We’re all about GREat Skills! If students participate in our outreach activities before joining us at the university, they could be eligible for a scholarship worth £2,000.
We want to reward students from the schools and colleges we work with who prepare well for university by developing their independent learning and study skills before they start with us.
If students participate in a minimum of 5 of our outreach activities during their A Level/Level 3 studies and will be joining us for their undergraduate studies in September 2023, they may be eligible for a substantial cash scholarship of £2,000.
This will be paid to students in three instalments during their first year.
Eligibility Criteria
Students will need to meet the following criteria to be eligible for the GREat Skills Scholarship:
Students will need to be studying at one of our targeted schools and colleges and must be nominated by a member of staff.
Students need to be studying level 3 qualifications (A level, BTEC Level 3, T Levels, Access, IB or any other Level 3 qualifications) which hold UCAS points and will be receiving their final results in the Summer 2023.
Students should be local to our campuses, living in London, Kent or Medway, Essex, Sussex or Surrey or are a Child in Care/Care Experienced student under a Local Authority within one of these locations.
Students need to have received an offer to study a full-time undergraduate course (including extended programmes) at our Greenwich, Avery Hill or Medway Campus (excluding the Medway School of Pharmacy), which commences in September 2023.
Students will be a new full-time undergraduate, paying the maximum tuition fee of £9,250
Students need to have participated in a minimum of 5 of our outreach activities, of which 3 must be physical/in-person and 3 must be from GREat Skills/Big Ideas as main attendance. Other interactions can include:
Outreach Activity
Is this activity included in the Scholarship?
How many times can this type of activity count towards scholarship attendance
Uni Connect E-Mentoring
Yes
1
HE Workshops
Yes
No max
GREat Skills Workshops
Yes
No max, but minimum participation of 3 workshops is required, or
2 plus 1 Big Ideas workshop
On Campus Subject Taster Days and GREat Skills Learning Days
Yes
No max
Big Ideas
Yes
No max
Physical Open Day
Yes
1
Subject Twilight Lectures
Yes
1
STAART Events
Yes
1
Careers in Sport Events (CACT)
Yes
1
Online Toolkit
Yes
No max
Other online webinars (not including GREat Skills, Subject Twilight lectures or STAART Events)
No
N/A
HE Fairs
No
N/A
UCAS Fairs
No
N/A
Subject Twilight and STAART webinars do count as attendance, however, use of pre-recorded webinar resources do not count towards attendance.
The deadline for applications is Midnight on 22 May 2023.
Please note, that where we receive a large number of scholarship nominations, priority will be given to submissions from those within underrepresented backgrounds, e.g. POLAR 4 Q1 and IMD Q1 (areas with the lowest proportion of young people who participate in higher education). We reserve the right to change this criteria subject to guidance from the OfS. A committee will review all applications and award scholarships on merit. We aim to make our decision by the middle of June.
As a current student in school or college, if you are interested and eligible for the GREat Skills Scholarship, please inform your school or college teacher/careers advisor, so they can support you with this nomination process.