Royal Veterinary College

This scholarship was established by a gift in the will of Leonard Geffen, an RVC Alumnus (1941) and was named for his favourite dog, a St Bernard called Rufus of Ruskinmere.

Level: Undergraduate

Course: BSc Bioscience courses

Country: All

Value: £5,000 a year for each year of the course

No. of awards: One new awardee each year

Eligibility

To ensure we provide support to offer holders from underrepresented backgrounds, we use contextual information from the UCAS application as a part of the awarding process. The following information is considered:

• Whether the applicant is from a low participation neighbourhood, using HEFCE POLAR 4 and Index of Multiple Deprivation data.

• Whether the applicant is a care leaver (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has received Free School Meals (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is a refugee (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has a disability (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is the first in their family to attend Higher Education, not including siblings  (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has attended a school/college at level 2 and at level 3 that the RVC has determined is a contextual school.