{"id":2019,"date":"2020-03-31T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2020-03-31T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:53:15","slug":"msc-science-communication-part-bursary-scheme-open-for-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/msc-science-communication-part-bursary-scheme-open-for-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"MSc Science Communication  Part-Bursary Scheme &#8211; open for applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/research\/sciencecommunicationunit.aspx\">Science Communication Unit<\/a> at UWE Bristol is able to offer a bursary which will <strong>part-fund<\/strong> a place on its renowned <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.uwe.ac.uk\/P90012\/science-communication\">MSc Science Communication<\/a><\/strong>. The value of the bursary is<strong> \u00a31500.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To apply for the bursary, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">you must have applied for the MSc Science Communication by Friday 5th June 2020<\/span> and be wishing to start the course in September 2020. Only those who have been or who are in the process of being offered a conditional or unconditional full time place will be considered eligible. The bursary may only be used on the Science Communication courses offered at UWE Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The\nMSc in Science Communication is taught at UWE Bristol\u2019s Frenchay campus. If\nhowever restrictions due to coronavirus are in place during part of the\nprogramme, full teaching will be provided online so that your learning is not\neffected<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To apply for the\nbursary, please complete one of the following; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Write a short popular article that is no more than 300 words long on an area of science, health or the environment. The article should include a headline. Also provide brief details of the publication where the article would appear, outlining its audience, the types of article it publishes and why your article is a good fit with the publication \u2013 this should be no more than 200 words. The chosen publication should be a newspaper, magazine or website that covers science-related topics for non-experts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Write an outline for a science communication activity (maximum 500 words) on an area of science, health or the environment. The outline should describe the planned activity, give an indication of content and details of the target audience. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your work should be emailed to Andy Ridgway (details below) to be received by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">5pm on Monday 15<sup>th<\/sup> June 2020<\/span>. You will be informed if you have been successful in your application for a bursary by Friday 3rd July 2020. The successful applicant should inform us if they are subsequently successful in receiving funding from a different source or sponsor i.e. employers, local schemes, so that the bursary may be allocated to a different student. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information on UWE Bristol fees, studentship and bursary advice is also available <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/students\/feesandfunding\/fundingandscholarships.aspx\">here<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Andy_Ridgway-updated-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2023\" width=\"279\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Andy_Ridgway-updated-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Andy_Ridgway-updated-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Andy_Ridgway-updated-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Andy_Ridgway-updated-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Andy_Ridgway-updated-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Andy_Ridgway-updated-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 85vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/research\/sciencecommunicationunit\/scumembers\/andyridgway.aspx\">Andy Ridgway<\/a>, Programme Leader MSc Science Communication   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Andy.Ridgway@uwe.ac.uk\">Andy.Ridgway@uwe.ac.uk<\/a>  +44 (0)117 328 3332 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>If you are not interested in applying\nfor a bursary, the deadline for applications to the programmes remains the 31<sup>st<\/sup>\nJuly 2020. Please note &#8211; we are currently receiving a high number of\napplications and would encourage you to apply as soon as your application is\nready. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the Science Communication Unit at UWE Bristol is able to offer a bursary which will part-fund a place on its renowned MSc Science Communication. The value of the bursary is \u00a31500. To apply for the bursary, you must have applied for the MSc Science Communication by Friday 5th June 2020 and be wishing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/msc-science-communication-part-bursary-scheme-open-for-applications\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MSc Science Communication  Part-Bursary Scheme &#8211; open for applications&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,3,4],"tags":[31,119,120,196,504,148,6],"class_list":["post-2019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-of-health-and-applied-sciences","category-msc-science-communication","category-science-communication","category-science-communication-unit","tag-andy-ridgway","tag-msc-projects","tag-msc-science-communication","tag-postgraduate","tag-postgraduate-taught-courses","tag-science-communication","tag-uwe-bristol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2030,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions\/2030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/science-communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}