Eight Teesside University funding schemes close on 21 October

Students starting eligible degrees at Teesside University have until Wednesday 21 October to apply for eight scholarship and bursary schemes. Together, the schemes offer 18 awards, with individual support ranging from £2,500 to £9,000.

The opportunities cover engineering, business, computing, games, science and health courses. Most place weight on financial circumstances, while several also use local residency, postcode or widening-participation criteria. The rules are not identical, so applicants need to check the course list and eligibility for each award rather than assume one application fits every scheme.

Support for engineering and business students

The Steph McGovern Women in Engineering Scholarship, powered by Enginuity, has six awards worth £6,000 or £8,000. It is open to applicants who identify as women and are starting one of the listed engineering degrees. Applicants must be UK home-fee students, choose Teesside as their firm UCAS choice and enter the first year of an eligible degree rather than a foundation year. Preference is given to people from TS postcodes, and financial circumstances form part of the assessment.

Two Dr Ken Home Scholarships, each worth £4,000, are available for eligible engineering students who have lived in the Tees Valley for more than two years and can explain the financial barriers affecting their studies. The Octopus Energy Sustainable Futures Bursary adds four awards of £2,500 for students starting specified business, accounting or engineering degrees. Its criteria also focus on financial need, with possible preference for applicants from underrepresented or financially disadvantaged backgrounds.

Funding for computing, games and science

The largest individual award in the group is the £9,000 Creative Assembly Scholarship. One place is available to a first-year games design student who can demonstrate financial need, identifies as a woman, or comes from a minority ethnic background. The Dean Benson Scholarship offers one £6,000 award to an eligible computing or games student from a TS postcode who is facing financial difficulty.

The Teesside Charity Scholarship provides two awards of £5,000 for eligible low-income students from TS postcodes who are starting selected business, computing or games courses. Preference is given to applicants who are the first generation in their family to attend university. A further £3,000 award is available through the Cleveland Scientific Institution Scholarship for selected computing and science courses, with preference for applicants living in the Tees Valley, Richmond or Whitby. Continued payments under that award depend on attendance and academic progress.

One award for health students

The Professor Leni Oglesby Transformation Scholarship offers one £6,000 award for a first-year student on an eligible nursing, midwifery or diagnostic radiography degree. Applicants must be studying full-time, pay UK home fees and not be entering through a foundation year. The university says preference is given to first-generation students and people from low-income households or areas of economic disadvantage.

What applicants need to do

Applications are made through the individual scholarship pages on Teesside University’s website and close on 21 October. Several ask applicants to describe their financial circumstances and explain how the funding would help them study. Awards are decided by the university’s Scholarships Panel, which may also consider academic performance, other application information and, where relevant, an interview.

Applicants should read the complete course lists and terms before submitting. Some awards cannot be held alongside another university scholarship, and the university’s general conditions link payment to enrolment, attendance and continued progress. The awards are competitive, so meeting the basic criteria does not guarantee funding. Application links and full rules are available through the university’s undergraduate scholarships page.