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Terms and Conditions for the Kaplan 20-Year Anniversary “Kindness Curriculum” Scholarship Event 2025 

In 2025, Kaplan celebrates 20 years of delivering international student pathways. To celebrate in Korea, Kaplan International Pathways (Kaplan, we, us, our) is making partial scholarships (the Scholarships) available for at least 5 students. The Scholarships award successful applicants a discount of up to £5000 on their tuition fees. The Scholarships focus on skills learned in the “Kindness Curriculum”, as launched in the relevant workshop at your school. The Kindness Curriculum aims to foster core soft skills of collaboration, compassion and perspective.  

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. Eligibility criteria

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

  1. be in your final year of high school or senior year in a school located in Korea or have recently graduated from a school in Korea and have received your diploma; and
  2. be considering making an application for a foundation or International Year One (IYO) programme at Kaplan in the UK (an Eligible Kaplan Pathways Programme) which shall commence in Spring 2026, Summer 2026 or Autumn 2026; and
  3. have not yet commenced the studies to which the Scholarship fees would relate; and
  4. submit a valid Scholarship application by noon (12pm, Korea time) on 15 November 2025.

(Eligible Students).

  1. How to apply

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

  1. write a 500-word essay or create one (up to) 2-minute video (in MP4 format up to a maximum of 300MB) which reflects how the skills from the Kindness Curriculum can be applied to your future academic studies; and
  2. complete the Kaplan Entry Form (accessible via QR code or dedicated link on a relevant poster at your school) and upload your essay or video; and
  3. submit your application by noon (12pm) on 15 November 2025.

Please do not submit more than one application as it will not be considered.

IMPORTANT: 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 15 November 2025 to begin reviewing applications) and Scholarships are subject to availability.

  1. Your application

By submitting a Scholarship application, you warrant that the information in your Entry Form, the essay or video and the essay or video content:

  1. is your own work, is not plagiarized and does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party; and
  2. is accurate, complete and up -to-date; and
  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.

  1. Review of applications and notification of outcome
  1. Applications open on 14 October 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 alignment with the Scholarship theme as 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:
    • if you haven’t already, submit an application to study an Eligible Kaplan Pathways Programme to commence in Spring 2026, Summer 2026 or Autumn 2026;
    • accept the Scholarship by the deadline stated in your application outcome email; and
    • pay any deposit or confirmation fee by the deadline stated in your application outcome email.

Failure to meet these conditions will result in your Scholarship being withdrawn.

  1. If you are informed that your application has been successful, but you do not make an application to an Eligible Kaplan Pathways Programme or your application to an Eligible Kaplan Pathways Programme was unsuccessful, you will no longer be eligible to receive the Scholarship.
  2. If you accept the Scholarship in line with this section 4, you will: 
    • be contacted by us to request a testimonial in connection with your Scholarship (this will involve having your name, a photograph of yourself and your student journey documented and shared in Kaplan’s promotional materials); and
    • receive priority to apply for a role as a Kaplan “Student Content Creator” or an intern at the Kaplan Korea office.

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

  1. IMPORTANT – General terms
  1. Successful applicants will be awarded a £5000 discount on their tuition fees for an Eligible Kaplan Pathways Programme.
  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 on the Eligible Kaplan Pathways Programme, 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 Eligible Kaplan Pathways Programme.
  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.