The Akrun Scholarship for September 2022
At Northumbria, we are passionate about bringing together our inspirational courses, forward-thinking staff and innovative students to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. Northumbria champions students who are curious, hardworking and academically gifted.
The Akrun Scholarship was established in order to support
and inspire a talented Engineering student through their university
journey. The donor is an Engineering graduate of Northumbria University
and is keen to give something back now they are able to do so. The scholarship is named after the company started by the
donor’s Father in India - an Engineering and Material Science based
business - and where the donor started their career. It also recognises the
important role their Father played in their life.
The Akrun Scholarship will award one highly gifted Engineering student with £2,000 cash during their first year of Undergraduate study only. The money can be used to enhance the overall university learning experience.
If you are ready to start your university
journey with Northumbria, create your best future and meet the criteria below,
apply for your course now and you will automatically be considered for The Akrun Scholarship.
Terms and Conditions
To be eligible for The Akrun Scholarship you must:
- Be a UK/Home applicant
- Achieve at least 144 points (or equivalent) from your best three qualifications, for example AAA at A Level or DDD at BTEC
- Have a household income of under £40,000
- Apply and enrol to study on a Full-Time Engineering course* listed below at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus, starting in September 2022
- Choose Northumbria as your firm choice by 09 June
2022
- Meet all individual entry requirements
- Be a self-funded student (ie, not in receipt of sponsorship or other funding for the payment of fees, such as employer funding)
- Apply for one or more elements of the Government Student Finance
package (for example, Tuition Fee loan, Maintenance loan) in order for
your application to be means-tested
- Register with Student Finance England (SFE), Student Finance Wales
(SFW) or Student Finance Northern Ireland (SFNI)
- As a Scottish student, register with Student Award Agency for
Scotland (SAAS) and apply to be means-tested for maintenance funding, in
order that SASS can send your data to Student Finance England
- Agree to share consent via your Government Finance Provider with
Northumbria University
Eligible Courses*
Important Information
- The student selected for The Akrun Scholarship will not be
eligible for any other Undergraduate scholarship schemes
- The scholarship is awarded as cash
- Payments will be made as 25% of total in November 2022, 25% of
total in February 2023 and 50% of total in May 2023
- Funding is provided in the first year of study only
- The successful students will be required to send a thank you letter to the donor
- If you do not provide a thank you letter, the scholarship will be withdrawn
- A progress update for the donor will be requested at the end of the first year of study
- If you defer your place at Northumbria University before the scholarship has been paid, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
- If you decide to leave your course after the scholarship payment has been made, the University will not make efforts to reclaim the amount
- If you are required to resit your first year, the scholarship will not be paid again
- The University's decision is final and cannot be challenged; there is no right of appeal
Selection
Process
- Students who are eligible for The Akrun Scholarship will
be identified by Northumbria University post-enrolment, there is no
separate application form
- If more than two students are eligible based on their point score, the successful students will be selected on the strength of their personal statement which will be assessed by the course academic
- The successful students will be notified by the end of October 2022
Last updated: 28/01/2022
