The RTC Staff Bursary

1. You apply for the programme that you wish to study.
   Once you have received an offer letter, contact us via our online enquiry system and let us know that you wish to apply for the RTC Staff Bursary. Please ensure to provide your student number.
2. To confirm that you are eligible for the RTC Staff Bursary you will need to provide a work reference that is on headed paper, bearing a hand written signature from your employer that confirms your name, job title and start date.

1. You must be employed at a recognised Teaching Centre for the University of London on a full time or part basis and have been employed for a minimum of 12 months.
2. You will not be considered for the RTC Staff Bursary until you have received an offer for the programme you have applied for.
3. The RTC Staff Bursary is not available to currently registered students.
4. When you are approved for the RTC Staff Bursary you will be sent a bursary code to use during registration. If you proceed to register before you have received the bursary code, you will no longer be eligible for the bursary.

You must submit your request for this bursary either on your application form or via the online enquiry system at least 2 weeks before the registration deadline for your programme.

The following terms and conditions apply to your University of London RTC Staff Bursary:

1. To be eligible for the RTC Staff Bursary, you must be currently employed at a recognised Teaching Centre for the University of London, and have been employed either part time or full time for a minimum of 12 months.
2. The RTC Staff Bursary is available for all of the University of London undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including Bachelor’s degrees, Master’s degrees, Certificate Higher Education, Graduate Diplomas, Postgraduate Diploma’s and Postgraduate Certificates except for the International Foundation programme, Information Security programmes with academic direction by Royal Holloway- or CeFiMS and CeDeP programmes offered in conjunction with SOAS.
3. You will not be considered for the RTC Staff Bursary until you have been given an offer for the programme you have applied for.
4. The RTC Staff Bursary can be applied against registration fees, examination entry fees and course module fees, but does not cover examination resit fees, recognition of prior learning fees, fees for changing a module, or any fees charged by examination centres or teaching centres.
5. You cannot be considered for the RTC Staff Bursary if you are a currently registered student.
6. The RTC Staff Bursary value is 20% of the relevant fee deducted from your fees and can be applied if you chose the ‘pay as go’ option, or if you select to pay your full course fee.
7. The RTC Staff Bursary may be awarded in addition to other scholarships and funding, though it cannot be used in conjunction with any other University of London bursary or scholarships.
8. The RTC Staff Bursary may be reviewed on an annual basis and cannot be transferred to another individual.
9. Students awarded a RTC Staff Bursary but who subsequently withdraw from their course of studies will no longer be eligible for the RTC Staff Bursary.
10. Students who take a break in their studies will continue to be eligible for the RTC Staff Bursary provided that they complete their degree in the permitted timescales and pay any relevant fees.
11. The RTC Staff Bursary is only valid for registration’s that begin in the 2019 onwards. The RTC Staff Bursary cannot be retroactively applied to studies in previous academic years.
12. The RTC Staff Bursary will be valid for the maximum period of registration for your programme.
13. The University reserves the right to terminate the RTC Staff Bursary if you are found to have omitted key information or have provided untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or fraudulent information on your application form or in any additional information provided to the University and used in the determination of the award of your RTC Staff Bursary.
14. You agree to abide by the rules and regulations of the University of London. If you do not abide by these rules and regulations, or if you do not meet the requirements (including the academic requirements) to continue or complete your course, the University reserves the right to withdraw the RTC Staff Bursary with immediate effect.
15. You undertake to use your best efforts to fulfil the academic requirements of your course.
16. As part of the RTC Staff Bursary award, the University may ask you to participate in marketing related activities and/or events to promote and share your experiences of the RTC Staff Bursary. Examples of typical activities and/or events may include participating in an interview, providing a profile for the University website or prospectus or attending an open day or induction event. If you participate in such activities and/or events, you agree for the University to use any material resulting from such activities and/or events for the purposes of publicity material and/or for the education of other students, whether electronically or in print. You furthermore release and discharge the University and its agents, representatives and assignees from any and all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with the use of the publicity material, including without limitation any and all claims for invasion of privacy and defamation. Additionally, you agree that the copyright of any publicity material shall be wholly vested in the University and you hereby assign to the University any and all rights in the publicity material.
17. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you are giving the University the right to hold and process your personal data, including some sensitive personal data. The University will process this personal data (including any personal data provided as part of participation in a marketing related activity and/or event under clause 16) in accordance with the UK Data Protection legislation and the University’s Data Protection Policy. The University will only share data with third parties in accordance with its Data Protection Policy and the University will remain the data controller of the data. The Data Protection Policy is applicable from the time of accepting these Terms and Conditions, and can be read in full here: https://london.ac.uk/about-us/how-university-run/policies/data-protection-policy.
18. The University of London and any relevant Federation Members are separate legal entities. In accepting the RTC Staff Bursary you agree to the sharing of your personal data between the University and a Federation Member (where relevant) for the purposes of the management of your RTC Staff Bursary.
19. Each of the clauses of these Terms and Conditions operate separately. If a clause or any part of a clause is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these Terms and Conditions which shall remain in full force and effect.
20. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and the University in relation to the Teaching Centre Bursary. All previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between you and the University relating to the Teaching Centre Bursary, whether written or oral, shall have no legal effect unless expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions.
21. If the University fails to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions, or if the University does not enforce its rights against you, or if the University delays in doing so, that will not mean that the University has waived its rights against you and that will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If the University waives a default by you of the Teaching Centre Bursary, the University will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that it will automatically waive any later default by you.
22. These are the Terms and Conditions between you and the University. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of the terms of these Terms and Conditions.
23. These Terms and Conditions, and any matters arising out of or in relation to these Terms and Conditions, are governed and construed in accordance with English law. The parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in relation to these Terms and Conditions.