Financial support
Funding for new students
There are various routes for our new undergraduate students to obtain financial help with their studies. You may like to consider the following:
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline has provided scholarships of £1100 per year for the best two students entering the Department to study a BSc course. The Department will select the students based on the best overall performance in science A Levels. The scholarship will be paid for each of the three teaching years the student spends at Reading.
More details are available on the GlaxoSmithKline website.
West Country Dairy Awards
These awards offered by the Dairy Crest & NFU Scholarship Fund can offer financial support to students who are sons and daughters of farmers and farm employees.. The funds are available to students of all ages who are undertaking further and higher education courses related to the dairy industry. Applications are considered from people living in, or from the counties of, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset.
Eligible applicants will be interviewed by a representative from the Fund.
More information will be available from Diary Crest and the NFU during the summer.
Northern Foods Scholarships
Following the announcement of the proposed merger between Northern Foods and Greencore Group to create Essenta Foods, future Northern Foods Scholarships have been withdrawn by the company.
Continued support
There are various routes for our current undergraduate students to obtain financial help with their studies. You may like to consider the following:
Sainsbury's
As a major employer of suitably qualified food scientists and technologists, Sainsbury's has established a commitment to provide financial support to suitable students.
The scheme rewards performance in the first year examinations and provides additional support for those selected for industrial training with the company. Students who are accepted onto a 12-month training placement (taken between the second and third year at university) will be eligible for significant financial support. This support will continue if the placement itself is successful.
Ultimately, the package links to a special scheme for new graduates which will enable three new graduates to join a 'Taste the World' scheme with financial benefits and opportunities for international travel.
Further details are available about Sainsbury's Taste the World scheme; alternatively current students can contact Glynis Jodrell for more information.
Kerry Foods
Kerry Foods is offering £1100, and a 6 or 12 month placement to a second year student undertaking industrial training in their third year. Selection is by interview and a presentation during the Autumn Term of the second year. A successful placement will lead to the same sponsorship for the final year and also an offer of a place on their Graduates Scheme.
Current students can obtain further details from Glynis Jodrell.
Dairygold Food Ingredients
Dairygold Food Ingredients is offering to sponsor a student 1000 Euros in the final year of any of our BSc courses if they had a successful placement with the company.
The company has also agreed to provide prizes to the BSc Nutrition and Food Science course as follows:
Highest exam results - Part 1: £200
Highest exam results - Part 2: £200
Highest exam results - Part 3: £200
In addition, each year they are providing a £200 prize to the best MSc Nutrition and Food Science research project.