Make fee waivers for high A level grades cash bursaries
Thomas Bristow submitted on
Tuesday 10th October 2017
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The University kindly knocks £1,000 off tuition fees per A* grade at A level.
This may have been a great incentive to do well in A levels when tuition fees were smaller but with the current system it does not matter how large the student loan you have, you will still pay the same amount back, depending on your earnings as most will never pay it off.
The University is effectively giving away the £1,000 to the student loan's company-neither the student/university is benefitting.
By providing a cash bursary, students would benefit from the reward, providing an incentive to study hard and come to Southampton.
Responses
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Students' Union replied on
Monday 23rd Oct 2017 3:37pm
Hi Thomas,
As agreed, I'm going to close the YMC submission as we're dealing with this over email.
All the best,
Samuel Dedman (VP Education 2017/18 - vpeducation@susu.org)
Students' Union replied on
Thursday 19th Oct 2017 10:52am
Hi Thomas,
I have just recieved the following back from the Faculty of Engineering & the Environment, as this seems to be a scholarship which is specific to them:
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This is a merit scholarship and these are awarded by the Faculty for each A* grade or equivalent achieved above offer. When students enrol, the box asking about the method of payment for fee waivers/bursaries is in relation to the fee waivers and bursaries that are provided by the University and are linked to household income. They are two separate things.
I have attached the Ts and Cs for merit scholarships below outlining that these will be paid via a fee waiver
https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/assets/imported/transforms/content-block/UsefulDownloads_Download/B6555E206D44442DA6DD31EDE6CC0F7E/28.03.2017%20Southampton%20International%20Merit%20Scholarships%202017%20Entry%20TCs%20(FINAL).pdf#_ga=2.148163319.1942118435.1508337011-1700710620.1508149317
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Hopefully this clarifies why the scholarship has been offered to you in the way that it has. I'm going to continue doing some work researching the scholarship offer at the University of Southampton, but if you want to continue looking at this one in particular it might be worth having a direct conversation with the Academic Reps for your Faculty. Drop me an email if you want their details!
All the best,
Samuel Dedman (VP Education 2017/18 - vpeducation@susu.org)
Students' Union replied on
Wednesday 18th Oct 2017 1:43pm
Hi Thomas,
Following your email I've passed your email to Kerry Matthews (Director of Student Services) who is going to look into it for you.
I'll post an update here as soon as I have one!
All the best,
Samuel Dedman (VP Education 2017/18 - vpeducation@susu.org)
Students' Union replied on
Monday 16th Oct 2017 10:18am
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for getting in touch. I'm super keen to take this forward as something to look into, especially since the University have revised many of their scholarship offerings in recent years (see https://www.southampton.ac.uk/uni-life/fees-funding/ug-fees-funding/ug-scholarships.page).
Is there any chance that you'd be able to drop me an email with some more information, and then we can work out together how to move forward with this issue.
All the best,
Samuel Dedman (VP Education 2017/18 - vpeducation@susu.org)
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