I’ve been lucky enough to gain a President’s Award from Manchester University. I could go on further, but the press release from the University seems to From Manchester University

Students awarded £10,000 scholarships from The University of Manchester

NINE students have been awarded prestigious £10,000 a year Scholarships to study at The University of Manchester.

The awards are reserved for ‘the best of the best’. Only the very highest academic credentials are considered, with eligibility depending not only on at least three “A” grades at A-level, including grade “A” in every module, but also on the results of a “Thinking Skills Assessment,” a special examination and an interview.

In addition, the award holders have demonstrated personal qualities indicating that they have the potential to make distinctive contributions to University and the wider community.

The University of Manchester wants to strengthen its reputation as a preferred destination for many of the best and brightest students from across the UK and throughout the world. This new President’s Awards programme of up to ten generous, highly prestigious scholarships is one element in a range of programmes designed to encourage outstanding students to come to Manchester, irrespective of their capacity to pay.

The President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert, in congratulating the new President’s Scholars, said how important it was for one of the country’s foremost research institutions also to be seen to be investing heavily in creating opportunities for students. Professor Gilbert said: “We want the brightest young people in the UK increasingly to see Manchester as a logical and rewarding choice, just as we want a wider scholarship programme to ensure that no able student is denied a place in Manchester because of an inability to pay.”

Accompanying these Awards, Manchester has a multi-million pound programme of widening participation scholarships and bursaries reserved for able students from low-income families.

The University also invests very considerable time and resources into a range of widening participation initiatives concentrating on the needs of primary and secondary schools and their pupils in educationally deprived areas of Greater Manchester.

The nine inaugural Award holders are:

• David Appleyard, 18, from Skircoat Green in Halifax (BSc Management)
• Thomas Esler, 19, from By-Cupar in Fife (BA Classics)
• Katie Maltman, 18, from Ilkley in West Yorks (MB ChB Medicine)
• Philip Bull, 18, from Meir Park in Stoke-on-Trent (MPhys Physics with Astronomy)
• Rupert Gaze, 35, from Stalybridge (MB ChB Medicine with foundation year)
• Christopher Devlin, 19, from Limavady in Londonderry (BA Law with Politics)
• Ruth Watkinson, 19, from West Bridgford in Nottingham (BSc Biochemistry with industrial experience)
• Kiran Horwich, 18, from Ealing in London (BA History)
• Laura Roddis, 18, from Wrexham in North Wales (BSc Speech and Language Therapy)