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The Adam Redfern Memorial Scholarship

The Adam Redfern Memorial Scholarship has been established to support final year students with a flair for media, journalism and sport at Ð԰ɵç̨, giving them the opportunity to make the most out of their time here before they go on to fulfil their career ambitions.

The £3,000 scholarship is in memory of much-loved Ð԰ɵç̨ colleague, Journalism alumnus and fitness enthusiast, Adam Redfern, who died suddenly of a heart attack while out jogging in March 2021, aged 28.

Adam was described as “the best of Ð԰ɵç̨ in one person”. During his time as an undergraduate, whilst still achieving a First, he immersed himself in student life. He was involved heavily with Demon Media (he became Editor of The Demon and presented sports output on Demon FM). He engaged regularly with the University’s partners, Leicester City F.C. and Leicester Tigers and was instrumental in encouraging a number of his fellow students to sign-up for Demon Media. Adam also represented Ð԰ɵç̨ Men’s Football Club throughout his time as an undergraduate. 

The successful applicant should display similar characteristics - a willingness to embrace student life to the full, be a positive influence on their peers and be someone who enhances the University’s reputation in the city, via their external interaction with partners and other third-parties.

  1. Eligibility Criteria

    To be eligible, students must:
    1. Be a final year student on a media related degree
    2. Be on track to achieve a first or 2:1 at the end of second year
    3. Be a home/fee paying student — have a UK Student Support Number (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish students)
    4. Be paying tuition fees under the new tuition fee regime of £9,535
    5. Be self-funding — your course of study must not be externally funded
    6. Hold no other form of donor or university funded scholarship
  2. Terms and Conditions

    Financial Terms and Conditions
    1. This scholarship is not transferrable
    2. The data on your student finance record must meet the award edibility criteria. To be able to be fully assessed against the criteria you must:
      1. Complete your student finance application, and it needs to be assessed and approved by your UK student finance authority
      2. Have signed and returned your student declaration form to the SLC
      3. Ensure your relevant UK student finance authority record is available to Ð԰ɵç̨. Therefore, you must have given permission for your information to be shared with the university
      4. Make sure your parents or sponsors have allowed Student Finance to share their details with Ð԰ɵç̨
    3. Your student record must include your bank details, as Ð԰ɵç̨ pays scholarships directly into student bank accounts. If your record is incomplete, your payment may be delayed or not made
    4. The scholarship will be paid in instalments in line with Ð԰ɵç̨’s normal Scholarship payment schedule, which is once per term
    5. If you interrupt your studies or leave Ð԰ɵç̨ before completing your course, any scholarship payments made afterwards will normally need to be repaid
    6. If Ð԰ɵç̨ makes a scholarship payment by mistake, or if it is based on false information, the payment will usually have to be repaid by the student
    7. If you do not receive a payment, you must contact the Scholarships Team at Ð԰ɵç̨ straight away so we can look into it

    Attendance and Reporting Terms and Conditions
    1. To continue receiving your scholarship, you must attend your classes and hand in all required assessments
    2. You must engage with the requests for progress updates from the scholarship officer. This allows us to provide updates to our donors and share your successes. The requests will be in October, January and May
    3. If you do not respond to a request for an update, we will pause payments for the next academic year until we hear from you. Continued lack of response may result in the scholarship being withdrawn

    Ð԰ɵç̨ may change these eligibility criteria and terms and conditions at any time without notice. Please read this information alongside the specific details for your scholarship.
  3. How to apply

    Applications for 2025/26 are now closed.
  4. Further information

    Find advice and guidance on how to complete the application form.

    If you have any further queries please contact the Development and Alumni Scholarships Team, via email at daescholarships@dmu.ac.uk

Applications for 2025/26 are now closed