Award details
The Postgraduate Academic Excellence scholarship is available for students on Postgraduate Taught (PGT) courses at Brunel University London and is available to all students who have obtained a First-Class undergraduate degree;
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from a UK University, either in the UK or at an overseas campus or
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obtained the equivalent of a UK First Class degree from an EU institution
Additionally, graduates of Brunel University London will receive the Graduate Discount of 15% off the final tuition fee amount due (after any the scholarship award has been applied). On the basis that they register on a taught postgraduate programme on a fully self-funding basis (including career development loans).
Value: A discount of 15% off the tuition fees.
Eligibility
The Scholarship will be awarded to all full time, part time, distance learning or online learning students who meet all the following criteria:
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Have an unconditional offer to study a taught Master’s programme at Brunel University London, this includes the MBA and Mres programmes.
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Have achieved a First Class honours degree from a UK University or an EU University.
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For a UK degree: the award must be from a UK University, the student does not have to have attended a UK based campus.
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An honours degree awarded with distinction is acceptable where no first class classification exists.
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Holding a higher degree, without having achieved a First Class classification at undergraduate level does not qualify for receipt of this award.
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For an EU equivalent the award must be from a recognised EU institution and be the equivalent of a First-class honours degree, as listed in appendix 1.
Those not eligible for this scholarship:
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Applicants on all associate courses or modules.
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Applicants undertaking short courses.
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All PGCert, PGDip and PGCE courses – with the exception of the PGCE Secondary Education with PE and PGCE Primary (which are not funded by the Governments Teacher Training bursaries).
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Applicants on Postgraduate Research courses.
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Those who are being funded either in full or partially, this excludes those applicants whose fees are being paid by their employer, but does include:
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Bursaries provided by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL). This discount will apply to courses that are not eligible for a bursary, namely the PGCE in Primary Education and the PGCE in Secondary Education with PE only.
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Applicants on the PG Cert Education (Primary) FT.
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Courses that are fully funded by the Environment Agency namely MSc Flood and Costal Engineering.
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Those students who are sponsored by their Government.
Value
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Students awarded this scholarship will have a discount of 15% applied to their annual tuition fee.
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The reduction is applied only to the tuition fees and not to any other type of additional fee that may be incurred, such as resubmission, repeat modules or resit fees.
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