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Scholarships and Entrance Awards

These Scholarships will make living at uni much easy and aleviate many monetary worries, we recomend you go for as many as you can , at the end of the day the money is there to be used!

 

Scholarships

 

Our alumni association, the Harper Adams Club offers a range of scholarships to assist former Harper Adams students who return to Harper Adams University College to progress further in their academic studies.

 

 

Postgraduate Scholarship

A scholarship of £1,000 for one of our alumni attending a full- or part-time Masters course at Harper Adams University College. The scholarship is financed from the Harper Adams Club Centenary Fund which was established with donations from former Harper Adams students.

 

Candidates must have been awarded a first degree or HND at Harper Adams and have been accepted for a full- or part-time Masters course. 

 

The award is divided into instalments over the duration of the course, subject to satisfactory progress. This would be usually awarded in December and February for a full-time student but may be spread over a longer period for a student following a part-time programme of study.

Top-up scholarship

A scholarship of £500 for one of our alumni attending a BSc/BA top-up course at Harper Adams University College.  The scholarship is financed from the Harper Adams Club’s own funds.

 

Candidates must have been awarded an HND/Foundation degree at Harper Adams and have been accepted for a full-time BSc/BA course. 

 

The award is divided into two instalments, usually paid in December and February, subject to satisfactory progress.

 

 

Access Progression scholarship

A scholarship of £500 for an access course student progressing on to an HND/Foundation degree course at Harper Adams University College.  The scholarship is financed from Development Trust funds raised through the Annual Fund appeal to former Harper Adams students.  

 

Candidates must have successfully completed the Harper Adams Access course and have made an application and been accepted for a full-time HND/Foundation degree course. 

 

The award is divided into two instalments, usually paid in December and February, subject to satisfactory progress.

 

Application Procedure for all Harper Adams Club scholarships

All scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis by means of written application and interview.

 

Please supply:

  • A letter of application – no more than two A4 sides.
  • CV
  • A reference from a member of Harper Adams staff.  This could be your personal tutor or another member of staff who knows you well.  Please ask your referee to send their reference directly to Julie Brook by the closing date for application, 31st October.

 

Person specification: desirable characteristics

  • Good academic record whilst at Harper Adams University College
  • Interest and enthusiasm for your field of study
  • A good future ambassador for Harper Adams University College

 

Your application may be submitted in person, by post or email to Julie Brook, Alumni Officer, Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB, email haclub@harper-adams.ac.uk by 31st October. 

 

Interviews have been provisionally scheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday 21st November 2007 and will be conducted by Simon Jones (Harper Adams Club President) and Paul Rooke (Vice President).

 Further information is available from the Alumni Officer, Julie Brook

email haclub@harper-adams.ac.uk or telephone 01952 815297

 

  • Claas Scholarship


    The Claas Scholarship is for one student studying on an Agricultural Engineering honours degree course.

    • The successful student will receive a payment of £2,000 per year during years 1, 2 and 4 of the course.

    • During that time the scholarship recipient will also be offered a summer placement with Claas UK and will be employed at Claas HQ in Germany during the sandwich placement year.

    • Upon successful completion of their degree the Engineer will be offered a position at Claas in Germany or Claas UK. This appointment will be for a minimum of one year.

  • Husco International Scholarship

    Husco International will offer one industrial placement each year to a Harper Adams student undertaking a BEng or MEng course.

    • Following the placement year there is an opportunity for the student to receive a scholarship for their final year of study at Harper Adams. 
    • This could also lead to the exciting prospect of employment with the firm upon graduation.

  • JCB Scholarship

    The JCB Scholarship may be awarded annually to up to 12 Engineering Students studying at Harper Adams.  The value of the award is £1,000 per annum.     

    • The successful students will each be employed at JCB during the sandwich placement year.
    • The scholarship recipients will also be employed at JCB during long vacation periods.
    • Upon successful completion of their degree the Engineers will be offered a position with JCB for a minimum 12 month period. 
    • JCB will repay a proportion of the student’s tuition fees for each year that he or she remains in their employment so that after five years all tuition fees will have been repaid.
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  • John Deere Scholarship

    The John Deere Scholarship is for a student in their final year of study. The value of the award is £1,000. 

After graduation the Engineer will be offered a job with John Deere.

  • At the end of each year of employment, for a period of three years, the graduate will receive a payment of £2,000 towards his or her student debts.
  • The successful Engineer will be selected from those students undertaking their placement with John Deere.

