Each year, the Simpson Scholarship will fund the ACCA examination and registration fees of five students for a period of five years or until they become members – whichever happens first.
In order to be eligible for the Scholarship, applicants must meet the qualification criteria and submit a 1,000 word essay.
The 2012 closing date for receipt of scholarship applications is 4 May.
Am I eligible?
You can apply for the Simpson Scholarship if you meet the following criteria.
* You are registered as an ACCA student, and
* You have paid your fees for the year ahead, and
* You have no other fees outstanding, and
* You have completed and achieved an average of 80% or more in the Knowledge module (Papers F1–F3) of the Fundamentals level of the ACCA Qualification - at your first attempt, or
* If you have exemptions from the Knowledge module (Papers F1–F3) of the Fundamentals level, then you must have achieved 66% or more in at least two ACCA Qualification papers in the Fundamentals Skills module - at your first attempt, and
* You have completed the 2011 annual PER return.
How do I apply?
If you meet the eligibility criteria for the Scholarship then the next step is to submit your application to ACCA.
You, the applicant, must write an essay entitled:
'How the award of a Scholarship will help me to realise my full potential'.
Your application must be accompanied by a Scholarship submission form including two references. Full criteria for the essay and Scholarship Submission form can be found in the sections below.
Essay check list
Your essay must:
* be typed in MS word or other similar word processing package
* be a maximum of 1,000 words
* be in 12-point sized, black font
* be double line-spaced
* have a 1-inch (2.5cm) margin at each side
* be A4 size
* include your student registration number, date and page number at the top of each page
* be in English
* be clear, concise and relevant to the title above.
If using tables and figures, six figures count as one word.
Handwritten submissions will not be accepted.
Submission form
You must complete and submit the Scholarship submission form with your essay. This form can be found in the Related documents section of this page.
References
You will need to include the names and contact details of two referees.
Ideally, one of these should be from a current or past employer or a tutor/teacher. If this is not possible, then your referee should be someone who knows you well. This should not be a family member.
Your referees will be asked to confirm your commitment to becoming an ACCA member.
Submitting your application
Completed applications must be submitted – preferably by email – to: simpsonscholarship@accaglobal.com
Please do not submit queries about the Scholarship to this mailbox as you will not receive a response. Any queries you have should be directed to ACCA Connect.
If it is not possible for you to submit your application by email, you will need to post it to the following address.
ACCA
2 Central Quay
89 Hydepark Street
Glasgow
United Kingdom
G3 8BW
ACCA cannot accept any responsibility for postal applications that do not arrive before the closing date.
Closing date
The closing date for 2011 essay submissions is Friday 7 May 2011.
Any application received after this date will not be accepted.
What happens next?
Acknowledging your application
ACCA will send you an acknowledgement once your application has been received. If your application is not eligible for submission – because you did not meet all the criteria listed - you will also be notified.
Selection Process
There are three stages in the selection process. Below are key dates and details on how the process will be administered.
Key dates
7 May Closing date for receipt of applications
14 June 20 finalists selected for judging panel
15 July Five Scholarship winners selected by judging panel
30 July Scholarship winners announced
You will be notified if you are among the 20 finalists whose application will be reviewed by the judging panel.
ACCA is not able to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted/successful.
The five Scholarship winners will be notified by ACCA, via e-mail, that their application has been successful. All winners will be sent an information pack and letter confirming that they will receive funds from the Simpson Scholarship.
What's included?
The winners of the Scholarship will have the following fees paid on their behalf, from the Scholarship Fund, for a maximum of five years from the date of the award or until they have become members – whichever happens first.
Payment of ACCA:
* examination fees
* annual student subscription fees
* annual affiliate subscription fees
* membership admission fee*
As an added bonus, ACCA’s official publishers – Kaplan Publishing and BPP Learning Media – have kindly agreed to provide the Scholarship winners with a set of learning materials for each ACCA paper they are studying.
* This does not include the annual membership subscription fee
About the scholarship
Miss Muriel Simpson FCCA died on 22 December 1977 and, in her Will, left her residuary estate to ACCA to fund a Scholarship to be called the 'Simpson Scholarship'.
Miss Simpson's wishes were that the Scholarship Fund be used to fund the further education of ACCA students who have already proven themselves to be of sufficient merit and distinction in ACCA examinations.
