Approximately 40%
of Northumbria’s students come from areas where participation in higher
education has traditionally been low, and over 60% are from the North East,
which has the lowest progression rate to higher education in the country. We want to give everyone with the
potential to go to university the opportunity to achieve their goal.
For students from low-income backgrounds, the biggest worry
isn’t achieving the grades they need to secure a place at Northumbria, but how
they’ll afford to study and make the most of their university experience.
Through our NU Aspire Programme, our donors are
providing scholarships in everything from the built environment to graphic
design, from sports coaching to financial services. We’ve supported care
leavers and those estranged from their families, female students and people
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, to not only access higher education
but to succeed in fields in which they are typically under-represented.
Students use this support to help fund their tuition fees,
living costs, field trips, specialist equipment, travel, childcare and
experiential learning opportunities.
How can you help?
Through our NU Aspire Scholarship Programme, we aim to
provide at least 40 new undergraduate scholarships each year, enabling talented
students from backgrounds traditionally under-represented in higher
education to study and succeed at
Northumbria. £4,000 will support an undergraduate
student for the duration of their 3-year programme.
We also provide scholarships to support postgraduate
students:
- £2,000 will support a postgraduate taught student for one year; and
- £22,000 will support a postgraduate research student for one year, when match-funded by the University.
Get in touch if you would like to find out more about how
you can support the NU Aspire Scholarship Programme.
