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The Ian and Clare Mattioli Scholarship

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The Mattioli Scholarship is generously funded by the Ian and Clare Mattioli Charitable Trust and provides financial support for students from low/medium income families, or disadvantaged backgrounds, with an award of £3,000 per year (for a maximum three years).

These awards aim to support students from lower income or disadvantaged backgrounds, easing financial pressures so that students can balance study and external pressures, allowing them to achieve their full potential.

For details about the eligibility criteria for applicants, the terms and conditions associated with this scholarship, and to apply, please see the information below.

  1. Eligibility criteria for scholars and applicants

    1. have made ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ their firm choice for the first year of a new full time BA/BSc undergraduate degree programme at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ in the current academic year (not distance learning).
    2. be a home/fee paying student — have a UK Student Support Number (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish students)
    3. apply online to be income assessed by Student Finance.
    4. demonstrate financial need — household income must indicate that students are eligible for means-tested support from Student Finance with a household income of up to and including £50,000
    5. be paying tuition fees under the new tuition fee regime of £9,250
    6. be self-funding — your 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.
  2. Terms and conditions

    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 ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ. 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 ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ. 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 Bursary will be paid in two instalments, one in December and one in April of each academic year (maximum of three years).
    5. Any scholarship/bursary payments made by ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ/ Student Loans Company (SLC) after a student has interrupted their studies or withdrawn from the university will normally be recovered from the student.
    6. Any bursary or scholarship payment made by ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ/ SLC in error OR paid as a result of false information submitted will normally be recovered from the student.
    7. If a payment is not received, it is the responsibility of the student to urgently contact the Student Finance and Welfare team at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ, so that the non-payment can be investigated. The deadline for the payment of scholarships is the end of the summer term. For the next academic year this will be 16 June 2023. No further awards will be made after this date. Please note: do NOT leave any queries about non-payment until the deadline, as it may take time to investigate and resolve your query.
    8. Payments are triggered via ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ returning a positive registration and attendance confirmations at the relevant points. This process is carried out automatically on your behalf. Students whose SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS record is not in a position to have their attendance confirmed will experience a delay in payment.
    9. ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ 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.
  3. How to apply

    Applications are currently closed
  4. Further information

    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)

Applications currently closed