The Charlotte Gray Travel Bursary
Charlotte Gray was an ambitious, talented member of the NTU alumni community, with a flair for fashion and a passion for travel. Charlotte sadly passed away while working in the UAE in 2019. In her memory, Charlotte’s family and friends generously created the Charlotte Gray Travel Bursaries, to give opportunities to students on Fashion-related courses at Nottingham Trent University.
Five bursaries of up to £650 are available to students who have a household income of less that £27,500. The bursaries are intended to be used to help cover the costs of course-related trips, work placements and other travel expenses in the UK or abroad.
To apply for this award, you must be a Home Undergraduate who is enrolled on one of the below courses, in the 2024/25 academic year:
- Creative Direction and Curation for Fashion - BA (Hons)
- Fashion Communication and Promotion - BA (Hons)
- Fashion Design - BA (Hons)
- Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles - BA (Hons)
- Fashion Management - BA (Hons)
- Fashion Marketing and Branding - BA (Hons)
- International Fashion Business (one year top-up) - BA (Hons)
- Textile Design - BA (Hons)
This scholarship scheme is competitive, and we award the bursary to applicants based upon the quality of the application and the intended use of funds. The scholarship decision is made by an awarding committee and all decisions of that committee are final.
Each award is worth up to £650. Once awarded and accepted, the scholarship will be paid as a cash bursary as soon as possible after the application deadline.
Please note that this is one of a number of awards offered by Nottingham Trent University. Prospective students can apply for more than one named scholarship/award/tuition fee reduction however, you will only be awarded a maximum of one in your first year of study (the highest award that you are eligible for).
View details of the range of available awards.
About the scholarship
To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
- be classed as a Home Undergraduate student for tuition fee purposes
- be currently enrolled on one of the courses listed above
- have a household income of less than £27,500 per annum.*
*Please note that we rely on information provided by Student Finance England to assess household income.
Full terms and conditions for this bursary are available below.
27 February 2025 at 4 pm
Applications received after 16:00 BST (4pm) on the day of the deadline will not be considered.
1. To be eligible to apply for The Charlotte Gray Travel Bursary, applicants must:
- be classed as a Home student for tuition fee purposes
- be currently enrolled on one of the courses listed above
- have a household income of less than £27,500 per annum*
*Please note that we rely on information provided by Student Finance England to assess household income.
2. You must have enrolled on and started on one of the courses listed above before submitting your scholarship application. Please do not send your scholarship application before or with an application to study at NTU.
3. This scholarship is open to UK national applicants only. Please visit our international scholarships guide for information on scholarships available for international students.
4. Students can only submit one application for the award per deadline.
5. 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.
6. Applications received after 16:00 BST (4pm) on the deadline date will not be considered.
7. This application form is for eligible undergraduate courses only. Please do not use this form to apply for postgraduate scholarships or research funding.
8. If you meet the eligibility criteria, and are awarded the scholarship, one award of £650.00 is available.
9. The scholarship will be awarded as a cash bursary, which will be paid as soon as possible after the scholarship deadline has passed.
10. It is expected that any money received as part of the award will be used for travel-related costs. This could include, but is not limited to trips organised by NTU, work experience, summer placements or trips for independent learning. Bursaries can also be used for accommodation costs related to work or summer placements which do not take place at home or at an NTU address.
11. The scholarship is not transferable and will not be awarded if you choose to withdraw from or defer your course, or transfer to a different course at NTU.
12. 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.
13. The scholarship will be awarded when an applicant accepts their scholarship offer. 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.
14. Scholarships are competitive, and selection is based on the information provided on the application form. It is, therefore, of great importance that you give your scholarship statement(s) careful thought and preparation, and that you refer to the criteria provided on the application form.
15. 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.
16. As a recipient of a donor-funded scholarship, you may be 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:
o Write a thank you letter to your donor which introduces yourself (providing your name and subject of study).
o Write 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;
o Attend an introduction event during your studies at NTU, where you will:
- Meet other scholarship winners and members of NTU staff;
- Get advice on how to write your thank you letter and end-of-year report.
o Attend other University events, from time to time, to meet and thank donors.
17. 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 then the scholarship will not be applied again, regardless of the reason for doing so. Students must re-apply for the bursary should it still be on offer.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. If NTU makes a payment which was not expected or where the amount is incorrect, the student must let NTU know as soon as they are aware that this has happened. NTU will be entitled to recover any payments made in error.
22. NTU’s decision in all matters relating to the scholarship is final.
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