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Student loans and grants in the United Kingdom are primarily provided by the government through the Student Loans Company (SLC), an executive non-departmental public body. The SLC is responsible for Student Finance England and Student Finance Wales, and is a delivery partner of Student Finance NI and the Student Awards Agency for Scotland.
The Universities’ China Committee in London (UCCL) is an educational grant-giving charitable trust established in 1925, and formalised by Royal Charter in 1932. Its mission is to provide for "two way flow of academic exchange between China and the UK", and "the encouragement of China-focused studies in the UK". [1]
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) (Welsh: Lwfans Cynhaliaeth Addysg; LCA) is a financial scheme applicable to students aged between sixteen and nineteen and those undertaking unpaid vocational or non-university academic learning in the United Kingdom (except England) and whose parents had a certain level of taxable income. It is no longer ...
Educational grants are provided to support students and educational institutions. These can be merit-based, need-based, or designated for specific fields of study. The Fulbright Program, which offers grants for international educational exchange, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants for biomedical research are prominent examples.
The Nuffield Foundation is a charitable trust established in 1943 by William Morris, Lord Nuffield, the founder of Morris Motors Ltd.It aims to improve social well-being by funding research and innovation projects in education and social policy, and building research capacity in science and social science.
The Ernest Cook Trust is a large educational charity in England. [1] It was founded in 1952 by the philanthropist Ernest Cook, the grandson of travel pioneer Thomas Cook.Each year the Trustees distribute more than £1.25m in educational grants to benefit children and young people, notably to schools for improving their outdoor education and play areas.
Grants are purposeful, with the intention of making a sustainable improvement in the lives of recipients; applicant organisations must show explicit and realistic ‘outputs and outcomes’ that will benefit the individuals the charities exist to serve; some awards are concerned with strategic approaches to the needs of individuals in poverty ...
The awards are funded by the income generated by a £100 million endowment from the Millennium Commission as a permanent source of grants for individuals throughout the United Kingdom to develop their skills and talents, and to contribute to the community; the income from the endowment is held by the Millennium Awards, of which UnLtd is the ...