Full
time MBA Scholarship
Brunel Business
School Full time MBA Scholarship Terms and Conditions
2016/17
1. Scholarship
details
The Brunel Business
School (BBS) are offering 10 MBA scholarships for UK/EU and international
applicants joining the full time Brunel MBA in September 2016 and January 2017
academic year.
Successful awardees
will be expect
ed to undertake specified duties as Brunel Ambassadors for the
Brunel Business School (BBS). Activities might involve representing the MBA
programme at internal and external marketing and recruitment events, providing
guest talks and seminars to undergraduate/postgraduate students, providing
reports on each event and writing a Brunel MBA Blog and / or other initiatives
as appropriate. In addition, awardees will also be expected to assume mentoring responsibilities as required by BBS.
Value: £10,000 tuition fee waiver
How many: 10 scholarships are available
Application process:
- Apply for the MBA programme in the usual way.
Applicants
must complete the application
form for the MBA scholarship by the final deadline of 29 July 2016 for the
September intake and 30 November 2016 for the January 2017 intake. The
application will comprise of an essay of no more than 500 words explaining why
the applicant would make good ambassador for the Brunel MBA. You should
describe how your academic study, professional experience and other activities
merit the award.
Late applications
will not be considered.
2. Eligibility
To be eligible for a
Brunel MBA Scholarship an applicant must:
Apply
and fulfill the entry
criteria for admission to the Brunel Full-Time MBA programme.
in receipt of an offer to study on the above programme starting in September
2016 or January 2017.
the Brunel MBA scholarship application form
comprising of an essay of no more than 500 words and a supporting statement.
will normally be interviewed by members of the MBA team to assess motivation
and contribution to the cohort. Interviews will take place throughout the
application year.
3. Allocation
Applicants
applying for the scholarship must pass a rigorous selection and a
transparent evaluation process which includes a written essay as well as
an interview conducted by the members of the BBS Scholarship Committee.
All
applications will be reviewed on a regular basis throughout the year by
the MBA Scholarship Committee. The Committee will be chaired by the
Acting Director of the MBA Program, Dr Dimitrios Koufopoulos, and will
include as members Dr Bidit Dey, Interim Deputy MBA Director, Professor
Zahir Irani, Professor Francesco Moscone, and Andrew Ward, Director of
Corporate Communications.The
Head of School Professor Chris Pitelis and the Associate Head of School
Professor Gallear will be ex officio members.
committee members will be responsible for initiating and managing the
communication with the applicants, alongside the marketing team. They will be
screening the applications, interviewing the applicants and submit their
recommendation to the committee. The committee will be responsible for producing a final list for eligible awardees.
Applications
for scholarships will be considered on the balance of eligibility criteria met
by each applicant.
Panel will seek applicants from a wide range of industries and sectors.
Preference may be given to those who specify an interest in undertaking one of
the programme specialisations (Health Care Management and Aviation Management).
decision of the allocation panel is final. The University will not accept any
appeals in respect of the decisions made by the MBA Scholarship Committee.
will be allocated twice a year. In August for the September intake and in
December for the January intake.
Conditions of fee waiver
The
scheme is only available for those students registering for the September 2016
or January 2017 intake and cannot be deferred. Applicants who intend to defer
their studies must re-apply for a scholarship in the year they will begin their
studies
Fee
waivers will only apply to students who have enrolled at the University on the
MBA Full-Time programme and will apply in year 1 only.
scholars are excluded from all other tuition fee waivers with the exception of
the Postgraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship and Prompt Payment Discount.
applicants will be required to be Brunel Ambassadors for the Brunel Business
School (BBS). Activities might involve representing the MBA programme at
internal and external marketing and recruitment events, providing guest talks
and seminars to undergraduate/postgraduate students, providing reports on each
event and writing a Brunel MBA Blog and / or other initiatives as appropriate.
In addition,
awardees will also be expected to assume mentoring responsibilities as
required by BBS. Please note that this is a key requirement of the award
and by accepting the award you will be entering into an agreement to
undertake these activities. Failure to comply with this agreement may
lead to withdrawal of the award
The
student agrees to abide by the University Code of Conduct
student has no debts with Brunel University London
of scholarship
The
University reserves the right to withdraw a scholarship from anyone who is
found to have misled the University about any aspect of their eligibility and
to seek repayment of any monies already paid by appropriate means.
If
a student transfers to a course of study outside the MBA Full- Time
programme, including the Part time MBA programme, the scholarship will
be withdrawn.Fee
waivers are applied at the start of the academic year as part/all of a
scholarship entitlement and will not normally be amended once the fee waiver
has been processed. Any tuition fee liability remaining after fee waivers are
applied would therefore be calculated in accordance with TheStudent Financial Policy.
In the case of withdrawal or abeyance the tuition fee and the fee waiver are calculated in accordance with The Student Financial Policy.Periods
of temporary withdrawal that result in repeat or extended periods of study are
not supported by additional scholarship payments. Scholarship entitlement is
for the maximum duration of each award and entitlement is not extended if
overall course duration alters.
