If your household income is at or below £35,000, you may be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship. You do not need to apply for this as you will be automatically considered if you meet the eligibility criteria.

Am I eligible?

To be automatically considered for an Opportunity Scholarship, you need to meet the following criteria:

• you are registered at the University
• you commenced your studies in either 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022
• you have been income assessed by Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Finance Northern Ireland, or the Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• your household income has been evaluated as £35,000 or below and you and your parents have consented to share this information with the University

You are not eligible to be considered for the Opportunity Scholarship if:

• you already hold an honours level degree or equivalent
• you are eligible for NHS funding
• you are on a placement year and paying a reduced tuition fee
• you are studying a course leading to a PGCE qualification
• you have not been income assessed by Friday 16 June 2023

How and when will I find out if I am receiving the scholarship?

We will automatically assess your eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship. If you are eligible, you will receive an email from the Student Loans Company (SLC) directing you to your online Student Finance account to view your award letter. The email will be sent to the email address that you have listed with the SLC.

You should expect to receive this email anytime between registration and early November. You can also check your online Student Finance account under the ‘Letters and Emails’ section to see if you have been issued with an award letter yet.

If you think you are eligible and you have not received an award letter by early November, only then contact us and we can check if you are eligible and why an award has not yet been approved.

What can I get?

• If your household income is at or below £25,000 then you will receive a £2,000 bursary
• If your household income is between £25,001 and £35,000 then you will receive a £1,000 bursary

If you are studying Business Accounting and Finance, you will receive a pro rata scholarship in Years 2, 3 and 4, as you will be paying a reduced fee. You will receive either a £1,332 bursary or a £666 bursary in Years 2, 3 and 4, depending on your household income.

When and how will I receive my payments?

Your award is paid across three instalments. The instalments will be paid into the same bank account that your student loan is paid into.

The 2022/23 payment dates are:

• 16 November 2022
• 08 February 2023
• 17 May 2023

If your income assessment is completed after 02 November 2022, you will receive any missed instalments 10 working days after we approve your scholarship (unless the academic year has ended).

If you need to update your bank details, you will need to contact the SLC as soon as possible.

What if I leave the University?

If you withdraw or suspend your studies then we will cancel all future payments of your scholarship. You may also need to repay some of your scholarship. Please refer to the table below to determine your eligibility.

If you are thinking of withdrawing or suspending and you are worried about your finance, contact us to speak with one of our Student Finance Advisors.

Contact

If you have completed the above steps and you have not received a confirmation letter by early November, or if you have any further enquiries contact us by emailing: ukscholarships@newcastle.ac.uk or telephoning 0191 208 7247, 0191 208 3108 or 0191 208 4488

The 2014-22 Opportunity Scholarship (PDF: 329KB) gives terms and conditions and includes more information about the scholarships.

Thanks to alumni and friends of Newcastle University who support Opportunity Scholarships:

• Anthony Walter Blackwell Will Trust
• Newcastle University Women’s Club
• Scott-Briggs Bursary and Professor Paul Dent
• Imran Ahmed and Sadia Nujhat
• Fiona Foundation
• The E June Copland and Kenneth D Hunter Donation
• Gordon Cannon Scholarship‌

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If you are an EU student then you may be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship depending on your household income.

Am I eligible?

In order to be considered for Opportunity Scholarship you need to meet the criteria listed below:

• You are registered at the University
• You commenced your studies from 2017/18 to 2020/21
• You have been income assessed by the EU Team within the Student Loans Company (SLC)
• Your household income must be at or below £35,000

You will not be considered for the Opportunity Scholarship under the following circumstances:

• You commenced your studies in 2021/22 or 2022/23
• You already hold an honours level degree or equivalent
• You are eligible for NHS funding
• You are on placement and you are paying a reduced tuition fee
• You are studying a course leading to a PGCE qualification
• You have not been income assessed by Friday 16 June 2023

How and when will I find out if I am receiving the scholarship?

