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MyWorld Scholarships T&C’s 2024-25

In the 2024/25 academic year, MyWorld are offering twenty two Scholarships for home (UK) fee paying students who want to study on a Creative Technology Industries related course which would help with their future and career ambitions in the industry and who are underrepresented in Higher Education. The MyWorld Scholarship scheme will contribute towards tuition fees for students from groups which are underrepresented in Higher Education to study (either full time or part time) on a relevant postgraduate taught programme at the University of Bristol, University of Bath, Bath Spa University or University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).

Available funding:

22 MyWorld Scholarships for postgraduate students entering in the 2024/25 academic year (or continuing on a part time basis on a course in 2024/25) to contribute towards tuition fees up to £5,000 each. For successful award holders this will be pro-rata for the amount of credit the student is studying in that academic year, for example if the student is studying for a postgraduate masters degree on a full-time basis then £5,000 will be paid against their tuition fees as a fee reduction/waiver, if the student is studying part-time and therefore only undertaking half the amount of credits of a full postgraduate masters in the 2024/25 academic year then the Scholarship awarded will be £2,500, or if the student is studying for a postgraduate certificate (60 credits) then they will receive £1,666.
For successful MyWorld Scholarship holders this will be payable in one instalment directly to the University which they are studying at to reduce their tuition fee in 2024/25.
We expect to award at least four students from each University involved in the scheme (University of Bristol, University of Bath, Bath Spa University or University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)) to receive a MyWorld scholarship, assuming that at least four qualifying applications are received.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the MyWorld scholarship students must:

Be eligible for Home (UK) tuition fees.
Be from a group that is underrepresented in Higher Education – see essential criteria below for more details.
Be wanting to gain employment within the creative technologies industries after academic study.
Meet the terms and conditions of their academic offer and meet any other conditions required by the University in which they will be studying.
Apply to study a postgraduate course related to creative technology industries (or for a part thereof e.g. microcredentials) in the South West at the University of Bristol, University of Bath, Bath Spa University or University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) during the 2024/25 academic year. Applications cannot be accepted from students wanting to study at partner institutions or other campuses outside of the South West of the aforementioned institutions. Please note we will consider applicants from any postgraduate course related to gaining employment within the creative technologies industries from the four universities above, but priority will be given to those on courses most closely aligned to the MyWorld programme aims and objectives. Please see the list of courses which will be prioritised below under “Prioritised Programmes of Study”. Please note that you will need to have been given an offer to study, be fully registered (in-person) for the course and be in attendance/engaged with your studies (as well as met any other conditions required by the University in which you will be studying) before the MyWorld Scholarship will be paid against the tuition fees for successful award holders.

Application process

Application for the MyWorld Scholarships is via completion of the following MyWorld Scholarship application form 2024/2025 only – any other types of application will not be accepted.
All applications must have been completed and submitted by 09:00 8 August 2024. The online application form will be closed to all applicants once the deadline has passed.
There is no appeal process and requests to submit late applications will not be considered.
Students can only apply for the MyWorld Scholarship if they already hold an academic offer (conditional or unconditional) from the University to which they are applying.
To be considered for the MyWorld Scholarship, applicants must fulfil all the essential criteria.
The MyWorld Scholarship Panel will review all applications in the week commencing 2 September 2024.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application in the week commencing 2 September 2024.
The MyWorld Scholarship panel’s decision will consider the needs of the entire student bodies at the respective institutions and as such, will be final with no appeal process.
Once an applicant has been notified that they are a recipient of a MyWorld Scholarship they will be invited to become part of a MyWorld Scholars programme, in which they will be invited to MyWorld events and be expected to provide further information in the future on the impact of the MyWorld Scholarship so that this can be reported back to the UKRI as the funding body of the MyWorld Strength in Places Project.