  • Support from Harper Adams University College

    Support from Harper Adams University College

    As part of our Harper Guarantee, we will provide, non-repayable Scholarships (you don’t have to repay this money) to benefit as many of our students as possible. The scholarships are in the form of Means Tested and Merit Scholarships.

    Means Tested Scholarship

    This type of scholarship is designed to help those students in need of financial assistance. You need not apply to Harper Adams for a Means tested scholarship. Your Local Education Authority (LEA) will provide the College with information about your household income and dependent on that household income we will provide non-repayable scholarships.

    Merit Scholarships

    Merit Scholarships are non-repayable. Your eligibility for merit scholarships is assessed on a case-by-case basis and only one type of scholarship (Means tested or a Merit Scholarship) can be awarded to each student each year from the University College.

     

    Mor info can be found in this document

  • The Allice Ellen Cooper Dean Foundation Scholarship

  • The Bidwells Scholarship

    The Bidwells Partnership is one of the leading employers of rural practice property consultants and enjoys close links with Harper Adams. Bidwells offers an entrance award of up to £500 for a student on the BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management Courses.

    New students on the course will be encouraged to make an application to Bidwells who will conduct interviews and announce the winner, in conjunction with Harper Adams. In addition to the scholarship the successful candidate will be allowed to undertake work experience with Bidwells.

     

  • The Bruce Wilson-North Scholarship

    The Bruce Wilson-North Scholarship is open to All Rural Enterprise and Land Management 1st Year BSc or FdSc students studying at Harper Adams University College and All New Rural Environment and Land Management MSc and Post Graduate Diploma students, and All New Rural Environment and Land Management MSc and Post Graduate Diploma students.

    The value of the Scholarship will be £2,000 per academic year to the successful scholar.

    N.B. The Country Land and Business Association CLA’s decision regarding the award of their scholarship is final, and the Business Association CLA’s decision regarding the award of their scholarship is final.

    The award will be made to a promising student whose financial circumstances would mean that they would be unable to undertake this course without this assistance.

    The deadline for applications for this Scholarship is 1st September 2007.

    The Scholarship will be paid in 2 instalments - £1,000.00 in December 2007 and the balance in May 2008. Your application along with a C.V. should be addressed to Renée Gallina-Morris, Student Financial Aid Officer.

    To apply please explain in a statement of no more than 600 typed words why you would be interested in receiving the Bruce Wilson-North Scholarship.  Applications must be submitted in the form of a hard copy.  NO E-Mails will be accepted.
    Your letter of application should include the following information:

    • Why you have selected to study your chosen course
    • What you hope to achieve from your chosen course
    • What contribution you feel you can make to land management as a result of your scholarship from the CLA
    • What difference the receipt of a Scholarship from the CLA would make to the pursuit of your goals
    • What you plan to do after the course ends
    • Any other information relevant to the application


    Sign & date the letter and complete the attached Consent Form allowing third parties to access your references.

     

  • The Douglas Bomford Trust

    The Douglas Bomford Trust Scholarship is for one student each year studying on a BEng Honours or BSc Honours Agricultural Engineering or Agricultural Engineering Marketing and Management Courses. The value of the award is £2,000 per year.

    • This scholarship is to be paid during years one, two and four of the recipient’s four year sandwich degree. Year three is the sandwich year in Industry.
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  • The JCB Scholarship

    The JCB Scholarship may be awarded annually to up to 12 Engineering Students studying at Harper Adams. The value of the award is £1,000 per annum.

    • The successful students will each be employed at JCB during the sandwich placement year.
    • The scholarship recipients will also be employed at JCB during long vacation periods. 
    • Upon successful completion of their degree the Engineers will be offered a position with JCB for a minimum 12 month period.
    • JCB will repay a proportion of the student’s tuition fees for each year that he or she remains in their employment so that after five years all tuition fees will have been repaid
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  • The McConnell Scholarship

    The McConnell Scholarship is open to undergraduate Engineering students. The value of the award is between £500 and £1,000 and it is for one academic year only.

     

  • The Rugby Scholarship

    The Taylor McNally Foundation will award one scholarship to a value of £250 to a student from the Island of Ireland who has at the end of the first year been seen to have contributed the most to rugby at Harper Adams University College by the Foundation. 
    o       A further award of £250 may be awarded to the successful scholarship recipient provided that the recipient continues to play rugby at Harper Adams.

