Catalogue description Local Education Authority: Schemes for Major Awards

Alphabetically in county and county borough order for England and Wales.

Under the 1945 Regulations for Scholarships and Other Benefits, major awards were made available to qualified students for courses of education at universities and other places of further education. Regulations were issued with Circular 26 (March 1945) and local education authorities were required to revise their existing schemes of awards in the light of the terms of the circular. Broadly, these were that the value of a major award should be adequate and comparable to that of a state scholarship.

Revised schemes submitted by local education authorities were in operation in 1947 but there continued to be considerable variation in practice among authorities. In 1953 new arrangements were embodied in an agreed note on procedure and were recommended to local education authorities in Circular 263 (March 1953) and further revised schemes for university awards were submitted.

Further recommendations were made in Administrative Memorandum 425 (1954) concerning awards to students at technical colleges. By the end of 1954 the large majority of authorities had indicated general acceptance of the recommendations regarding both rates of grant and standards of selection.