APPLICATION FOR A VACATION STUDY GRANT 2016-2017
To be completed and returned to the Tutorial Office
by NOON on Friday of WEEK 6 OF THE TERM PRECEDING RESIDENCE
No late or retrospective applications will be considered.
Name:Subject: Year of course:
Number of nights, since 1st August this academic year,
for which a Vacation Study Grant has already been given, if applicable:
Total number of nights of residence in Oxford for which a grant is requested:
(The first night of the Christmas Vacation is Saturday night of 8th week. The first night of both Easter and Long Vacations is Sunday night of 9th week. Wednesday night of 0th week is the last night for all vacations)
Dates of NIGHTS of residence in Oxford for which a grant is requested (inclusive):
Signed: Date:
TUTOR’S CERTIFICATE
This application has my approval and I certify that the vacation study is directly related to the approved course of study and is necessary in the sense that the student’s progress will be seriously prejudiced if he/she is unable to undertake it. It falls within the category which I have ticked below:
* University examination: give date of last examination: ______
* Compulsory vacation course: organised by the University (not funded by Department).
* Making up residence and/or study lost through illness
(up to one week; a medical certificate may be required; special cases involving longer illness may be dealt with by application to other funds).
* Tutorials postponed at tutor’s request and held in the vacation.
Reading and revision:
* By finalists who have no access at home to an appropriate university library
* Other finalists;
* Other undergraduates who have no access at home to a university library;
* Other undergraduates.
Signed: ______: Date: ______
Please print: ______(Tutor must be a member of the Tutorial Board)
From: The Senior Tutor/Tutor for Graduates Magdalen College
Dr M P Pobjoy Oxford
Tel: 01865-276064 Fax: 01865-276094 OX1 4AU
Email:
http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk
VACATION STUDY GRANTS 2016-2017
Grants of £12.46 per night are available to all current undergraduates for essential academic work in Oxford during the vacation; up to a maximum of 30 nights per academic year from 1st August for students taking FHS examinations (including students taking examinations in the second, third or fourth year), 15 nights for those taking Prelims, Moderations, or Honour Moderations in vacation or compulsory vacation courses, and 10 nights for others. Those living out of College are also eligible. Grants are not available for students who are out of residence.
Students must apply for a grant before the end of Week 6 of the term preceding residence.
PROCEDURE
Application
Forms are available from the windowsill at the bottom of the Grammar Hall staircase or the College website. These require the signature of a subject tutor (who must be a member of the Tutorial Board), and the tutor must state in which category the application falls. Application forms should be returned to the Tutorial Office by noon of Friday of Week 6 of the term preceding vacation residence. No late or retrospective application will be considered. For those requiring College accommodation a separate, additional application for vacation residence through the Home Bursary is essential.
Confirmation of grant
Letters confirming the outcome of grant applications will be sent to applicants before the end of term preceding vacation residence, which includes a claim form.
Claim
Claim forms confirming dates of residence must be returned to the Tutorial Office by noon on Friday of Week 1 of the term after the vacation concerned. Vacation study grants are paid by crediting batells accounts.
Payment
Priority shall be given in the following order:
1. Undergraduates in residence for University examinations or compulsory vacation courses organised by the University and not funded by Departments.
2. Undergraduates making up residence and/or study through illness (up to one week; a medical certificate may be required; special cases involving longer illness may be dealt with by application to other funds.
3. Finalists who have no access at home to a university library, ie they do not live in London or within ten miles of another university.
4. Other finalists.
5. Other undergraduates who have no access at home to a university library.
6. Other undergraduates.
MPP – February 2017