THE UNIVERSITY
of EDINBURGH
Records Management Section
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
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27 August 2021
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File ref: FOI2021/00189
Adalyn James
Sent by email: request-740809-
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Dear Adalyn James
Freedom of Information request: FOI2021/00189
Thank you for your email of 24 March requesting information about Masters Scholarship
applications to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Please accept our
apologies for the delay to our response to your request. The University’s working
practices are currently affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The University of Edinburgh is a global university, rooted in Scotland. We are globally
recognised for our research, development and innovation and we have provided world-
class teaching to our students for more than 430 years. We are the largest university in
Scotland and in 2019/20 our annual revenue was £1.12 billion, of which £296 million was
research income. We have over 44,000 students and over 15,000 staff. We are a
founding member of the UK's Russell Group of leading research universities and a
member of the League of European Research Universities.
The University has a long tradition of offering support to talented students who may be
deterred from studying due to lack of necessary financial resources, and our students
benefit from a strong support framework that responds effectively to individual
circumstances. The new Edinburgh Access Scholarship applies to all UK domiciled new
entrant students starting in 2020, treating those from Scotland and the rest of the UK in
the same way. The increased financial support for estranged students, provided through
the new scholarship, is part of the
University's wider commitments to supporting
estranged students. Scholarsh
ip details are available on our website. Eligible students
are also able to access financial assistance from a number of sources including the
Discretionary, Childcare and Hardship funds
. Information about the additional financial
assistance available for students is also available on the University's website.
Your information request
You asked for the number of applications received for the School of History, Classics and
Archaeology Masters Scholarships for academic year 2021/22. You also asked for the
success rate of applications in academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21.
University Secretary: Ms Sarah Smith
UNIVERSITY SECRETARY Ms Sarah Smith
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336
y of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336
In academic year 2021/22, there were 123 applications for four Home fees scholarship
awards.
In 2019/20 there was 115 applicants for five available scholarship awards.
In 2020/21 there was 124 applications for five available scholarship awards.
For both 2019/20 and 2020/21 the scholarships available were as follows: one combining
Home, EU and Island (HEU fees) and stipend, two covering HEU fees, and two covering
stipend. Please note that these awards could be combined at the discretion of the
awarders.
Right to review
If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may ask the University to conduct a review
of this decision by contacting the University's Records Management Section in writing
(e.g. by letter or email) or in some other recorded form (e.g. audio or video tape). You
should describe the original request, explain your grounds for dissatisfaction, and include
an address for correspondence. You have 40 working days from receipt of this letter to
submit a review request. The contact details for the Records Management Section are at
the top of this letter. When the review process has been completed, if you are still
dissatisfied, you may use the
Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance on making
an appeal to make an appeal to the Commissioner. If you do not have access to the
Internet, please let me know and I will provide a copy of the relevant web pages.
Privacy notice for information request applicants
The University of Edinburgh's request privacy notice, which describes how we use the
information you have supplied about yourself and your request, is published on the
University website.
Yours sincerely
David Ward
Records Management Section
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