If you think that you are eligible for a scholarship then you need to complete a bursary income form and send this to the SLC. This form should have been sent to you with your tuition fee loan request form. If you have not received the bursary income form then you will need to contact the SLC.

Once you have completed the form then we will automatically assess your eligibility for a scholarship. If you are eligible then you will receive a letter from the Student Loans Company (SLC).

If you think you are eligible and you have sent off your bursary income form and you have not received an award letter by early November, only then contact us and we can check if you are eligible and why an award has not yet been approved.

What can I get?

• If your household income is at or below £25,000 then you will receive a £2,000 bursary
• If your household income is between £25,001 and £35,000 then you will receive a £1,000 bursary

If you are studying Business Accounting and Finance, you will receive a pro rata scholarship in Years 2, 3 and 4, as you will be paying a reduced fee. You will receive either a £1,332 bursary or a £666 bursary in Years 2, 3 and 4, depending on your household income.

When and how will I receive my payments?

Your award is paid across three instalments and you’ll be paid into the same bank account that you provided details of to the SLC.

The 2022/23 payment dates are:

• 16 November 2022
• 08 February 2023
• 17 May 2023

If your income assessment is completed after 02 November 2022 you will receive any missed instalments 10 working days after we approve your scholarship (unless the academic year has ended).

If you need to update your bank details you will need to contact the SLC as soon as possible.

What if I leave the University?

If you withdraw or suspend your studies then we will cancel all future payments of your scholarship. You may also need to repay some of your scholarship. Please refer to the table below to determine your eligibility.

If you are thinking of withdrawing or suspending and you are worried about your finance, contact us to speak with one of our Student Finance Advisors.

Contact

If you have completed the above steps and you have not received a confirmation letter by early November, or if you have any further enquiries contact us by emailing: ukscholarships@newcastle.ac.uk or telephoning 0191 208 7247, 0191 208 3108 or 0191 208 4488

The 2017-20 Opportunity Scholarship EU (PDF: 329KB) gives terms and conditions and includes more information about the scholarships.

Thanks to alumni and friends of Newcastle University who support Opportunity Scholarships:

• Charles Anthony Walter Blackwell Will Trust
• Newcastle University Women’s Club
• Scott-Briggs Bursary and Professor Paul Dent
• Imran Ahmed and Sadia Nujhat
• Fiona Foundation
• The E June Copland and Kenneth D Hunter Donation
• Gordon Cannon Scholarship

Please refer to the 22/23 UG Support Scholarship Regulations for full terms and conditions and further information.

Background

All University Endowed Prizes for Academic Excellence (formerly Exhibition awards) are awarded annually to first year undergraduates. The prizes carry considerable prestige and are merit based awards.

The pooled awards, which are funded by various bequests, replace the former Exhibition awards and apply across varying groupings of academic disciplines to reflect the previous spread of individual awards.

Eligibility

These awards are competitive across the whole University and can be held by any Year 1 student. Only exceptionally high achieving students should be nominated for these prizes.

Selection

Endowed Prizes are awarded on the basis of end of stage examination results, reflecting the student’s performance throughout the academic year. Nominations are put forward by the Schools. Prizes are then awarded by the University Endowed Prizes Committee.

