date or plan to in the future.

Your completed application along with all required evidence can be scanned and emailed to us at medwaymastersoffice@kent.ac.uk or a paper application can be submitted to M2-23 (Medway Building 2nd Floor).

Selection criteria

Your application will be considered on the basis of your fulfilment of the eligibility criteria and the 500-750 word statement sections demonstrating:

• why you are in need of financial support and what has changed in your financial circumstances since embarking on the programme
• what the award will be used for*
• what you have or intend to contribute to the local community as an ambassador (eg voluntary work, paid work, sports contributions, community activity organisations)
• information about you and your aims and aspirations for the future

Important notes*

• awards will not fund general (exceptional travel may be considered) programme travelling expenses or new equipment such as laptops or phones
• awards are intended for the student‘s use only and not for family support
• successful recipients of a bursary will be expected to demonstrate their ambassadorial contributions to the Medway Community by providing evidence such as a report from the organisation, awards received for sports or similar documentation
• successful recipients will be able to hold other awards while in receipt of the Medway Student Support Bursary such as the NSP and may reapply for a further bursary in subsequent years
• successful recipients will be required to sign a Bursary Agreement which sets out the conditions of the bursary award
• payment of the bursary will be suspended immediately, and any payments may be required to be returned, if an awardee:
  • ceases to hold an offer of a place at any of the Universities
  • ceases to be a registered student at any of the Universities
  • becomes a debtor to any of the three Universities
  • is found to have made a misrepresentation or misleading or fraudulent statement in connection with his/her application
  • recipients are expected to remain in satisfactory academic standing
  • students out on a placement year are not eligible for that year, but may apply once academic studies are resumed
  • successful recipients will be required to write an end of year report to the board detailing how the bursary has supported them and how this support has impacted on their ambassadorial role and/or their academic studies.