Scholarships for Student route visa holders

This scholarship encourages applications from Student Route visa (studying undergraduate only) applicants who demonstrate potential or proven ability to make an exceptional contribution to study at Ravensbourne.

We have five scholarships worth £2,000 each available [1].

The Scholarship is paid in the first year of the course only.

Eligibility

Student Route visa first year applicants holding a conditional offer on a full time undergraduate course at Ravensbourne.

Assessment Criteria

We invite applications from students with an outstanding portfolio, academic merit and dedication for high quality study in their chosen discipline area. We look for creativity, production quality, originality and the articulation of how this scholarship will contribute to the applicant’s long-term career aims.

How to apply

Students should download and complete an application form, demonstrating how this scholarship will positively contribute to their postgraduate progression.

All applications must contain links to an online portfolio or CD-ROM / DVD, submitted separately.

Candidates should also submit a two minute video about themselves, their academic history and why they would be the right choice for the scholarship. Make your story short but powerful and an impactful demonstration of your creative talents.

For more information, please contact [email protected]

Application Process

All applications, portfolios and videos must be submitted to [email protected]

Application Deadline: Please note that this is still being finalised for 2021. 

Applications will be assessed by a selection panel. The panel will consider your scholarship application together with your application for admission. 

[1] Awarded at the discretion of Ravensbourne’s selection panel dependent on the calibre of applicants.

The Professor Robin Baker scholarship is a merit-based award which is open to applicants to Ravensbourne’s postgraduate programmes.

Professor Robin Baker was director of Ravensbourne from 1994 to 2015. In that time, he developed Ravensbourne’s pioneering strategic emphasis on the creative use of digital technology. Professor Baker‘s vision led to our relocation to our current building and transformation of Ravensbourne into the cutting edge and innovative specialist higher education institution we are today.

The purpose of the Professor Robin Baker Scholarship is to:

• Encourage national and international applicants for Ravensbourne’s postgraduate courses with the greatest academic potential and creative talent.
• Encourage excellent postgraduate work which demonstrates innovation and creativity in the use of technology.
• To provide access to Ravensbourne’s innovative postgraduate courses to those who might otherwise find it financially challenging. 

Normally, Ravensbourne will award either one full fee scholarship or two part-time/half full time fee scholarships annually, depending on the range and calibre of applicants.

Eligibility

To be considered for the scholarship an applicant must be:

• a Home, EU or EEA applicant who has applied for a place and been accepted on a full-time or part-time postgraduate course at Ravensbourne between the 1 October and 1 June immediately prior to entry.

Or

• a Student route visa international applicant who has applied for a place and been accepted on a full-time postgraduate course at Ravensbourne between the 1 October and 1 June immediately prior to entry.

Applicants should have confirmed acceptance of their place on the course in advance of applying for the scholarship or provide clear evidence of their intent to do so.

How to apply

Eligible candidates seeking consideration for the scholarship must submit an application to [email protected] (Date for 2021 TBC)

The application should take the form of a personal statement of no more than 300 words together with any additional evidence they may wish to supply (e.g. CVs, images, videos, hyperlinks, examples of creative work or academic references).

This statement should supplement rather than replicate the personal statement submitted during the application process for the course.

It should set out:

• Further detail about the nature of the anticipated research during the course and its creativity, originality and innovativeness in terms of the application of technology.
• Further detail about how the applicant will benefit from the course and the additional support the applicant would gain from scholarship.
• Any additional information that the applicant believes would assist the selection panel in evaluating their application.

Selection

Applications for the scholarship will be evaluated and ranked by a selection panel consisting of:

• Head of Student Services (Chair)
• Postgraduate Academic Staff
• Head of Admissions
• Head of Student Recruitment

Ranking will be on the basis of the evidence provided by the applicants’:

• Previous and current academic or professional performance and future potential.
• Creativity and innovation in the application of technology.
• Benefit to be derived from the course and scholarship.

This scholarship is aimed at promoting postgraduate studies to international postgraduate applicants(those who are required to pay international fees) with the ability to make an exceptional contribution at Masters level.

There are five scholarships available worth up to £2,500 each [1].

Eligibility

Students who:

• Require a Student route visa to study in the United Kingdom
• Received and accepted an offer on a postgraduate course at Ravensbourne.

Assessment Criteria

We invite applications from applicants with an outstanding portfolio, academic merit and dedication for high quality study in their chosen discipline area. We look for creativity, production quality, originality and the articulation of how this scholarship will contribute to the applicant’s long-term career aims.

How to apply

Students should download and complete an application form demonstrating how this scholarship will positively contribute to their postgraduate progression.

All applications must contain links to an online portfolio or CD-ROM / DVD, submitted separately.

Candidates should also submit a two minute video about themselves, their academic history and why they would be the right choice for the scholarship. Make your story short but powerful and an impactful demonstration of your creative talents.

For more information, please contact [email protected]

Application process

All applications, portfolios and videos must be submitted to [email protected]

Application Deadline: For 2021 - TBC

Applications will be assessed by a selection panel. The panel will consider your scholarship application together with your application for admission. 

[1]  Awarded at the discretion of Ravensbourne’s Assessment Panel dependent on the calibre of applicants.

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