2020/21 Endowed Prizes Award Winners 

• Lima Assi, BA Hons History
• Elizabeth Brass, BSc Agriculture with Hons Animal Production Science
• Luke Briggs, MComp (Hons) Computer Science
• Evan Bromage, BA Hons Geography
• Benas Bulota, BSc Computer Science
• Marie Campanaro, BA Hons Journalism, Media and Culture
• Joshua Cela, Bachelor of Laws
• Ka Yee Chan, Master of Pharmacy with Honours
• Laura Denning, Master of Dietetics
• Hannah Dickson, BSc Speech and Language Therapy
• Alexandra Duggan, BSc Hons Zoology
• Hannah Evans, BSc Hons Accounting and Finance (with Placement)
• Maxine Faulks, BSc Food Business Management and Marketing
• Gemma Felton, BSc Hons Psychology
• Connor Fox, Bachelor of Dental Surgery
• Alexander Gibley, BA Combined Honours
• William Guyon, BSc Hons Environmental Science
• Nancy Hosier, BSc Hons Chemistry
• Rebecca Kearney, BSc Hons Psychology
• John Khalil, MB BS
• Ada Langowska, BSc International Business Management
• Yee Lee, BSc Hons Economics and Finance
• Florence Lucas, BA Hons Politics and Economics
• Lucy Marston, BSc Marketing and Management
• Oratile Masinki, BEng Hons Automation and Control
• Emily Mah, BA Hons English Language
• Alice Mayon-White, BA Hons Modern Languages
• Astrid Mendez, BA Hons Education
• Christos Moraitis, BA Hons Linguistics
• Jasmin Novenstern, BSc Hons Biomedical Sciences
• Daniel Partleton, BSc Hons Pharmacology
• Nicole Pfeifer, BA Hons Architecture
• Katherine Richards, BSc Hons Marine Biology
• Katrina Teodoro, BSc Food and Human Nutrition (with Professional Placement
• Abbie Thompson, BSc Hons Sport and Exercise Science

The Stanley Raymond Dennison Scholarships were established from legacy funds donated from the estate of Professor Stanley Dennison CBE. Professor Dennison was a notable and eminent economist, former chief economic assistant in the war cabinet, holder of the David Dale chair of economics, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Newcastle University and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull. He also served on the review body for doctors’ and dentists’ remuneration, on the University Grants Committee, and as Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals.

The Scholarships are devoted to assisting the further studies of the highest achieving first year undergraduates at Newcastle University.

2020/21 Stanley Dennison Scholarship Winners

• Ahmed Al Subhi, BEng Chemical Engineering
• Nathan Anderson, BSc Hons Mathematics
• Katherine Creighton, Master of Pharmacy with Honours
• Jodie Dodds, BSc Joint Hons Psychology & Sport and Exercise Science
• Daniel Frel, BA Hons Ancient History & Archaeology
• Amelia Guest, BSc Hons Biomedical Sciences
• Georgia Hughes, BSc Hons Agri-Business Management
• Jasmine Jones, Master of Planning
• Sophie Lane, MComp (Hons) Computer Science
• Ben Maxfield, BA Hons Business Accounting & FInance (Placement)
• Jiaxin Nie, MB BS
• Jack Oakes, BA Hons Philosophy
• Caitlin O'Connor, BA Hons Modern Languages & Linguistics
• Joshua Smith, BA Hons English Literature
• Yuen Tsang, BMus Hons Music

The William Benedict Coleman Scholarships were established in 1997 from the funds donated from the estate of the late Mrs Sarah Ann Deary Coleman. The funds perpetuate the memory of her husband, a successful engineer who lived and worked in the North East of England.

1. The Scholarship shall be known as the William Benedict Coleman Scholarships and shall be devoted to assisting studies of the most promising undergraduates in Engineering at Newcastle University.
2. The Scholarships shall be awarded each year to the best students seeking entry to Stage 2 of the MEng/BEng course in any Engineering School within the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, at least one of whom will be in receipt of Student Loans Company fee and maintenance funding.
3. The award of the Scholarship will be based in each case upon the candidate's performance in Stage 1 of his/her degree programme. The awards shall be made by the University Exhibitions and Engineering Scholarships Committee which includes at lease one member of each Faculty. The Heads of Engineering Schools (or their nominees) shall submit nominations for the Scholarship on an annual basis.
4. The minimum value of each Scholarship shall be £2,000 per year. The Scholarships will be renewable each year for Stages 3 (and Stage 4 MEng only), subject to satisfactory progress towards the chosen degree.
5. The Scholarships will be awarded from the fund annually, up to the full value of the monies available (as advised by the University Finance Office), except when there are too few applicants of sufficient merit.

