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The Joffe Scholarship

The Joffe Scholarship was created to support students pursuing the Law LLB (Hons) course. It aims to make legal education more accessible, particularly those from low income backgrounds. The scholarship is £3,000 per year of study. 

 

This scholarship is supported by a kind dontation from The Right Honorable Lord Joffe, CBE. He was awarded an honorary degree by the university in recognition of his work as a human rights lawyer and helping representing Nelson Madela.

 

  1. Eligibility Criteria

    To be eligible, students must:
    1. Have made ¼«Æ··´²îæ» their firm choice for the first year of a new full time BA/BSc undergraduate degree programme at ¼«Æ··´²îæ» in the current academic year (not distance learning)
    2. Be a home/fee paying student — have a UK Student Support Number (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish students)
    3. Apply online to be income assessed by Student Finance
    4. Demonstrate financial need — household income must indicate that students are eligible for means-tested support from Student Finance with a household income of up to and including £50,000
    5. Be paying tuition fees under the new tuition fee regime of £9,535
    6. Be self-funding — your course of study must not be externally funded
    7. Hold no other form of donor or university funded scholarship
  2. Terms and Conditions

    Financial Terms and Conditions
    1. This scholarship is not transferrable
    2. The data on your student finance record must meet the award edibility criteria. To be able to be fully assessed against the criteria you must:
      1. Complete your student finance application, and it needs to be assessed and approved by your UK student finance authority
      2. Have signed and returned your student declaration form to the SLC
      3. Ensure your relevant UK student finance authority record is available to ¼«Æ··´²îæ». Therefore, you must have given permission for your information to be shared with the university
      4. Make sure your parents or sponsors have allowed Student Finance to share their details with ¼«Æ··´²îæ»
    3. Your student record must include your bank details, as ¼«Æ··´²îæ» pays scholarships directly into student bank accounts. If your record is incomplete, your payment may be delayed or not made
    4. The scholarship will be paid in instalments in line with ¼«Æ··´²îæ»â€™s normal Scholarship payment schedule, which is once per term
    5. If you interrupt your studies or leave ¼«Æ··´²îæ» before completing your course, any scholarship payments made afterwards will normally need to be repaid
    6. If ¼«Æ··´²îæ» makes a scholarship payment by mistake, or if it is based on false information, the payment will usually have to be repaid by the student
    7. If you do not receive a payment, you must contact the Scholarships Team at ¼«Æ··´²îæ» straight away so we can look into it

    Attendance and Reporting Terms and Conditions
    1. To continue receiving your scholarship, you must attend your classes and hand in all required assessments
    2. You must engage with the requests for progress updates from the scholarship officer. This allows us to provide updates to our donors and share your successes. The requests will be in October, January and May
    3. If you do not respond to a request for an update, we will pause payments for the next academic year until we hear from you. Continued lack of response may result in the scholarship being withdrawn

    ¼«Æ··´²îæ» may change these eligibility criteria and terms and conditions at any time without notice. Please read this information alongside the specific details for your scholarship.
  3. How to apply

    Applications for 2025/26 are now closed
  4. Further information

    Find advice and guidance on how to complete the application form.

    Further information: If you have any further queries please contact the Development and Alumni Scholarships Team, via email at daescholarships@dmu.ac.uk

Applications for 2025/26 are now closed