Reid Access Bursary 2011/12
The bursary will be used to support a student with concern about the affordability of study and who meets the financial criteria as detailed below. Bursaries are likely to be £200 p.a. payable to the student to be used towards fees or course-related costs. The successful recipient will receive the bursary, subject to satisfactory progress, for each of the four years of the degree. The deadline for applications is 31st January 2012.
Eligibility criteria
You will be eligible to apply for this bursary if you satisfy all of the following criteria:
You must:
- be enrolled on the first year of a part-time undergraduate degree in 2011/12 in one of the following subjects:
- BSc Chemical and Molecular Biology
- BSc Geology
- be a 'Home' student, who does not hold an equivalent or higher level qualification to the programme for which you are studying.
- If you are single, your gross income for the 2010-2011 tax year must be less than the Government Fee Grant threshold figure of £25,420. If you have a spouse/partner, your combined gross income for the 2010-2011 tax year must be less than the Government figure of £27,420. These thresholds are raised by £2000 for the first dependent child and £1000 for each additional dependent child in your household.
How to apply
To apply, please download the application form
. The completed application form and supporting documents must be returned to Farah Zakaria, Administrator for the School of Science, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 31st January 2012.
Please note: there is only one Reid Access Bursary available this year and competition is expected to be strong. If you have any questions about this bursary you should contact Farah Zakaria, Administrator for the School of Science, 020 7631 6260 or by email to f.zakaria@bbk.ac.uk
About the Reid Access Bursary
Thanks to the generosity of the Guildford Academic Associates, Birkbeck is proud to announce the establishment of a new endowment fund for one annual bursary supplement covering the successful recipient for four years of study beginning in 2011/12.
In memory of the late Dr Joan Reid, a former student who studied at Birkbeck in the 1940’s, whilst employed in a company laboratory 20 miles outside unlit wartime London and in the words of her husband Eric Reid “undertook arduous spare-time study to complete her Chemistry degree”.
The annual 'supplement' bursary will be awarded to one first year student experiencing financial difficulties, studying a four-year part-time degree in BSc Chemical and Molecular Biology or BSc Geology commencing in 2011/12. Preference will go to female students.
