Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order.
- noun Chiefly British A scholarship granted to a university student in need.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The treasury of a college or monastery.
- noun 2 In the universities and colleges of Scotland, a grant of money for a short period of years, obtained by a student, usually by competitive examination, to enable him to prosecute his studies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The treasury of a college or monastery.
- noun A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
monetary award touniversity students that allows them to continue theirstudies . - noun dated The
treasury of areligious order orpublic institution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the treasury of a public institution or religious order
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If you are eligible for a Newcastle university undergraduate bursary, you may also be awarded an achievement bursary.
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If the household income is over £21,000 up to and equal to £40,000, the bursary payable will be £475.
University guide 2012: Manchester Metropolitan University 2011
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Million+ thinktank warns that coalition's university plan risks making bursary and grant system even more complicated
Tuition fee waiver scheme 'too complex' to help poorest students 2011
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Wayne was allowed to stay on for the last year of school on a bursary, providing he switched to being a day pupil.
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Meanwhile, fee waivers – a ploy to plug the funding gap caused by the policy of £9,000 fees – will raid bursary pots, pushing more students into scarce part-time work, or poverty.
Student tuition fees protests – Wednesday 9 November 2011 2011
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"It is already well-known that the complexity of the current bursary and student support system can deter students from non-traditional backgrounds," said Ebdon, who is also vice-chancellor of Bedfordshire University.
Tuition fee waiver scheme 'too complex' to help poorest students 2011
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Recommending that all schools and colleges offer university bursary competitions is tokenistic when the upfront support provided to less privileged students through EMA has already been removed.
Offer university scholarships via every school in England, says Simon Hughes 2011
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Concordia has agreed to make a $500 student bursary for every 1000 fans they get to their Facebook page.
Concordia – Education That’s “Permanently Yours” » Dave Brosha Photography 2009
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JP Morgan helped set up a travel bursary at Kingston University, Philip Russell's old college, for students who propose a project that will in some regard help others; his parents sit on the panel that awards the prize each year.
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"We are targeting financial support at students who need it most to get through their studies through a new £180m a year bursary fund, with further transitional support available for those students who were already drawing the Education Maintenance Allowance," he said.
College enrolment numbers fall for first time since 1999 2011
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