David Willetts MP (right) with Cllrs Royston Smith, David Fuller, Matthew Claisse
and Portswood Candidate Linda Norris
We were very pleased to welcome Universities Minister, David
Willetts, to Southampton at the weekend to officially give his seal of approval
to our ambitious new University Scholarship Scheme.
The new scheme is targeted at young people on low incomes
progressing to higher education and is partnership between Southampton City
Council, Southampton Solent University and the University of Southampton.
The scheme offers practical help in the form of fee waivers
and bursaries. Eligible young people will be Southampton residents, have a
household income of below £20,000, and attending Foundation degrees either
Southampton Solent University or the University of Southampton.
Both Universities will offer fee waivers in line with newly
negotiated admissions policies costing each institution around £100,000. The
Council funding will provide £45,000 p.a to each of the universities for
bursaries for initially a total of 45 young people to support learning
materials, travel and subsistence.
It was superb to receiving the backing of Mr Willetts who was full of praise for the initiative!
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