MEDWAY COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION 2015/16
Hello,
Thank you for downloading a Medway Community Scholarship application form.
Medway Community Scholarships are a great way of making a positive impact on your
student or local community and the Scholarship panel is really looking forward to
reading about your idea.
Running a project like this will also help you develop the independence and
transferrable skills that employers are looking for.
To help you in the writing process, please take some time to think about the following
criteria. These criteria are what the scholarship panel will be assessing your idea
against and therefore you should do your best to detail about how your idea will
demonstrate each of the points below.
How does my proposal:
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Demonstrate a contribution to the development of local and sub-regional economies
Facilitate access to higher education for the people of Medway
Develop skills of the workforce in Medway
Engage with the Medway Community in order to provide educational, cultural, physical
or environmental benefit
Provide an inclusive extra-curricular experience open to all Kent students at Medway in
order to provide educational, cultural, physical or environmental benefit
Keep within University objectives
Some other useful questions to ask yourself:
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How many Community members or students are likely to be affected?
To what extent will they benefit?
Is the project proposal feasible?
What kind of support will I require?
Don’t forget that if you have any questions or would like help writing your application
you can contact the Student Activities and Scholarships Officer on
medwayscholarships@kent.ac.uk
Good luck!
The Medway Community Scholarships team
To be completed by the applicant:
*INSERT PROJECT NAME*
MEDWAY COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Full name
Student ID #
Programme of Study
Date of Birth
Email address
Contact Telephone
To be completed by Scholarship Officer:
DOCUMENT HISTORY
Version
Created/changed by
Date created/changed
Approved by
Date approved
DISTRIBUTION
This document has been distributed to:
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Title
Date of Issue
Version
CONTENTS
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PROJECT OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 3
MEASURING PROJECT SUCCESS .............................................................................................. 3
TIMESCALES ...................................................................................................................................... 3
PROJECT GROUP ............................................................................................................................. 4
BUDGET ............................................................................................................................................... 4
TRAINING/SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 4
SUPPORTING INFORMATION ........................................................................................................ 4
REFEREES .......................................................................................................................................... 4
To be completed by the applicant:
1
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Background
(give a brief summary of your proposed project, explaining how the it meets the Medway Community Scholarship Criteria)
Aims
(Identify specific aims for the project and for whom)
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eg “The project aims to increase the number of Medway School pupils playing tennis each week
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Opportunities
(Identify specific opportunities for the project and for whom)
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eg “opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the University and Medway’s schools”
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MEASURING PROJECT SUCCESS
(What aspects of the project will be the measurable indicators of project success?)
Measurement
Current
Target
Eg “Increase in number of tennis players in Medway schools”
500
750
Eg “Working with more schools in the Medway area”
10
15
3
TIMESCALES
(when you propose to start and finish specific activities in your project – some examples below)
Activity
Start
End
Eg establishing project action plan
Eg Email schools to see who would be interested in tennis workshops
Eg Run the tennis workshops in chosen schools
Eg Promote activity in retrospect
Eg Project evaluation meeting
Eg Submit end project report
Nov 2015
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Apr 2015
May 2015
Nov 2015
Dec 2015
Mar 2015
Mar 2015
Apr 2015
May 2015
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PROJECT GROUP
(Who will be involved in the running of the project? What will they do?)
Project Lead
Name
Role in project
Frequency
of
meetings
Your name
What you will do in the project
Marketing/Communications – promoting the project to our
target market
Project Members
Logistics – arranging catering, transport
Schools liaison – working with the schools to arrange
dates/times etc
Project Support
5
Jack McDonnell
Advise, train, assist with access to resources
Fortnightly
BUDGET
(Breakdown of project costs and their timescales)
ITEM
DATE NEEDED
£ REQUESTED
Eg design of posters/flyers
December 2015
£80
Eg printing of posters/flyers
December 2015
£200
Staffing costs – 3 persons, 6x1hr sessions at £7.50/h
January 2015
£135
Transport to schools - £20 per return journey x6
January-March 2015
£120
Purchasing of tennis rackets, balls and other materials
January-March 2015
£300
Total:
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TRAINING/SUPPORT
(what training or support might you need in order for your project to be successful?)
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SUPPORTING INFORMATION
(Is there anything else you would like us to know in support of your application?)
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REFEREES
(Please provide details of two referees who can support your scholarship application)
Name
Relationship
Email address
Contact telephone
£835