The Becky and Philippa Supporting Opportunities Award

To be eligible to apply applicants must:

• be a current student on any year of BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding (WN25)
• have a household income of less than £25,000 per annum* if applying for hardship funding

*Please note that we rely on information provided by Student Finance England to assess household income. For your scholarship application to be considered, please ensure you have registered with Student Finance England and provided all income assessed evidence, a minimum of 6 weeks before the scholarship deadline.

1. To be eligible to apply for The Becky and Philippa Supporting Opportunities Award, applicants must:

• be a current student on BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding (WN25) and,
• if applying for hardship funding, have a household income of less than £25,000 per annum*

*Please note that we rely on information provided by Student Finance England to assess household income. For your scholarship application to be considered, please ensure you have registered with Student Finance England and provided all income assessed evidence, a minimum of 6 weeks before the scholarship deadline.

2. Please do not send your scholarship application before or with an application to study at NTU. You must have enrolled on and started your BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding course before submitting your scholarship application.

3. This scholarship is open to UK and international applicants.

4. Students can only submit one application for the Award per deadline.

5. Students can only be awarded money from the Award once per academic year, regardless of the amount awarded; they can reapply in subsequent academic years if the award is still available.

6. Students who have applied for the Award and been unsuccessful within an academic year may apply again within the same academic year, but the opportunity/experience they wish to fund must be materially different from their first application.

7. Students who receive sponsorship (i.e., some or all of your tuition fees are being paid for) from their employers, government or a funding body are not eligible to apply for this scholarship award.

8. Students who are eligible for or in receipt of RISE funding are not eligible to apply for this scholarship award.

9. Applications received after 16:00 GMT/BST (4 pm) on the day of the deadline will automatically be considered for the next available deadline where possible. For example, application forms submitted after the first deadline and before the second deadline, will be considered for the second deadline.

10. Applications received after 16:00 BST (4pm) on the final deadline date will not be considered.

11. This application form is for eligible undergraduate courses only. Please do not use this form to apply for postgraduate scholarships or research funding.

12. If you meet the eligibility criteria, one award of between £250 - £1,000 is available. The amount you will be awarded will be based on the opportunity you have outlined in your application. Students may apply for additional awards in subsequent years of their degree course if the award is still available at that time.

13. The scholarship will be awarded as a cash bursary, which will be paid as soon as possible after the scholarship deadline has passed.

14. It is expected that any money received as part of the award will be spent helping to meet the costs of studying at university, and receipts may be requested

15. Prospective students can apply for more than one named scholarship/award/tuition fee reduction, however you can only be awarded a maximum of one in your first year of study (the highest value award that you are eligible for).

16. The scholarship is not transferable and will not be awarded if you choose to transfer to a different course at NTU.

17. Changes to course route (FT/SW) on the same course do not impact the scholarship awarded.

18. Applicants will be informed whether they have (or have not) been awarded a scholarship (and of the value of the scholarship award they have been awarded) within four weeks of the application deadline date.

19. The scholarship will be awarded when an applicant accepts their scholarship offer and is enrolled on any year of the BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding course. If you do not formally accept the scholarship by the given deadline, then NTU reserves the right to withdraw the scholarship and award to another candidate.

20. Scholarships are competitive, and selection is based on the information provided on the scholarship application form. It is, therefore, of great importance that you give your scholarship statement careful thought and preparation, and that you refer to the criteria provided on the application form.

21. If your scholarship application is successful, we may ask you to become a student ambassador, or appear in online and / or printed marketing materials for NTU, such as the Alumni Magazine. For example, providing a student profile, quote, case study and photograph which may be used to promote NTU and NTU’s scholarship schemes and courses. Your name and course will be printed in the annual Donor Report. If you do not wish for us to use your data in this manner, please notify us as soon as possible by emailing NTU.scholarships@ntu.ac.uk.

22. As a recipient of a donor-funded scholarship, you are expected to be involved in the following activities to assist the University in thanking donors for their donation and to demonstrate the impact that donor-funded awards have on students and NTU:

• Writing a thank you letter to your donor that introduces yourself (providing your name and subject of study) and sending it to darscholarships@ntu.ac.uk;
• Writing an end-of-year report which will be shared with your donor to explain the impact that the scholarship has had on your studies and your university life – within the report you will be expected to provide your name and subject of study;
• From time to time, you will be invited to attend selected University events to meet and thank donors.

You will receive information and advice about completing all of the above, including the deadline by which you will need to do so after you have enrolled at the university. Please note that failure to provide the requested information and/or engage in these activities may result in a delay to your scholarship payment(s).

23. By accepting the terms of the scholarship/bursary, the recipient consents to feedback from academic supervisors and tutors, and where appropriate, their grades or final degree classification being shared with the donor

24. In the event that a student who has been awarded a scholarship fails to complete the academic year, suspends their studies or withdraws from the course, and chooses to retake the course or undertake another eligible course then the scholarship will not be applied again, regardless of the reason for doing so. Students must re-apply for the scholarship should it still be on offer.

25. If a student is required to repeat an academic year of study (either in full or in part), the scholarship will not be applied again.

26. Students are obliged to inform NTU immediately of any change in their circumstances, which may affect their entitlement to receive the scholarship. In the event of failure by a student to notify NTU promptly of any such changes, NTU will be entitled to recover any payments made or adjust (as appropriate) the scholarship amount.

27. If a student makes a false or materially incorrect declaration that resulted in NTU awarding them a scholarship/bursary, then the scholarship will be cancelled, and no payments will be made. Depending on circumstance, NTU may attempt to recover some or all of any payments already made.

28. NTU’s decision in all matters relating to the scholarship is final.

Our privacy statement explains what types of personal information will be gathered when you visit our website(s) or use our digital services, and how this information will be used.

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/policies/student-privacy-notice