{"id":424,"date":"2016-02-18T13:47:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T13:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/?p=424"},"modified":"2016-02-18T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T13:48:27","slug":"ukp-announces-scholarship-fund-worth-25000-for-paris-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/2016\/02\/18\/ukp-announces-scholarship-fund-worth-25000-for-paris-students\/","title":{"rendered":"UKP announces scholarship fund worth \u00a325,000 for Paris students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kent, Paris is pleased to announce a scholarship fund worth \u00a325,000 for taught Master\u2019s students studying during the academic year 2016\u201317. Please find below the conditions and criteria of the scholarship fund and how to apply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conditions and Criteria<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 The scholarship fund is open to applicants who have been offered a place on any of the Kent, Paris MA programmes for the academic year starting in September 2016, whether split-site (Canterbury and Paris) or Paris only.<br \/>\n\u2022 It is open only to applicants intending to study full-time.<br \/>\n\u2022 UK, EU and overseas fee paying students are all eligible.<br \/>\n\u2022 Candidates will be assessed on academic excellence, and will usually hold by July 2016 a first-class Bachelor\u2019s degree in a relevant subject, or hold by July 2016 an equivalent non-UK qualification or a Master\u2019s degree at merit or distinction in a relevant subject or equivalent.<br \/>\n\u2022 Paris Scholarships to the value of \u00a35,000 will be awarded to outstanding applicants able to demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, clear intellectual ambition and the potential to make a strong contribution to their chosen MA programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to apply<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Candidates must have received a conditional or unconditional offer of a place on one of the Kent, Paris programmes.<br \/>\n\u2022 Candidates must send a letter of motivation, not exceeding 500 words, stating why they wish to join their chosen Kent, Paris MA programme and how this fits into their longer term plans.<br \/>\n\u2022 The letter of motivation should be saved with the following file name: \u201cFirstnameSURNAME_application number_letter of motivation\u201d, for example:<br \/>\nCatherineWOOD_123456789_letter of motivation.doc<br \/>\n\u2022 The letter should be addressed to the Academic Director of Paris programmes and sent by email to paris@kent.ac.uk with the subject line: \u201cScholarship application Firstname SURNAME application number\u201d, for example:<br \/>\nScholarship application Catherine WOOD 123456789<br \/>\n\u2022 The opening date for accepting applications is Friday 1 April 2016. Please do not send scholarship applications before this date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline<\/strong><br \/>\nThe deadline for applications is midnight, Friday 27 May 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Please address any enquires to paris@kent.ac.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kent, Paris is pleased to announce a scholarship fund worth \u00a325,000 for taught Master\u2019s students studying during the academic year 2016\u201317. Please find below the conditions and criteria of the scholarship fund and how to apply. Conditions and Criteria \u2022\u00a0 The scholarship fund is open to applicants who have been offered a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/paris-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}