A leaves £X on trust to create a scholarship for poor students who study in an excellent university.
(I assume this is a charitable trust, but please correct me if I'm wrong).
There is no doubt that it is a Purpose Trust either for private purpose or charitable purpose.
In any case, there is nothing to worry about, go through the basic requirements for a charity.
You are required to deal with
1. The word poor, and how the courts have interpreted it in relations to the meaning of poverty
2. Scholarship, and the meaning of education
and comment on the different public benefit requirement for both, some ideas as explained by fellow contributors.
It does not matter, at the end of the day you decided the trust fails to be public purpose or it is a indeed a charitable
trust for either relief of poverty or advancement of education.
I would argue, having gone through the same arguments, add some spice that the trust as it is" is too vague" which I need to articulate and would fail to survive as charitable. You probably wish to play safe but I want higher marks.