{"id":4425,"date":"2024-05-22T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/?p=4425"},"modified":"2024-05-22T13:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:45:42","slug":"icas-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/2024\/05\/22\/icas-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAS Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Financial and mentoring support available to eligible students starting a degree course in accounting or finance this autumn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ICAS Foundation is a Scottish social mobility charity which supports undergraduate students studying accounting and finance related degrees at university. Since 2014, we\u2019ve awarded over \u00a32.3m in bursary funding and assisted more than 300 students across Scotland and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Applications are now open for our 2024 intake, including students starting university this Autumn. If you know of any student at your school who holds an offer to study accounting or finance (or joint degrees with either subject), please pass on the attached PDF flyer so they can apply for our support. (Students can apply for our programme while awaiting the outcome of their UCAS applications and while holding conditional offers to ensure their application is considered.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Successful applicants to our programme receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to \u00a32,500 per academic year in bursary funding.<\/li>\n<li>A one-to-one mentor who works in the accountancy sector, who can offer support with personal and career development.<\/li>\n<li>Support in applying for work experience, internships and post-university jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Access to a range of relevant career development opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The closing date for applications is 31 May 2024.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students with parental or household income below \u00a334,000 are eligible to apply &#8211; full eligibility criteria, application forms and guidelines are available on our website at\u00a0<a class=\"fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.icasfoundation.org.uk\/what-we-offer\/icas-foundation-programme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icasfoundation.org.uk\/what-we-offer\/icas-foundation-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link https:\/\/www.icasfoundation.org.uk\/what-we-offer\/icas-foundation-programme\">https:\/\/www.icasfoundation.org.uk\/what-we-offer\/icas-foundation-programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at\u00a0<a class=\"fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"mailto:enquiries@icasfoundation.org.uk\" href=\"mailto:enquiries@ICASFoundation.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link enquiries@ICASFoundation.org.uk\">enquiries@ICASFoundation.org.uk<\/a> \u2013 we are happy to provide any further assistance you may require for your students.\u00a0 Thank you in advance for your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial and mentoring support available to eligible students starting a degree course in accounting or finance this autumn &nbsp; The ICAS Foundation is a Scottish social mobility charity which supports undergraduate students studying accounting and finance related degrees at university. Since 2014, we\u2019ve awarded over \u00a32.3m in bursary funding and assisted more than 300 students across Scotland and the UK. &nbsp; Applications are now open for our 2024 intake, including students starting university this Autumn. If you know of any student at your school who holds an offer to study accounting or finance (or joint degrees with either subject), please pass on the attached PDF flyer so they can apply for our support. (Students can apply for our programme while awaiting the outcome of their UCAS applications and while holding conditional offers to ensure their application is considered.) &nbsp; Successful applicants to our programme receive: Up to \u00a32,500 per academic year in bursary funding. A one-to-one mentor who works in the accountancy sector, who can offer support with personal and career development. Support in applying for work experience, internships and post-university jobs. Access to a range of relevant career development opportunities. &nbsp; The closing date for applications is 31 May 2024.\u00a0 &nbsp; Students with parental or household income below \u00a334,000 are eligible to apply &#8211; full eligibility criteria, application forms and guidelines are available on our website at\u00a0https:\/\/www.icasfoundation.org.uk\/what-we-offer\/icas-foundation-programme &nbsp; If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at\u00a0enquiries@ICASFoundation.org.uk \u2013 we are happy to provide any further assistance you may require for your students.\u00a0 Thank you in advance for your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38388,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11890],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4426,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions\/4426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}