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1. Be enrolled in the current academic year on a University full time BA/BSc undergraduate degree law programme and be in their second year of study (not distance learning);
2. Be a home/fee paying student — have a UK Student Support Number (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish students) must reside in the United Kingdom before and during the course of study;
3. Must be resident in Leicester or Leicestershire over the duration of their degree and not travelling in from elsewhere only on the days of study;
4. Have been income assessed by student finance;
5. Be able to demonstrate a financial need — household income must indicate that students are eligible for means-tested support;
6. Be a self-funding student, the course of study must not be externally funded;
7. No other form of donor or university funded scholarship may be applied in conjunction with this Scholarship. Must meet the entry requirements for their chosen course.

1. This scholarship is not transferrable.
2. Awards to part-time students will be made on a pro-rata basis.
3. Student funding record must be in a position for the scholarship allocation to be made and paid, This means that the following criteria must have been met: a) Your completed student finance application must have been assessed and finalised by SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS (no income related awards will be awarded on provisional financial assessments) b) You must have signed and returned your student declaration form to the SLC. c) Your SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS record must be available to ÐßÐßÊÓƵ. Therefore you must have given student finance permission* for your information to be shared with the university. d) You must ensure that your parents/sponsors have given student finance their permission for their information to be shared with ÐßÐßÊÓƵ. Permission/consent from you and/or your parents can be given by calling SFE on 0300 100 0612 e) The data held on your student finance record must meet the award eligibility criteria. f) Once deemed eligible for the award, if your SFE record is not in a position for allocation and/or payment to be made, your payment will be delayed or not made at all.
4. The Scholarship will be paid in three instalments, one in October, one in January and one in April of each academic year (maximum of three years).
5. Any scholarship/bursary payments made by ÐßÐßÊÓƵ/ Student Loans Company (SLC) after a student has interrupted their studies or withdrawn from the university will normally be recovered from the student.
6. Living costs scholarships will not usually be paid during repeat years of study. Future scholarship payments will become available upon successful progression to the subsequent academic year. Exceptional circumstances will be dealt with on a case by case basis.
7. Any scholarship/bursary payments made by ÐßÐßÊÓƵ/ Student Loans Company (SLC) after a student has interrupted their studies or withdrawn from the university will normally be recovered from the student.
8. Any bursary or scholarship payment made by ÐßÐßÊÓƵ/ SLC in error OR paid as a result of false information submitted will normally be recovered from the student
9. ÐßÐßÊÓƵ reserves the right to revise or amend these eligibility criteria and terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. The information provided above must be used in conjunction with award specific information on our Scholarships and Bursaries.

Applications for 2024 are now closed.

If you have any further queries please contact the Transitions Team, Student Finance and Welfare, via: Email: transitions@dmu.ac.uk T: 0116 257 7595 (please select option 3, followed by option 4)