Nottingham Law School

Dean’s Legal Practice Course (LPC)

Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Nottingham Law School is delighted to offer a number of competitive Dean’s Legal Practice Course
Scholarships for Academic Excellence for eligible courses starting in September 2020.

These prestigious scholarships are available to UK, EU or International students who have received an offer to
study on a eligible course, and are worth up to the value of half the tuition fee. The scholarships will be available
in the form of a tuition fee reduction.

These scholarships will be awarded to the candidates who the awarding committee determines most closely
meet the criteria for the award, which are provided on the next page.

The scholarship decision will be made by the awarding committee and all decisions are final. The scholarship will
be available in the form of a tuition fee reduction, and if you are awarded a scholarship your fee will be adjusted
before enrolment. If you are a part-time student, your fee will be adjusted proportionally at the start of each year
that the scholarship awarded to you will be spread across both years of the course.

How to apply
Application process

Applications must consist of a fully completed scholarship application form, which includes a personal statement that
directly addresses the criteria on the next page.

The awarding committee reserves the right to exclude from consideration any applications that include written statements
which exceed the stated word limit.

Please return your completed scholarship application form and supporting documents to NTU.scholarships@ntu.ac.uk as
soon as possible.

Application deadline

• 15 June 2020, 16:00 GMT (4 pm)

Please email your form to NTU.scholarships@ntu.ac.uk before 16:00 GMT (4 pm) by 15 June 2020.
If we receive your application after the deadline, it will not be considered.
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Your personal details

You must answer all questions for your application to be considered.

First name(s):* Nationality:*

Surname (Family name):* NTU ID number:*

This is usually an N or T followed by seven digits / numbers. You will

Email:* find this on your offer email or offer letter.

Please use the same email address you used when applying for your course.
We will use this email for all communications about your scholarship application.

Course (please tick)*: LLM LPC Full-time LLM LPC Part-time

Previous study (prior to applying for postgraduate study at NTU)

Please provide the below information about your Qualifying Law Degree or your GDL and undergraduate honours degree. If you are working towards
this qualification please tick the ‘results pending’ box and include your predicted classification or grade.

Name of institution:

Full award title (e.g. LLB (Hons) Law):

Grade / Classification: Results pending (please tick): Yes No

* Mandatory information

Section Two

Personal statement
Please provide a statement of a maximum of 400 words addressing criterion one if you wish to apply for a scholarship.
Criterion one (maximum 400 words)
Evidence of the pursuit and achievement of excellence to include:
• personal academic performance; and / or
• work and other life experiences which you feel demonstrate your ability to make the most of the LPC.
• anticipated academic and career benefits you will receive from studying the LPC.
For example:
• Give details of any relevant experience and achievements, both educational and outside education, which demonstrate how you
• have pursued or achieved excellence in that area.
• You may wish to demonstrate how this experience will enable you to apply the skills and knowledge gained from it to help you to
• get the most out of the LPC.
• You may wish to focus particularly on why you think that you should be awarded this scholarship ahead of other applicants.
• What individual contribution you think that you could make to the LPC.
• In what specific ways you think that gaining the LPC will contribute to achieving your career plans.

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Section Three

Checklist
Before sending your application we recommend that you do the following:
• Please ensure that you have read and understood the terms and conditions.
• Please ensure that you have read and understood the personal statement criteria.
• Please ensure that you have completed all sections of the application form.
• Please make sure that you are specific, clear, and have carefully proofread your application.
• Please ensure you have provided the same email address that you used when applying for your course.
• Please ensure you have included all of the mandatory information including your ‘N’ number.
Please return your completed application form to NTU.scholarships@ntu.ac.uk as soon as possible and by the deadline dates at the
latest.
This list is offered as an indicative suggestion and is not intended to be prescriptive or exhaustive.

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Please read the Nottingham Law School Dean’s Legal Practice Course (LPC) Scholarship for Academic Excellence terms and
conditions and sign below.

I confirm that the details given in this scholarship application form are accurate, and I have read and understood the terms and conditions
of the scholarship.

Signed: Date:

Please note: A digital signature will be accepted

Terms and Conditions

1. This scheme is only open to applicants who are classed as UK, EU or International for fee purposes. Please note NTIC progression
students are not eligible for a scholarship. Please check our website for details of funding for NTIC students at www.ntu.ac.uk/ntic
2. Applicants are only eligible for consideration of a scholarship award if they have been offered a place on the Legal Practice Course.
3. Students who are sponsored by their employers, government, or funding body (in full or in part) are not eligible to apply for this
scholarship award.
4. Applicants are only eligible to apply for a scholarship if they are due to enrol onto the first year of their course in September 2020.
Students due to enrol onto the second or third year of their part-time course in September 2020 are not eligible to apply.
5. The scholarship deadline is 4 pm GMT on 15 June 2020. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
6. Scholarships of up to a maximum of half the tuition fee are available. The awarding committee may choose to award a part
scholarship.
7. The scholarship will be available in the form of a tuition fee reduction. If you are awarded a scholarship, your fee will be adjusted,
before enrolment.
8. If you are awarded any other scholarship, bursary and / or fee reduction from the University the maximum amount awarded will not
exceed more than half the tuition fee.
9. The scholarship is not transferable and will not be awarded if you choose to defer your entry to a different start date, or if you choose
to transfer to a different course at the University.
10. Applicants will be informed of whether they have (or have not) been awarded a scholarship (and of the value of the scholarship award
if they have been awarded) within three weeks of the application deadline date.
11. The scholarship will only be awarded once an applicant accepts their scholarship offer, accepts and meets the conditions of their
offer, and are eligible to enrol on the Legal Practice Course.
12. Scholarships are competitive and selection is based on the information provided on the scholarship application form. It is, therefore, of
great importance that you give your personal statement careful thought and preparation, and that you refer to the criteria provided.
13. The University’s decision in all matters relating to the scholarship is final.
14. If your scholarship application is successful, you may be asked to appear in online and / or printed University marketing materials.
This may involve providing a student profile and a photograph which may be used to promote the University’s scholarship schemes
and Legal Practice Course.

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