A University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) medicine student says being awarded a fully funded scholarship for the duration of her studies has given her “the break she really needed” after being estranged from her family since the age of 17.
First year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery student Sneha Shanthakumar is the 2024 recipient of the Mackenzie Scholarship, which is offered annually by UCLan and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to students from underrepresented backgrounds and covers all tuition fees for the duration of the course.
I think when you’re young everyone sees the world with rose-tinted glasses, however, I learnt that there is so much more to adulthood. I think at the time I did not really process how hard it was to fend for myself. I was just trying to get to the next day. “For the last few years, I’ve felt like the world was against me and so this scholarship is life changing. It will help me to focus more on my studies and my career without having to worry about the debt.
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