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National Scholarship Programme

The National Scholarship Programme is an additional payment of £6000 over two years of your course. At University Centre at Blackburn College we have 45 National Scholarships to award. To be eligible for the NSP you must:

• Be paying £7000 a year for your full-time degree course
• Be in receipt of a full maintenance grant
• Be studying on a full-time undergraduate programme
• Be undertaking your first undergraduate degree programme
• Be a UK domiciled undergraduate student
• Not be continuing from one programme to another (e.g. from an FdA/FdSc or HND to the final year of an honours programme or top-up)
• Not be being funded by your employer to take part in the programme
• Other terms and conditions may apply.

Payment of the NSP

In the first year of the programme, the National Scholarship Programme consists of a £2,000 fee waiver and a £1,000 bursary paid in three instalments - subject to satisfactory attendance and submission of work. The same applies in the second year of the programme.

Applications

Applications for the National Scholarship Programme should only be made once you have firmly accepted your offer of a place at University Centre at Blackburn College. To apply for the NSP you will need to complete a short application form. The applications will be judged shortly after enrolment. You will need to write in your application why you feel you should receive the National Scholarship Programme. The judging panel will look both for applications that demonstrate academic achievement and/or strong industrial achievements. We also welcome applications from candidates with strong extracurricular activities (such as music or sport) as well as candidates who are ambassadors for their communities. In your application you will need to focus on the benefit taking part in the NSP will have on your studies and your future career. Priority will be given to applications received before the 30th June 2012.

Download the Application for National Scholarship Programme Form.

Notification of Successful Application to the NSP

After our closing date for applications to the National Scholarship Programme – a panel will assess all applications to the scheme. You may be asked to provide more information or attend a short interview, where necessary. 45 applicants will be offered the National Scholarship Programme subject to certain criteria being fulfilled. These criteria will include, but aren’t limited to: the successful achievement of our entry requirements or the conditions of your offer from University Centre at Blackburn College, the allocation of a full maintenance grant and your enrolment to the course. There may be a second round of offers made to the National Scholarship Programme should these criteria remain unfulfilled by some of the applicants. We therefore will not let applicants know whether they have been unsuccessful to the National Scholarship Programme. Unfortunately we will be unable to offer feedback on your application. If we offer you the National Scholarship Programme but the criteria set are unfulfilled we reserve the right to reallocate the National Scholarship Programme to another student.

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