Vice Chancellor's Fee Waiver for Continuing Students in 2022/23

As a Harper Adams graduate you could qualify for a 50% fee waiver when progressing on to a full-time taught postgraduate course. This scheme is designed to promote and reward academic excellence.

This award is intended to support those from less advantaged or under-represented backgrounds who achieve highly at Undergraduate level to progress to Postgraduate level study, in line with our Access and Participation Plan aspirations. We will award a fee waiver for those full-time UK, Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Isle Undergraduate students who achieved either a First Class or Second Class Honours Degree from Harper Adams University in 2021/22, having completed at least three years of full-time study based at Harper Adams University. The fee waiver is available for MSc and MProf awards studied full-time in 2022/23.

The level of fee waiver is as follows:

• 50% fee waiver for those who achieved a First Class Honours Degree
• 30% fee waiver for those who achieved a Second Class Honours Degree (Upper or Lower Divisions)

Students must also meet the following eligibility criteria intended to improve access to postgraduate level study by under-represented groups, as defined by the University’s Access and Participation Plan:

• students from areas of low higher education participation, low household income and/or low socioeconomic status
• students recorded as black and minority ethnicity
• mature students
• disabled students in receipt of the Disabled Students’ Allowance
• care leavers

Studies by Negotiation and Master of Research programmes are ineligible for this award. Part-time Undergraduates are also ineligible for this award. Entry cannot be deferred. Any study required beyond 2022/23, including for students studying part-time or deferred in 2023/24 or later, is ineligible for this discretionary award.

All course applications should be made before the deadline passes on 1^st September 2022.

In addition, you will need to supply the following by 7^th September 2022 sent to postgraduate@harper-adams.ac.uk with VC Fee Waiver 2022/3 as the subject.

1. A satisfactory reference from your Undergraduate Course Manager or Course Tutor
2. Indicate one, or more, of the 5 eligibility criteria you meet
3. A downloaded copy of your final results

We will then contact you directly should we require any further documentation to support this and also to confirm your eligibility.