Scholarship Awarding University:
Type of degree:
Bachelor’s
Scholarship Deadline:
Applications for this scholarship will end on the 26th of April, 2024
Scholarship Summary:
Liverpool Hope University is pleased to offer 10 Access to Hope scholarships over the normal period of study (excluding any placement years and any additional years of study due to transfer onto an Integrated Masters course) to Home and EU students who are starting an undergraduate course in September 2024 and make Liverpool Hope University their Firm choice on their UCAS application
Scholarship Applicant Criteria:
In order to apply you need to meet at least one of the widening participation criteria as detailed below with priority given to those students who fall into more than one category.
Widening Participation Criteria
• You are a mature student
• You have been in care as a looked after child for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14.
• You have a disability
• You are from a black and minority ethnic group
• You come from one of the most deprived areas of the country as defined by the English government’s IMD (indices of Multiple Deprivation) database. If your postcode IMD value is in quintile 5, you meet this criteria. Please note this information only covers addresses in England. To check your eligibility for this, please use this link
• You come from an area where it is unusual for people to go to University. This is defined by the government’s classification called POLAR 4, to meet this criteria your address must fall into quintile 1. Please note that this information only covers addresses in the UK. To check eligibility, please use this link.
Value of Scholarship:
The Access to Hope scholarships is worth £3,000 per year of study.
Scholarship Application Guide:
To apply;
i. Complete the admission application form and be offered a place into an undergraduate course at Liverpool Hope.
ii. Complete the Access to Hope application form with a personal statement where you should give us details of why you are applying for the scholarship, the personal challenges you have faced before entering Higher Education and what difference the money will make to your University journey. Once completed this should be emailed to studentfunds@hope.ac.uk
iii. The Student Finance Committee will consider your application along with your personal statement and circumstances. The decision of the panel will be discretionary and final. Applicants will be notified whether they have been successful by 31st May 2024.
Scholarship Website:
Find further information on this scholarship opportunity at the Liverpool Hope University Scholarship Page.