Denise Coates Foundation Bursary

The bursary will be paid in two instalments directly to the provided bank account – students must be actively attending University and the recipient event for these payments to be made.

Prospective students must meet the following criteria to be eligible to apply:

£2,000 1st year undergraduate (Level 4)

• First year undergraduate only (Level 4)
• Primary address within 20 miles of one of our Staffordshire or Shropshire campuses (These campuses are Stoke-on-Trent, Blackheath Lane, Lichfield and Shrewsbury)
• Attain high achieving grades via the UCAS ranking system
• Have joined the University from a College or School 6th?Form having studied A Level or BTEC
• Paying full tuition fees as a full-time on-campus student
• Have a household income of below £30,000 per annum that is assessed by their award authority and have given consent for this information to be shared with the University
• Studying a non-funded course (i.e., not entitled to receive any government support, NHS bursary recipients are still eligible to apply)
• Be the first-degree course taken, regardless of whether the course was completed or not
• To not have repeated any year of the course being taken

£1,500 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate (Level 5 and 6)

• Second or Third year undergraduate only (Level 5 or Level 6)
• Students must be achieving an average of 60% or over (2:1 or 1st) in current University assessments
• Primary address within 20 miles of one of our Staffordshire or Shropshire campuses (These campuses are Stoke-on-Trent, Blackheath Lane, Lichfield and Shrewsbury)
• Have joined the University from a College or School 6th?Form having studied A Level or BTEC
• Paying full tuition fees as a full-time on-campus student
• Have a household income of below £30,000 per annum that is assessed by their award authority and have given consent for this information to be shared with the University.