The University of Aberdeen has announced the winners of its annual bursary scheme, which will result in 40 prospective students from across Scotland having their tuition fees paid by the University for the duration of their studies.
Launched just last year, the new bursary scheme replaced the traditional competitive bursary examination. It awards students who have demonstrated a high level of academic achievement and benefits not only gifted, young school-leavers, but also selected mature students.
Each student will receive £1,000 every year throughout his or her studies, unlike previous bursary schemes, where the maximum award was just £100 annually.
Lorraine Manders, Director of Student Recruitment at the University, said around 160 applications were received from throughout the UK, covering almost all the University’s degree programmes. An unusually high number, 64, applied for the medical programme.
“Each application was of an exceptionally high standard of academic achievement and choosing just 40 was extremely difficult, but we look forward to welcoming these talented young people to the University in September.”
The 40 awards were made to the following students, who will start studying for the degrees shown in September:
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN B U R S A R Y C O M P E T I T I O N 1 9 9 9 WINNERS
MB ChB
BOAG, Stephen Hutcheson’s Grammar School, Glasgow
CASKIE, Eleanor High School of Dundee, Dundee
COLE, Kirsty Dingwall
DRUMMOND, Iain Denny High School, Stirlingshire
McCALLUM, Iain Hutcheson’s Grammar School, Glasgow
McNEILL, Mary High School of Dundee, Dundee
MIDDLEMISS, Catherine St Margarets School and St Dennis and Cranley, Edinburgh
PARRY, Graeme Oban High School, Oban
STRUTHERS, Fiona Coltness High School, Lanarkshire
WATSON, Andrew George Watson’s College, Edinburgh
WEST, Jodi Elgin High School, Morayshire
MEng/BEng
BUCHAN, Gordon Peterhead Academy, Peterhead
DANBY, Susannah Inverness Royal Academy, Inverness
SEMPLE, Alan Hutcheson’s Grammar School, Glasgow
YOUNG, John Hazlehead Academy, Aberdeen
MA
CUMMINGS, Campbell Boclair Academy, Glasgow
KING, Madelaine Elgin High School, Morayshire
LAIRD, Jennifer Portlethen Academy, Aberdeen
OVERNELL, Alice Oban High School, Oban
ROBBIE, Laura Marr College, Troon, Ayrshire
BSc
COOK, Alistair Milne’s High School, Fochabers
FRAME, Susan Laurel Park School, Glasgow
LYLE, Ewan Inverurie Academy, Inverurie
SIMPSON, Michael Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen
VERLANDER, Michael Morrison’s Academy, Crieff, Ayrshire
WILSON, Mhairi Breadalbane Academy, Perthshire
LLB
EYNON, David George Heriot’s School
FLEMING, Emma Cults Academy, Aberdeen
FLEMING, Euan George Watson’s College, Edinburgh
ROBERTSON, Fiona George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh
Further information:
Alison Ramsay, University Press Officer, Tel (01224) 273778
Christine Cook, Executive Director of Public Relations, Tel (01224) 272014
Ben Morton Wright, Executive Director, Development Trust, Tel (01224) 272097