2020/21 William Benedict Coleman Scholarship Winners

• Mohamed Al Hashmi, BEng Hons Geospatial Surveying and Mapping
  
• Megan Albiston, MEng Hons Mechanical Engineering
• Adam Billson, MEng Hons Mechanicl Engineering with Energy
• Dominik Bodinger, MEng Hons Civil and Structural Engineering
• Goitseone Morekwa, BEng Hons Automation and Control
• Edward Souleles, BEng Hons Civil Engineering with Year in Industry
• Frederik Sudolsky, MEng Chemical Engineering
• Matthew Walter, BEng Marine Technology with Hons in Offshore Engineering

The M A Burnip Scholarships were established with funds from the Will of the late Mabel Annie Burnip for the general purposes of Newcastle University in memory of Dr Ethel Williams, suffragette. Up to two Scholarships are normally awarded each year to undergraduate women students in Engineering.

1. The Scholarships shall be known as the M A Burnip Scholarships.
2. Up to two Scholarships may be awarded in any one year, subject to the level of income available.
3. The Scholarships shall be tenable by women students who enter undergraduate courses in Engineering with the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering.
4. The value of each Scholarship in any year shall be £600.
5. The Scholarship shall be awarded by the University Exhibitions and Engineering Scholarship Committee on behalf of the Senate of the University on the recommendation of the Head of an Engineering School.
6. Each Scholarship shall be tenable for the normal three of four consecutive years of an undergraduate degree course, subject to the student maintaining satisfactory attendance and progress on her course and provided that:
   1. in the event of the student not maintaining satisfactory attendance and progress the Scholarship shall be terminated unless the Committee, on the recommendation of the Head of School concerned, determines that the Scholarship shall be suspended for a specific period, not exceeding one academic year;
   2. the Committee on the recommendation of the Head of the School concerned suspend the Scholarship for a period not exceeding one academic year in order to permit the student to obtain relevant professional or industrial experience;
   3. not more than one period of suspension of the Scholarship under sections 6 (a) and (b) shall be granted to any one student.
7. The Scholarship shall not be tenable jointly with any other Scholarship, Exhibition or similar award in the gift of the University.

2020/21 MA Burnip Scholarship Winners

• Erin Fisher, MEng Hons Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering
• Hannah Jennings, BEng Hons Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Virunduruka Ndjavera, MEng Hons Civil and Structural Engineering
• Isla Parker, BEng Chemical Engineering
• Michaela Zanti,  MEng Hons Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering

The late Miss Jane Whiteside Alexander Batey bequeathed the sum of £5,000 for the purpose of establishing a memorial fund in memory of her late brother, Robert Alexander Batey, who graduated in 1926 at Armstrong College, Newcastle and was for a time lecturer at the Sunderland Technical College. It has been determined that the income from this bequest shall be applied in accordance with the following regulations.

1. Two scholarships, to be known as the R A Batey Scholarships, shall be awarded each year. The holders will be known as R A Batey Scholars. The scholarships will have an annual value of £600 and shall be tenable for two years.
2. The scholarships will be awarded by the University Exhibitions and Engineering Scholarship Committee, after consultation with all the Heads of Engineering Schools in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, to the two students who achieve the best results in the Part 1 course in each academic year.
3. If no candidate is deemed to have attained a sufficiently high standard the scholarships will not be awarded.
4. These Regulations may be varied from time to time by the University if, by reason of material changes in the conditions of study in the University, or of changes affecting the majority of students attending Schools within the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (whether their homes are in the North East of England or elsewhere), or of changes in Government regulations or otherwise, amendments are deemed to be necessary to comply with the wishes of the original benefactor. Such amendments must be of a minor character and should be introduced for the purpose of affecting the overall charitable purpose of Miss Batey.

2020/21 RA Batey Scholarship Winners

• Jassim Alammar, BEng Hons Civil Engineering
• Fawaz AlAnezi, BEng Hons Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• David Anderson, MEng Hons Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering
• Thomas Fenwick, MEng Hons Mechanical Engineering
• Nikolaos Nielas, BEng Marine Technology with Hons Naval Architecture