Terms and Conditions for the University of Essex 60^th Anniversary Scholarship Competition 2025

To celebrate 60 years of working together, Kaplan International Pathways (Kaplan, we, us, our), in partnership with the University of Essex, are making partial scholarships (the Scholarships) available for up to 9 students. The Scholarships award successful applicants a 60% discount on their pathway programme tuition fees. These terms and conditions detail the eligibility criteria, what eligible students should do to apply for a Scholarship and other important details about the Scholarships.  

1. Eligible student criteria

In order to be eligible to apply for one of the Scholarships, you must: 

1. hold an offer for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University of Essex International College or be considering making an application for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University of Essex International College; and  

2. have not yet commenced the studies to which the Scholarship fees would relate; and 

3. submit a valid Scholarship application by 12 noon (UK time) on 31 July 2025. 

2. Submission of applications  

If you are an Eligible Student and wish to apply for one of the Scholarships, you must:  

1. complete an Application Form; and
2. create one 60-second video (in MP4 format up to a maximum of 300MB) which explains:
   1. how you plan to make a change through your studies at the University of Essex International College; or
   2. how you feel your education at the University of Essex International College will change you; and 
3. submit the Application Form and video to the official Kaplan submission platform by 12 noon (UK time) on 31 July 2025.

IMPORTANT: Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible because entries will be reviewed on a rolling basis (we don’t wait until 31 July 2025 to begin reviewing applications) and Scholarships are subject to availability.

3. Your application

By submitting an application, you warrant that: the information in your application form, the video and the video content:

1. is your own work, is not plagiarized and does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party;  
2. is accurate, complete and up -to-date;  
3. has not been created using Artificial Intelligence tools.

IMPORTANT: If are awarded a Scholarship and it is later discovered that you submitted, as part of your application, plagiarized or infringing work, work that has been created or drafted using Artificial Intelligence tools, or false or incomplete information, your Scholarship will be withdrawn. 

4. Review of applications and notification of outcome
   1. Applications open on 14 May 2025 and Kaplan will begin to review applications as soon as they are received.
   2. Entries will be judged by a panel appointed by Kaplan whose decision will be final. Successful applicants will be selected at the panel’s sole discretion, based on the originality, clarity of expression and impact potential shown in their application;  
   3. Kaplan will use all reasonable efforts to notify all Scholarship applicants of the outcome of their application by email within two weeks of the submission of their application.  
   4. If you are informed that your application has been successful, you must:
      1. accept your offer to study at the University of Essex International College;
      2. accept the Scholarship by the deadline stated in your application outcome email; and 
      3. pay any deposit or confirmation fee by the deadline stated in your application outcome email.

Failure to meet these conditions will result in

5. If you are informed that your application has been successful, but you did not make an application to the University of Essex International College or your application to the University of Essex International College was unsuccessful, you will no longer be eligible to receive the Scholarship.
6. If you accept the Scholarship in line with this section 4, you will be contacted by us to:
   1. request a testimonial in connection with your Scholarship; and  
   2. ask if you would be interested in becoming a “Student Content Creator”, which may involve you being featured in Kaplan’s promotional materials and/or that of our university partners. 

You do not have to provide a testimonial or become a “Student Content Creator” if you do not wish to.

5. IMPORTANT – General terms
   1. Successful applicants will be awarded a 60% discount on their tuition fees for a University of Essex International College course.  
   2. If you are awarded a Scholarship, it is not transferable to another person.  
   3. If you are awarded a Scholarship and later decide to defer your place at the University of Essex International College, your Scholarship will be withdrawn. Scholarships cannot be deferred.  
   4. Unless otherwise specified in your application outcome email, if you are awarded a Scholarship, the full Scholarship amount will be applied as a one-off discount to your final term tuition fee for your University of Essex International College course.  
   5. No cash alternative will be provided. 
   6. Kaplan is not responsible for any Scholarship application that cannot be successfully or properly submitted due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, or satellite, network or server failure of any kind.  
   7. Kaplan reserves the right to withdraw, amend or reduce the number of Scholarships at any time.  
   8. Kaplan reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time without notice. The latest version will always be available on the Kaplan International Pathways website.