University of Glamorgan Centenary Bursary 2012/13

Please note applications have now closed.

Do you want a guaranteed place in halls? £3,500 (or more) towards your accommodation costs? A bursary that’s non-means tested?

If so, Glamorgan may have the bursary for you. As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations (1913 -2013) we are pleased to announce the University of Glamorgan Centenary Bursary. This bursary, worth up to £5,500*, is provided to offer financial support to full fee paying students who have to relocate to start a new eligible course at the University in the 2012/13 academic year. This bursary is non-means tested.

The bursary is intended to assist with living costs enabling more students to live in University accommodation and benefit from a supportive community experience in their first year. Successful applicants are guaranteed a place in halls accommodation in their first year.

*the amount paid to successful students depends on the normal duration of their course

Eligibility Requirements

This bursary is available for new students starting full time honours degree courses in 2012, who will be liable to personally pay the maximum UK home rate of tuition fee of £9,000.

To be eligible, you need to meet the following main criteria:

• apply to Glamorgan via UCAS by 15th January 2012

• accept our conditional or unconditional offer of a place on a firm basis by May 9th 2012

• apply for the Centenary Bursary by 9th May 2012

• be personally liable** to pay the full UK home rate of tuition fee of £9,000 i.e. not in receipt of the Welsh Government new tuition fee grant

• reside 45 miles or more from the main University campus in Treforest (CF37 1DL) at the time of application

• successfully apply for (by 9th May) and reside during the first year of study in University owned or procured accommodation either in Halls on the Treforest campus or in one of the University’s nominated Halls in Cardiff

**you or your family may be paying the fee yourselves or you may be taking a tuition fee loan

Further more detailed information can be found in our Frequently Asked Questions.

How much would I receive?

The bursary takes the form of a credit against the cost of University halls accommodation in the first year of study and as a cash payment to assist with housing costs in subsequent years. The Bursary might not cover the full cost of the halls fees and so it is the students responsibility to set up a payment plan for the outstanding amount. If you wish to find out how much your accommodation fees will be, please contact the accommodation office or visit their webpage.

The award is worth £3,500 over the 3 years of a standard degree course and is payable in the February of each year as follows:

• Year 1: £1,500
• Year 2: £1,000
• Year 3: £1,000
• If your course is longer, for example of 4 or 5 years normal duration, then you will be paid £1,000 in years 4 and 5 as applicable.

How to apply

Applications have now closed.

Please note that University of Glamorgan scholarships and bursaries are offered on the basis that they are potentially subject to change in the event of changes to the fee and student support regime applicable in Wales