KMMS Christopher and Henry Oldfield Support Scholarship

Other eligibility requirements

All candidates must:

• Have accepted an unconditional or firmly accepted a conditional offer from the Kent and Medway Medical School 
• Provide evidence of financial hardship 

Award Conditions for applicants who are at, or just leaving school may include:

• Orphaned, or estranged from parents 
• Student should have been in receipt of, or eligible for, free school meals in Year 11 
• Have parents in receipt of pension credit or income support, income-based job seekers allowance, child tax credit or employment support allowance
• Be in receipt of a 16-19 Bursary 
• Be in receipt of a UCAT Bursary  

Award conditions for postgraduates may include:

• Be in receipt of employment and support allowance or universal credit, AND disability living allowance or personal independence payments, in their own right 
• Have a household income below £24,000 per annum
• Having to stop regular employment to take up a place at KMMS, with financial commitments to Student Loan repayments.

Further details

The Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust wish to contribute to the Kent & Medway Medical School (KMMS) by supporting a student on the basis of financial need. The award is designed to cover the full academic fees at the home rate for the Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS) programme for 4 years.  

This scholarship has been generously awarded to support a KMMS student with their tuition fees for 4 years, after which the NHS Bursary becomes available to cover the remaining fees.