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The Dickson Poon Undergraduate Law Scholarship Programme 2016
Guidance Notes and Terms & Conditions
The Dickson Poon Undergraduate Law Scholarship Programme offers prestigious and generous scholarships to outstanding new Law students at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s CollegeLondon. The level of competition for the scholarships is high and Dickson Poon Scholars are expected to play an active role in the School community during their studies and in the global community after graduation. At least 25 scholarships will be awarded to the 2016-17 cohort of students. The scholarships are made possible by the generous support of Sir Dickson Poon.
Eligibility & Applications
The Dickson Poon Scholarship programme is open to all applicants who apply via UCAS for a placeon an undergraduate Law programme at King’s commencing in September 2016 (2016 entry). Theprogramme is also open to applicants who apply via UCAS for deferred entry to an undergraduateLaw programme at King’s commencing in September 2017 (deferred entry in 2017).
To apply, you must submit an Application Form. Please see Important Dates below for the application deadline.
We welcome applications from home, EU and international students.
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alue of Entry Scholarships
The School will award the majority of the Scholarships for the 2016-17 cohort as Entry Scholarships. Scholars will receive financial support of £5,000 per year for the duration of the degree programme to which they are admitted. Scholars will also receive complimentary King’saccommodation during the first year of their LLB programme.
Residents of Hong Kong and People’s Republic of China
A limited number of the scholarships will be reserved expressly by the School for residents of HongKong and the People’s Republic of China. Students awarded Scholarships reserved on this basis will
be required to confirm their intention to return to their country of residence upon completion of their studies.
Although the School expects to award Scholarships in line with the arrangements above, this is for guidance only and the final number and allocation of Scholarships will be decided by the School as it considers appropriate.
Selection Panel
The Scholarships will be awarded by a Selection Panel appointed by the Dean of The Dickson Poon School of Law.
The Selection Panel will assess and select successful applicants on the basis of outstanding merit. ThePanel will not take into account an applicant’s financial circumstances. In assessing applicants as partof its selection process, the Selection Panel will take the following into account:
the essay submitted by the applicant as part of his or her completed Application Form
the applicant’s LNAT multiple choice score
the applicant’s predicted or actual results for his or her A-level or equivalent examinations
in the case of a graduate applicant, the grade achieved by him or her in his or her previous degree(s).
The Selection Panel will select applicants on the basis of this assessment and make awards accordingly.
Answers to the essay questions must be the applicant’s own work. The Panel will disqualify answersin the case of actual or apparent plagiarism.
All decisions of the Selection Panel will be final.
Important Dates
There are two application rounds, and applicants may only apply to one round. The deadline for the first round is 12 noon (GMT) on Saturday 31 October 2015, and the deadline for the second round is 12 noon (GMT) on Tuesday 15 March 2016. Applications received before the October deadline will be considered in the first round. Applications received at any time after the October deadline but before the March deadline will be considered in the second round. Applications received after the March deadline will not be considered at all.
We will aim to inform you of the outcome of your application by Tuesday 1 December 2015 (for first round applications) or by Friday 15 April 2016 (for second round applicants), including whether you have been shortlisted for an interview, and in any case by no later than Friday 11 December 2015 (for first round applications) or Friday 22 April 2016 (for second round applicants).
If you have not heard from us by Friday 22 April 2016 please contact us by writing to Dickson- [email protected]. In this way we will be able to help you promptly with your query.
The School will award the Scholarships on the basis of merit, in the light of careful consideration of the whole application. The Scholarships will be allocated across the two rounds and the School reserves the right to award vary the distribution as it sees fit.
Use of Scholarships
A Scholarship holder may choose to use his or her Scholarship grant of £5,000 per year eithertowards payment of his or her King’s tuition fees or as a cash bursary paid directly to him or her. You will be asked to notify us of your choice prior to enrolment in September 2016.
The award of complimentary accommodation in first year cannot be substituted for any equivalent if a student chooses not to avail themselves of the accommodation.
Payment Arrangements
Details of payment arrangements will be notified to Scholarship holders prior to enrolment. In general the following arrangements will apply. Please note that these arrangements may be changed from time to time to take into account, for example, changes to College administrative requirements and changes to programmes:
If you choose to use your Scholarship towards tuition fees, we will credit the annual value of your Scholarship against your 2016-17 tuition fees account and thereafter against the remaining eligible years of your programme of study, up to the total value of your Scholarship. You will be responsible for any remaining tuition fees not covered by the Scholarship. (Please note in particular that if you choose this option as an international student liable for international fees, then we will credit the annual value of the Scholarship against your international tuition fees and you will be responsible for payment of the remaining fees.)
Excellence in Studies Scholarships
At the end of the first year of the degree, all students who are not already Scholars will be consideredfor “Excellence in Studies” Scholarships. At least five such scholarships will be awarded to the highest-performing students in the year on the basis of results. Those students will then become part of the 2016-17 Scholars cohort and will receive financial support during the remainder of their degrees, and participate fully in all other aspects of the Scholars programme.
Queries
Queries regarding the Scholarships specifically may be emailed to Dickson-Poon-LLB- [email protected]. For all other queries regarding your offer and admission to King’s, pleasecontinue to liaise directly with the Admissions Office at King’s College London.
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