Queen Mary has an established priority group system for allocating all funding that is managed by the Global Opportunities (GO) team. This ensures that available funding reaches students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds in outgoing mobility at Queen Mary first.
Queen Mary students going abroad to participate in either a semester/year-long placement during term time or a summer/short-term programme who complete the GO-managed funding application process for their relevant programme(s) are considered for funding based on the highest priority group for which they would qualify (with priority group (1) being the highest), even where they qualify for more than one group. The GO team may request supporting evidence/documentation from a student where information cannot be verified by internal teams at Queen Mary.
Note: Students going to Switzerland are only eligible for Turing Scheme funding if they are in priority group (1) or (2).
(1) Study and work placements* undertaken by students from a disadvantaged background (as defined by the Turing Scheme):
(2) Study and work placements* undertaken by students from a disadvantaged background (as further defined by Queen Mary):
(3) Study and work placements* undertaken by students from underrepresented groups (as defined by the Turing Programme and in line with Queen Mary widening participation objectives):
(4) Study and work placements* undertaken by students from underrepresented groups (as defined by the Turing Programme and in line with Queen Mary widening participation objectives):
(5) Study and work placements* undertaken by students from underrepresented groups (as defined by the Turing Programme and in line with Queen Mary widening participation objectives):
(6) Students who have not met criteria for any previous group (an additional application may be required by the GO team):
(7) Students who have not met criteria for any previous group (an additional application may be required by the GO team):
(*) Placement has to be an integral part of the degree or a summer school/short-term placement that is promoted to be eligible for GO managed funding.
(**) This refers to students who are the first generation to go to university, even if the following have gone: sibling ** husband, wife or partner ** biological parents of students have been adopted ** a parent with whom the student has had no contact during their secondary and post-16 education (or longer) ** foster parents ** care workers ** uncles, aunts and other members of the student's extended family. A student would not be recognised as being first in the family if the following have gone to university or are currently doing so: parents ** stepparents, a parent’s unmarried partner living in the household and adoptive parents who throughout the three-year period prior to the start of their university course have been living in the same household as the student.