THE 2016 SAMSUNG/ ROYAL BRITISH LEGION/ BRITISH KOREAN VETERANS
ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATION FORM
Please type in black ink and attach additional sheets if necessary and send by email to:
sblackshaw@britishlegion.org.uk
Please enclose TWO recent colour passport size photographs with your application
General Information
Title
Surname
First Name
Other Name/s
Age (applicants should normally be aged 21-30 on 1st March 2016)
Date & Place of Birth
Nationality (this scholarship is only
open to those of British Nationality)
Current Address
including
postcode
Tel:
Mobile:
Permanent
Address
including
postcode
Tel:
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Relationship to past/present member of HM Forces:
Full name of
Serviceman/woman to whom
you are related
Your relationship to them
Details of their rank
Their length of service
Other relevant skills (e.g. Ability to type, computer knowledge, driving licence)
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Work Experience:
Dates
Organisations
Job Title & Duties
Please indicate any countries visited:
Country
Date & length of visit
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2.
3.
Interests/Hobbies
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Reason
Referees
Please give the names of two people to serve as Referees who may be approached about your
suitability for this Scholarship. One of these referees should be your academic Tutor/Supervisor
and the other should be someone who has known you personally (other than family) for the last
ten years. They will only be approached if your application is successful.
Name
Occupation
Address & Telephone Number
Education details:
University Name & Town
Years of Study
Subject & Type of Degree/Diploma/Certificate
Expected Degree Grade (you will be asked for
proof of success in achieving your degree in
Summer 2015)
Postgraduate Course applied for (if applicable)
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Previous Education:
Schools – dates and addresses (from the age of 11)
Please attach additional sheets if necessary
Exam Qualifications (‘A’ levels/GCSEs etc):
Level Subject
Grade
Level
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2.
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3.
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4.
9.
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Subject
Grade
Exam Qualifications (‘A’ levels/GCSEs etc):
Level Subject
Grade
Level
10.
14.
11.
15.
12.
16.
13.
17.
Subject
Grade
Please use additional sheets if necessary
Language Details:
List languages with an indication of your written and speaking ability, on a scale of B, C, or F
(B=Beginner, C=Conversational, F=Fluent):
Language
Written Ability
Speaking Ability
The Scholarship Trustees will help you identify and pay for a Korean language course in the UK
before you travel to the Republic of Korea. Please indicate whether you will require this course.
YES
NO
Please indicate where you first learned about the Samsung /TRBL / BKVA Scholarship
For example, CAREERS OFFICE/FACULTY DEPARTMENT/NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (please
detail).
Assistance will be given in sourcing an appropriate course at a University in the Republic of Korea.
The Scholarship will begin in February/August 2016 and will be for either one or two years
depending on the academic course and entry date. Students selected for a 2 year course will
be required to provide evidence of successful completion of their first year of studies
before funding for the second year will be confirmed. Failure to do so will result in the
withdrawal of the scholarship at that point. Those selected for a two year course will be
required to provide written acknowledgement of this condition before their initial
deployment to Korea.
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The Scholarship includes a maintenance grant, health insurance as well as the cost of an intensive
language programme in the UK prior to travel.
The Scholarship currently has a maximum value of £15,000 per annum, but the final award will be
at the discretion of the Trustees. If selected for interview please be prepared to indicate your
ability to accept an award of less than the maximum.
The information given in this application is to the best of my knowledge and belief, true and
complete.
SIGNATURE
DATE
PLEASE ATTACH THE FOLLOWING TO YOUR APPLICATION FORM:
A statement of no more than five hundred words (two type-written pages, double spaced)
explaining how the scholarship fits in with your background and career goals. Please describe
what you expect to gain from the experience and how you would use this opportunity to pursue the
ideals of the scholarship “to generate understanding between the United Kingdom and The
Republic of Korea and to build even closer links between the two countries”.
Please note that application forms cannot be returned. Late or incomplete applications will not be
considered. You will receive acknowledgement of receipt of your application form.
Your application must arrive by 15 April 2015. It should be sent to:
Scarlet Blackshaw, Secretary, Samsung/ TRBL / BKVA Scholarship Fund, The Royal British
Legion, 199 Borough High Street, London SE1 1AA.
TIMETABLE
15 April 2015
April 2015
May 2015
June 2015
To be confirmed
October 2015 (date
to be confirmed)
February/August
2016
Closing date for applications
Selection meeting held by the Trustees of the fund
Shortlisted candidates attend interviews (travelling expenses will be paid for
second-class rail/coach/tube travel. Please keep your ticket to make a claim)
Candidates will be advised whether they have been successful
Intensive language-training course (if applicable)
Award Ceremony in London
Deployment to Korea (the academic entry year may vary for some individual
universities)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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THE SAMSUNG/ ROYAL BRITISH LEGION/ BRITISH KORAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Registered Charity Number 1051545
Thank you for your interest in this Scholarship. The Fund was established by the BKVA
following a donation of £500,000 by Samsung Europe, part of one of Korea’s largest
industrial conglomerates, the Samsung Group. It was launched in 1995 by the British
Korean Veterans’ Association (BKVA) and is registered with the Charity Commission. It
was set up in memory of the 1,078 British servicemen and women who gave their lives in
the Korean War (1950-1953) in which 100,000 plus members of the British Armed Forces
served. The successful Scholarship candidate will be required to attend memorial events
held to commemorate the British war effort in Korea.
The Fund is administered on the BKVA’s behalf by The Royal British Legion in association with
Samsung Europe. These bodies will be responsible for carrying out candidate selection according
to the criteria mentioned in the application form.
The Scholarship offers a suitably qualified candidate the opportunity to live and work in the
Republic of Korea (South Korea) whilst pursuing postgraduate study. Subject to suitability, the
successful candidate will be able to study for a one or two-year course in the Republic of Korea. It
is intended that the scholarship should help generate understanding between Britain and the
Republic of Korea and to build even closer links between the two countries.
The successful candidate will undertake the academic course of their choice at a university in
Seoul. The Scholarship will cover tuition fees, living expenses, return flight costs and travel
insurance. The scholar will be required to arrange his/her academic and travel proposals and to
account for all major costs. Assistance will be given in sourcing a suitable academic course.
The scholar must undertake an intensive Korean language course in the UK, to be paid for by the
Scholarship Fund, before travelling to the Republic of Korea. It is expected that the successful
student will travel to the Republic of Korea in March 2016 at the beginning of the Korean academic
year. However, there is some variation between individual universities as there is also a
September entry – so you will need to look into this first.
The university course in Seoul will be conducted in the English Language.
The successful candidate will be required to present a report of his/her stay in the Republic of
Korea to representatives of the BKVA, The Royal British Legion and Samsung Europe.
Please telephone Scarlet Blackshaw at The Royal British Legion (0203 207 2138) if you have any
queries regarding the Scholarship.
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