Criteria

Essential Criteria
- Be eligible for Home (UK) tuition fees.
- Be from at least one group that is underrepresented in Higher Education. Office for Students list the following groups as currently underrepresented in Higher Education:
  - Students from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME)
    - Asian or Asian British
    - Black, Black British, Caribbean or African
    - Other minority ethnic group
  - Mature students – over 21 years of age at the beginning of their undergraduate studies, or over 25 years of age at the beginning of their postgraduate studies.
  - Students from areas of low higher education participation, a low household income or low socioeconomic status.
  - Disabled students – Under the Equality Act 2010, a person has a disability “if they have a physical or mental impairment, and the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities”.
  - Care leavers and looked after children – all those who have experienced care at any stage of their lives.

Ranking criteria

All answers given will be treated with utmost confidence. The application form will ask the following questions:

- Why are you applying for the MyWorld Scholarship? Please include any barriers you have had or are you facing in accessing HE or other training, these may include personal, family, social or financial circumstances (in no more than 300 words) –
- How will postgraduate study facilitate you in achieving your future goals in the creative technologies sector post-study? (in no more than 250 words)
- Please state why you wish to study a creative technologies sector-related postgraduate programme in the Southwest of England? (in no more than 100 words)

A MyWorld Scholarships panel (made up of one member from each University) will review all applications to apply the ranking criteria and make final decisions of the Scholarship Awardees.

Notification of MyWorld Scholarship

Successful students will be notified of their MyWorld Scholarship award in the week commencing 2 September 2024. Full details of the MyWorld Scholarship being offered, including the terms and conditions and amount, will be made available in the award notification.

Acceptance of the MyWorld Scholarship

Once notified that a student has been successful in receiving the MyWorld Scholarship, they must follow the instructions given in their award notification email by the notified deadline to confirm that they wish to accept the Scholarship.
Awardees who do not reply before the deadline given will have their scholarship offer rescinded and the scholarship will be offered to one of the applicants on the scholarship reserve list.

Value and payment of the MyWorld Scholarship

The MyWorld Scholarship is valued up to £5,000, pro-rata to the amount of credits they are studying for in the academic year 2024/25.
If their tuition fees for 2024/25 are less than the Scholarship awarded the remainder of the reduction in fees cannot be taken as a cash bursary.
The MyWorld Scholarship will only be awarded once the student is registered and engaged on their programme of study.
The MyWorld Scholarship will be awarded as a fee reduction against their tuition fee bill at the University they will be studying at and will reduce their own tuition liability by the Scholarship awarded amount which they have been notified that they will receive in their success confirmation email. This will be payable in one instalment to the University which they are studying at, they will not receive any Scholarship money directly.

Change of circumstances

Suspension

If you suspend your studies, it may be necessary to adjust the level of MyWorld Scholarship fee waiver paid in line with any adjustments to the tuition fee for the academic year 2024/25.
If you restart your studies the following year, any balance of fee waiver not paid in the first year may be taken in your second year of study, but no more than the original MyWorld Scholarship fee waiver awarded will be paid over the duration of your studies.

Deferral

The award is for the 2024/25 academic year only.
If, after being awarded the fee waiver, you decide to defer your studies to 2025/26, your MyWorld Scholarship fee waiver award offer will be rescinded and may be redistributed to a reserve candidate who is starting in the 2024/25 academic year.

Repeat study

If you are required to repeat any part of your studies, the fee waiver will not be applied again during the repeat period.

Withdrawal

If you withdraw from your programme, your tuition fees may be adjusted by the University, depending on when you withdraw.
If, on withdrawal, your tuition fees are reduced to less than the MyWorld Scholarship, the fee waiver will be reduced to match the fees being charged, meaning you will have no remaining fee liability.
If, on withdrawal, your tuition fees are reduced from the original fee level but remain greater than your MyWorld Scholarship fee waiver (up to a maximum of £5,000), the full fee waiver awarded will remain in place. However, you will be liable to pay any remaining tuition fees over the value of your fee waiver.

Reserve applicants

To ensure that all available funding is distributed, the Panel will select a number of students to be on a reserve list. Such applicants will be notified accordingly. Students on the reserve list may be contacted at a later date to be informed that they have been offered an award should funding become available. Being placed on the reserve list is not a guarantee of an award.

Prioritised Programmes of Study