The James Beedle Scholarship

The James Beedle Scholarship is worth £3,000 per year for an undergraduate student. The scholarship is awarded based on the most academically talented students from families of lower income.

  • Funding: £3,000
  • Academic year: 2022/23
  • Open to: UK (home) students
  • Qualification level: Undergraduate
  • Number available: One
Applications for 2022/23 are closed.
Eligibility

Open to UK (home) students only.

Open to students in the Department of Economics and Related Studies.

Funding is available for a maximum of three years and subject to continued attainment of grades.

You must meet all the essential criteria to be considered for a scholarship:

  • you are holding an offer to study a three-year undergraduate degree at the University of York's Department of Economics for entry in September 2022
  • you are a permanent resident in the UK, classified as Home (UK) in university admissions procedures, and you have an annual household income below £42,875
  • When applying for your student finance, you and your parents must grant consent to Student Finance to share your household income assessment with the University. This enables us to check eligibility.   

The awards will be paid in four instalments each year for three years.

 

 

How to apply

Application deadline: Monday 31 October 2022, 11.59pm GMT

  • We will be inviting eligible candidates (via email) to apply for the scholarships in October 2022 asking applicants to answer the question: what you hope a degree from the Department of Economics at the University of York will help you achieve (300 words maximum).
  • The successful applicant will be notified as soon as possible.