Funding opportunity details

Scholarship information

We’re all about GREat Skills! If students participate in our outreach activities before joining us at the university, they could be eligible for a scholarship worth £2,000.

We want to reward students from the schools and colleges we work with who prepare well for university by developing their independent learning and study skills before they start with us.

If students participate in a minimum of 4 of our outreach activities during their A Level/Level 3 studies and will be joining us for their undergraduate studies in September 2026, they may be eligible for a substantial cash scholarship of £2,000.

This will be paid to students in three instalments during their first year.

Eligibility Criteria

Students will need to meet the following criteria to be eligible for the GREat Skills Scholarship:

Students will need to be studying at one of our targeted schools and colleges.
Students need to be studying level 3 qualifications (A level, BTEC Level 3, T Levels, Access, IB or any other Level 3 qualifications) which hold UCAS points and will be receiving their final results in the Summer 2026.
Students need to have received an offer to study a full-time undergraduate course (including extended programmes) at our Greenwich, Avery Hill or Medway Campus (excluding the Medway School of Pharmacy), which commences in September 2026.
Students will be a new full-time undergraduate, paying the maximum home tuition fee of £9,535.
Students need to have participated in a minimum of 4 of our outreach activities, of which 3 must be physical/in-person and 3 must be from GREat Skills/Big Ideas as main attendance. Other interactions can include:

Outreach Activity	Is this activity included in the Scholarship?	How many times can this type of activity count towards scholarship attendance
Why go to Uni Assembly	Yes	1
University Toolkit Workshop	Yes	No max
GREat Skills Workshops (Includes workshops delivered as part of a GREat Skills Learning Day)	Yes	No max, but minimum participation of 3 workshops is required, or 2 plus 1 Big Ideas workshop
On Campus Subject Taster Days	Yes	No max
Big Ideas (Includes Big Ideas workshops in school/college and Big Ideas on campus events)	Yes	No max
Subject Talk	Yes	1
Physical Open Day	Yes	1
Physical Offer Holder Event	Yes	1
Subject Twilight Lectures (online & hybrid)	Yes	1
STAART Events (online, hybrid & in-person)	Yes	1
Careers in Sport Events (CACT)	Yes	1
Online Independent Learners’ Toolkit	Yes	1
Other online webinars (not including GREat Skills, Subject Twilight lectures or STAART Events)	No	N/A
HE Fairs	No	N/A
UCAS Fairs	No	N/A
Pre-recorded webinar resources	No	N/A

How to Apply

This scholarship will be awarded automatically based on the above criteria. You will receive correspondence confirming your award by Friday 29 May 2026.

Where a large number of students are eligible, priority will be given to those from backgrounds underrepresented in higher education e.g., POLAR4 Q1 (areas of low participation) and IMD Q1 (a measure of multiple deprivation), both of which are identified by postcode. Where there are more eligible students from POLAR4 Q1 and IMD Q1 backgrounds than scholarships, students will be asked to apply. We reserve the right to change this criteria subject to guidance from the OfS.

Please note the above information may be subject to change for 2026 entry. Please check our GREAT skills scholarship or contact us via our Enquiry Form for further updates.