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Talent Scholarships closing date 24 May 2020 and other scholarships and bursaries

The University offers a number of scholarships and bursaries for applicants who could face financial difficulties in taking up their place to study at the University.

Talent Scholarships are worth at least £1,500 for each year of degree study; around 50 awards are made annually. The closing date this year is 5pm, Sunday 24th May 2020. This link takes you to the online application form: https://www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/undergraduatetalentscholarships/

Travel Bursaries provide support towards public transport travel costs. The value of the Travel Bursaries is 50% of monthly public transport travel costs to and from the University, up to a maximum value of £50 per month. These bursaries are available for the first year of study. The closing date for applications is 5th July 2020. This link takes you to the online application form: https://www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/travelbursaries/

Humanitarian Scholarships are available for applicants with asylum seeker or refugee status. For asylum seekers, a fee waiver, an annual £5,000 stipend and free University accommodation are available. For refugees, an annual £5,000 stipend is available. The closing date is 30 June 2020. This link takes you to the online application form: https://www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/humanitarianscholarships/

The James McCune Scholarship is open to applicants of African/African-Caribbean backgrounds. The scholarships offer a £2,000 payment for year 1 of any degree. The closing date is 11pm, Sunday, 12 July 2020. This link takes you to the online application form: https://www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/jamesmccunesmithscholarship/

The Faculty of Engineering at Strathclyde is delighted to offer a newly developed module in Engineering Fundamentals for launch in May 2020. This free course is fully funded through the Scottish Funding Council and will be taught exclusively online.

Delivery: Exclusively online running from May to
September 2020. You can start and end on any date.

Credit Value and Pre-requisites: This course is worth
10 credits at SCQF Level 7. To be eligible you will have
Maths and/or Physics Nat 5’s or higher or equivalent
experience.

How to apply: To apply for a place go to our application
page here. For more information please contact
eng-enquiries@strath.ac.uk

For more information click here.

Connect is partnering with other organisations to offer online surgeries/Q&As for parents to help signpost them through the current situation.  The next 2 sessions look at additional support needs with Enquire  and young people’s options for education, work and training with Skills Development Scotland

For more information click here.

Connect + Enquire online Q&A about additional support needs 21 May

Places are free, registration is essential https://bit.ly/ConnectplusEnquire

Choose from afternoon or evening session.  Details attached

Connect + Skills Development Scotland about young people’s options for education, work and training 26 May

For more information click here.

Places are free, registration is essential at https://bit.ly/ConnectplusSDS

Choose from afternoon or evening session.  Details attached.

We are planning more of these online events, learning at home with Dr Janet Goodall, young people’s mental health with Public Health Scotland with others to be announced.  We will send you information to share when we have confirmed dates.

Please the link below for the Health and Wellbeing update.

Health and Wellbeing Update 5

 

For more information please click here.

You can find Job Seeking Skills by following the link below-

https://www.planitplus.net/JobSeekingSkills/

Build your skills and confidence in the recruitment process.

Tideway are offering a one day online work experience in engineering on 27 May.

Registration is 2 weeks before, so if you are interested do it today!

https://uptree.co/tideway/e/3215741163/

Software Engineering Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) 4 year BSc hons degree is continuing without disruption and our Employers are still recruiting school leavers for a 2020 start with up to 60 places available.

This is a great opportunity for your students to secure their future education and career.

 Employer Partners: Barclays; BBC; Leidos; Smarter Grid Solutions; and VeryConnect are all currently recruiting. You can check out all these opportunities here.

PLEASE NOTE SOME VACANCIES CLOSE THIS WEEK!

How do GA’s differ from a traditional degree?

Graduate Apprentices benefit from a job, a salary (starting salary circa £15k) and a degree (Software Engineering BSc Hons) at the same time. Applicants apply directly to the employers therefore not impacting UCAS submissions. We also flex a little on our entry requirement accepting B’s (at Highers or Advanced Highers) rather than our straight A norm.

It is a great option for students for whom Maths, Sciences and ICT related subjects are their strong point. Now is the perfect time for them to explore and apply – it is a short online process.

Full details about how the programme works, our employer partners, and how to apply can be found here.

As the GA Liaison Officer, I am on hand to chat to teachers, parents/carers and students who would like to find out more. All of whom can contact me directly at anna.doyle@glasgow.ac.uk

Live & Online For Ages 15-18. For careers in: Investment Banking, Medicine, Engineering, Psychology, Computer Science, Architecture and Entrepreneurship. info@investineducation.co.uk

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The NHS are still recruiting for staff across a number of different disciplines, most recently for their Trainee Dental Nurse Programme (Modern Apprenticeship) based at the Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. Applicants need two National 5’s in English and Science at Grade A to C and National 4 Maths.

Visit nhsggc.org.uk/295060 to find out more.

Closes 08/05/20

The easiest way for your learners to receive their National Qualifications results this summer is via our MySQA service.   Learners must sign up at www.mysqa.org.uk before 5 pm on Tuesday 14 July 2020. To register, all they need is their Scottish Candidate Number (SCN) and a valid email address. They can then choose to receive their results by text and/or email. 

For learners already registered for MySQA, we’re asking them to check their details are correct and update their preferences. 

Register for employability skills webinar.

http://trainees.grantthornton.co.uk/

Founders4Schools have upcoming webinars designed to keep pupils engaged while learning from home. See this calendar for future online seminars, including a Career Overview and Interview Masterclass from Nick Kuenssberg on the 13th, 15th and 19th of May!

We have 2 opportunities for you to participate in virtual work experience.

One is for those interested in architecture.

workexperience.hfm.co.uk

The second one is Scape Group are offering 30 hours of free virtual work experience in May 2020, which is based around STEM and construction.

Registration is via https://www.scapegroup.co.uk/learning-in-lockdown

This will allow you to have a taster of work in these careers.

Please see the link below for more details:

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