SOAS Alumni & Friends Fund (AFF) Award - for September 2012 entry
Description:
The SOAS Alumni & Friends Fund (AFF) Award has been created with the support of SOAS alumni. This award supports UK students who have financial need, have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and have performed work of personal merit in their community. In addition to the cash bursary, recipients of this award are mentored by an alumnus or alumna for six months and will spend a day shadowing their mentor in the workplace.
Award value:
£6,000
Number of awards available:
5
Application process:
You must apply for means-tested support from your funding authority via www.gov.uk/student-finance. When you make your application for student support, you must ensure you give consent for your information to be shared with us. If your parents are submitting their financial information, they must also ensure they give their consent. This will allow us to view your details on a portal at the Student Finance website. The portal will only provide the information we need to assess your entitlement to an Award.
Students must complete the SOAS AFF Award application - available to download from the bottom of this webpage. The closing date for submission of applications has been extended to Friday 1st February 2013. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
Terms of award:
- Cash bursary
- Students must agree to attend the Alumni Friends Fund Event to showcase how the award has helped in their studies
- Recipients of the SOAS Progression Award or SOAS Excellence Award will be ineligible for the AFF Award
Three-year degree:
£2,000 in first year, £2,000 in second year, £2,000 in final year.
Four-year degree:
£2,000 in first year, £2,000 in second year or third year (£0 in language year abroad), £2,000 in final year
Assessment Criteria:
- You must have attended a state school, 6th form or FE college in the UK
- You must be the first in your family to undertake a higher education/university course
- You must have evidence of outstanding academic merit and outstanding personal merit, including work in the community or voluntary work
- You must be undertaking your first undergraduate degree (students who currently hold a degree or who are transferring from another Higher Education degree will not be eligible)
- You must ordinarily be resident in England
- Your household income must be less than £25,000 as assessed by the Student Finance England (SFE)
- You must be enrolled full time and studying in year 1 of your degree from September 2012
Note
If you are the first generation in your family to attend a higher education institution you must declare this in your UCAS application to be considered for this award.
Please note that meeting these listed criteria alone will not guarantee this award as these are limited in number.
Notification and Payment of Award:
All candidates will be notified by email regarding the outcome of their application by Friday 1st March 2013. If you have not heard from us by 15th March 2013, please contact funding@soas.ac.uk
SOAS will deposit the cash bursary directly into the successful student's bank account as follows:
| Year of Study | Payment |
|---|---|
| First | £1,000 end of term 2 and £1,000 end of term 3 |
| Second or Third (£0 in language year abroad) | £1,000 end of term 2 and £1,000 end of term 3 |
| Final | £1,000 end of term 2 and £1,000 end of term 3 |
If you have any questions about this award then please contact the Student Loans and Bursaries Officer: funding@soas.ac.uk.
Alumni & Friends Fund Award 2012 application form
Alumni & Friends Fund Award 2012 application form for year 1 undergraduate students