  • The Worshipful Company of Poulters

    The Worshipful Company of Pouters Scholarsip will be awarded to two students who wish to make a career upon graduation in the poultry industry. 
    o     The value of the award is £1,000 for two academic years.

     

  • Wessex Animal Health Scholarship

    The Wessex Animal Health Scholarship is for one student whose ambition is to have a career upon graduation in Sales and Marketing with their business.

     

    • Wessex Animal Health subject to performance on the placement year with them will award a scholarship paying up to £3,000 towards the successful student's final academic year.  Upon successful completion of their degree the graduate will be offered a position at Wessex Animal Health. This appointment will be for a minimum of one year.

International Scholarships

There are also scholarships available for students from certain geographical locations:

  • Elanco Animal Health Scholarship - Ireland

    To be eligible for these scholarships, students must have been resident in the appropriate region for the last 4 years and should pay fees in accordance with the rules affecting the country concerned. They must normally have applied to Harper Adams through UCAS (or directly to the College for an MSc), have been offered a place and have met the set entry requirements. All candidates for one of these scholarships should submit an extended CV and will normally have to participate in an interview or telephone interview. Offers for an International or Regional Scholarship can be made at any time.

    Introduced in 2004, Elanco Animal Health awards one £800 scholarship to a student resident in either Northern Ireland or the Republic. 

     

  • Harper Adams in Ireland Scholarship

    To be eligible for these scholarships, students must have been resident in the appropriate region for the last 4 years and should pay fees in accordance with the rules affecting the country concerned. They must normally have applied to Harper Adams through UCAS (or directly to the College for an MSc), have been offered a place and have met the set entry requirements. All candidates for one of these scholarships should submit an extended CV and will normally have to participate in an interview or telephone interview. Offers for an International or Regional Scholarship can be made at any time.

    Harper Adams in Ireland is the Association of 800 past Harper Adams students in Ireland.  The Association makes an annual scholarship of £500 to a first year student resident in Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal or Co. Monaghan.

     

  • Poultry Industry Education Trust - Ireland

    To be eligible for these scholarships, students must have been resident in the appropriate region for the last 4 years and should pay fees in accordance with the rules affecting the country concerned. They must normally have applied to Harper Adams through UCAS (or directly to the College for an MSc), have been offered a place and have met the set entry requirements. All candidates for one of these scholarships should submit an extended CV and will normally have to participate in an interview or telephone interview. Offers for an International or Regional Scholarship can be made at any time.

    The Poultry Industry Education Trust finances three awards annually, each valued at £1,000. Preference is given to students who have poultry experience or whose parents are employed in or associated with the poultry industry. Awards are available to students resident in either Northern Ireland or the Republic. Students entering Tourism courses are ineligible for this award.

     

  • The Alltech Scholarship

    To be eligible for these scholarships, students must have been resident in the appropriate region for the last 4 years and should pay fees in accordance with the rules affecting the country concerned. They must normally have applied to Harper Adams through UCAS (or directly to the College for an MSc), have been offered a place and have met the set entry requirements. All candidates for one of these scholarships should submit an extended CV and will normally have to participate in an interview or telephone interview. Offers for an International or Regional Scholarship can be made at any time.

    The Alltech Scholarship
    Alltech Ireland will award one scholarship annually to a student resident in the island of Ireland studying a course in animal science or agriculture.  The value of the award is £400 in the first year and £300 in each subsequent academic year excluding the sandwich year in industry.

  • The Devenish Nutrition Scholarship

     

    To be eligible for these scholarships, students must have been resident in the appropriate region for the last 4 years and should pay fees in accordance with the rules affecting the country concerned. They must normally have applied to Harper Adams through UCAS (or directly to the College for an MSc), have been offered a place and have met the set entry requirements. All candidates for one of these scholarships should submit an extended CV and will normally have to participate in an interview or telephone interview. Offers for an International or Regional Scholarship can be made at any time.

    The Devenish Nutrition Scholarship
    Devenish Nutrition will award one scholarship annually to a student resident in the island of Ireland studying a course in animal science or agriculture.  The value of the award is £400 in the first year and £300 in each subsequent academic year excluding the sandwich year in industry.

     

    For More infomation contact

    Renée Gallina-Morris
    Student Financial Aid Officer
    Harper Adams University College
    Newport
    Shropshire, TF10 8NB
    Telephone:               (01952) 815 428       
    Fax: (01952) 814 783
    E-mail: rgallinamorris@harper-adams.ac.uk

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