Stormzy is giving black students £18k a year to study at Cambridge uni
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The successful recipients will be awarded £18,000 each for the 2018/2019 year (this includes the £9,250 tuition fee). The scheme was announced by the British rapper on A-level results day at his former school in Croydon, South London. Cambridge University has previously been criticised for admitting very few black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) students, enrolling only 58 black students in 2017. In addition, The Financial Times found that some Cambridge colleges enrolled no black students between 2012 and 2016. In June, the university requested help from schools and parents to increase the number of black applicants to Cambridge University courses.
To qualify for The Stormzy Scholarship, applicants must already be in receipt of an offer to study at the University of Cambridge and be of black ethnicity. Applicants must apply before the 30th of August for the chance to be selected by a panel comprised of university staff. For the 2019 scholarship, prospective students must apply via UCAS by the 15th of October. Candidates will be selected again by a panel of university staff. Despite not doing A-Levels, Stormzy himself received six A*s, three As, and three Bs at GCSE. Speaking to Radio 1, he said:With the launch of the Stormzy Scholarship hear his take on #alevels2018 and what you need to do to make sure you're #GoingtoCambridgehttps://t.co/v1XxAEpUWk pic.twitter.com/rKtr7athXN
— Cambridge University (@Cambridge_Uni) August 16, 2018
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However, an overwhelming number of students have responded positively to the news of the scheme.I’m so confuseddddd Stormzy sending two black students to Cambridge university and everyone is rating it! People are forgetting there are poor white, Asian, Indian, South American, North African man in the hood!
— Mr 304 (@roundi304) August 16, 2018
Without bursaries/scholarships etc, I would not have been able to go to uni. And I know so many other similar stories from other black people. So what Stormzy is doing, SO IMPORTANT!
— JALÉ-KAPO (@jalekapo) August 16, 2018
how on earth is stormzy offering a scholarship to black students to go oxbridge controversial.......... how is it radical in any way to acknowledge THE HUGE racial disparities at the country’s top unis?? is this a joke???
— jessa kids (@echidner) August 16, 2018
Apply to the Stormzy Scholarship hereAsians crying “what about us” please go to Amir Khan, Tej Lalvani and the likes but leave Stormzy alone pls, he’s busy.
— Eniola (@kingeniola) August 16, 2018