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| Gapping Essentials |
| Scholarships |
As we all know taking a gap year proves to be fairly expensive, though in most cases the individuals do get some kind of a basic amount to meet their everyday needs. In countries like the USA and the U.K a number of major universities offer scholarships each year to the youth, who are going in for a gap year in any destination abroad.
Let us look at a few examples:
Wage Gap Action Plan scholarship
This is a highly innovative scholarship program which open to all men and women who plan to take up a career or a profession in which either sex has not traditionally participated. Each scholarship possesses a maximum value of $2,600, which is enough to pay a one-year's full tuition at New Brunswick Community College, Canada,and soaring up to program total of $150,000 per year.
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) offers a range of scholarships to students who choose to study there.
Ones to Watch Scholarships
Worth £1000 per year, these will be awarded to all UK, full time undergraduate students who come from homes where the principal earner’s gross salary is less than £60,000 per year.
Excellence Scholarships
These will focus on fields such as in engineering and science, where national skills shortages exist. These subject areas will change from year to year.
Local Scholarships
These will be awarded via the Harris Bursary Scheme, which currently target students from low income households within Lancashire.
UniSA-wide undergraduate scholarships
Don Hawke Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship requires the student to have a gap year between leaving high-school and commencing University studies. It aims to support commencing students from a financially disadvantaged and rural or isolated background including Whyalla and Mt Gambier. The scholarship aims to support young people who have recently completed a senior secondary qualification and who have gained first hand field and life experience
outside the boundaries of a university /college / high school.
The number of scholarships will vary from year to year and is at the discretion of the Trustee.
Each scholarship will be valued at a maximum of $25,000 per annum, for the life of the recipient's program (going up to 5 years), and will cover tuition fees, accommodation, living and any other expenses relating to the program of study.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarships
This is one of the world’s largest professional services organisations and its 120,000 staff around the globe help organisations (businesses, charities and even governments) measure their financial performance and improve their working methods. We work with a wide variety of clients, so you could find yourself working with a global technology organization, a leading UK business, a Premiership football club, a top fashion house or even a music TV channel.
PWC offers a series of opportunities for school leavers and graduates alike Its Gap Year Scholarship Programme targets students who are taking a year out before university and want to gain some valuable paid work experience. PWC’s seven-month placement last from September to March, during which students are given real work and real responsibilities, to develop their business and interpersonal skills for the future. Students perform brilliantly during their placement will be rewarded with a Scholarship of £1,500 each year at university and paid work experience during vacations. |
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