University of
Bristol is offering up to 20 Vice-Chancellor scholarships for
undergraduate students with exceptional musical, dramatic or sporting
talent. For entry in 2014, scholarships in Music & Drama are valued at
£3000 and in Sport are valued at £1500. A Music student would not be
eligible for a music scholarship nor a Drama student for a drama
scholarship. The application deadline is 15 January 2014.
Study
Subject(s): Scholarships are awarded in
Music & Drama (a Music student would not be eligible for a music
scholarship nor a Drama student for a drama scholarship).
Course Level: Scholarships
are available for pursuing undergraduate degree level at University
of Bristol in UK.
Scholarship
Provider: University of Bristol, UK
Scholarship can
be taken at: UK
Eligibility:
–Students
applying for a Single or Joint honours Music degree will not be eligible for a
Music scholarship and students applying for a Single or Joint honours Drama
degree will not be eligible for a Drama scholarship.
-Applicants must be able to demonstrate outstanding artistic, creative or
sporting potential. Awards will be made on a competitive basis but applicants
will normally be expected to satisfy the following minimum criteria:
-Music/Vocal awards: A minimum of Grade VIII in examinations offered by
the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (or equivalent). Those
students short listed for a scholarship will be required to attend an audition
in Bristol at the end of February or beginning of March 2013. Full details will
be sent to short listed students during the first two weeks in February. Any
students invited to audition, who are not able to attend on the advertised
date, will not be considered for a scholarship. Travel Bursaries to attend the
audition are available for home (UK) students from lower income families
(normally those with household incomes of £42,875 or less).
-Drama awards: Evidence of sustained extra-curricular engagement with
theatre and/or filmmaking, along with distinguished achievement in relevant
school subjects (eg theatre studies, film studies or other arts/humanities
subjects.
-Sporting awards: Successful applicants will have had considerable success
at representative level. It would be unusual for an award to be given to a
student who had not had International honours, at least at Junior level.
Although a student might apply for other scholarships, such as the government
funded Talented Athlete Sports Scheme awards, the holder of a Vice-Chancellor’s
award must not hold other funded sporting grants.
Scholarship
Open for International Students: UK/EU
and international students can apply for these scholarships.
Scholarship
Description: The
Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship scheme is open to undergraduate students with
exceptional musical, dramatic or sporting talent. The scheme is open
to students applying to any undergraduate course at the University (although,
as the scheme is designed to attract students with exceptional abilities
outside their normal field of study, a Music student would not be eligible for
a music scholarship nor a Drama student for a drama scholarship). For
entry in 2014, scholarships in Music & Drama are valued at £3000.
Scholarships in Sport are valued at £1500. No more than 20 scholarships will be
awarded for the 2014/15 academic year.
Number of
award(s): No more than 20 scholarships
will be awarded for the 2014/15 academic year.
Duration of
award(s): Scholarships are offered
for one year. The scholarships will be awarded in the first instance for a
period of one year, renewable provided that the conditions are met and the
student passes their examinations and progresses through to the next year of
study on their chosen course.
What does it
cover? For entry in 2014,
scholarships in Music & Drama are valued at £3000. Scholarships in Sport
are valued at £1500.
How to
Apply: The student shall apply
through UCAS for admission to any undergraduate course at the University of
Bristol by 15 January in the year of admission. The student must submit a
separate Scholarship application directly to the Admissions Department by the
15 January in the year of admission.
Scholarship
Application Deadline: The application deadline
is 15 January 2014.
