Aimhigher East Midlands - EAST MIDLANDS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARDS (EMSTAs)

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Aimhigher is a national initiative to raise levels of participation in higher education. Working in partnership with a range of organisations, Aimhigher provides a range of activities to raise aspirations, broaden horizons and encourage learners from schools, colleges and communities where traditionally progression to higher education is relatively low.

One of nine regions in a nationally funded initiative, Aimhigher East Midlands comprises the following five areas:

EAST MIDLANDS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARDS (EMSTAs)

Posted September 25, 2007 by Julie Eccles

PLEASE NOTE the closing date for applications has now passed. Applications can no longer be considered.

We are pleased to announce that EMDA have provided £600,000 to fund “East Midlands Science and Technology Awards” (EMSTAs). These awards are to attract potential students from widening participation backgrounds, resident in the East Midlands, to read certain Science and Technology subjects in an East Midlands HEI.

*What are EMSTAs? *
EMSTA Awards are financial support for selected students (see below), from the region, accepted on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) full-time undergraduate degree courses in the East Midlands. Two hundred scholarships of £3,000 (£1,000 per year for three years of undergraduate study) have been made available. In 2007 there were over 70 scholarships awarded, and approximately 125 will be available for entry in 2008.

The aims are as follows:

to encourage groups currently under-represented in STEM subjects to apply for and complete courses at the region’s higher education institutions
to improve the skills profile of the region’s labour market and to support learners in remaining in STEM related employment in the East Midlands after graduation

*Certain courses in the following subject areas will be included: *
Biological sciences
Environmental sciences
Agriculture and Animal Science-related subjects
Physical sciences (including chemistry)
Mathematical sciences
Computer science
Engineering and technology
Education Studies with Science
Education Studies with Maths

*Which institutions and courses? *

The following universities are included:

Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
University of Derby
De Montfort University
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
Loughborough University
University of Northampton
University of Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University

PLEASE NOTE the closing date for applications has now passed. Applications can no longer be considered.

Last Updated: March 20, 2008