We are pleased to announce that we have been able to extend the deadline for applications for the NCVO Scholarship to 28 July 2014.
The scholarship, launched in 2013, comprises a generous £2,000 towards tuition fees for the MA Civil Society, NGO and Non-profit Studies and is open to appropriately qualified members of the NCVO.
We believe this scholarship is needed because many British voluntary organisations lack the extensive budgets to enable their staff to benefit from higher level degree programmes. Yet at this time, organisations face enormous social, economic, political and policy pressures and need staff with the knowledge and skills to navigate and negotiate these challenges; Kent’s NCVO Scholarship is designed to address this need by making access more affordable.
The MA Civil Society, NGO and Non-profit Studies is unique in its combination of specialist civil society research and teaching expertise. Covering the third sector, philanthropy and social movements alongside more general social science options including research methods and a range of social and policy topics, the programme equips students with core skills and knowledge. Our students also gain a wide range of transferable competences, skills and capabilities relevant to careers not only in the third sector, but in government and business too.
We are delighted to be collaborating in this way with the NCVO to help strengthen the capacity of voluntary or third sector organisations in Britain.
2014 application process
Reward of the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research’s NCVO Scholarship will be made on a competitive basis:
- 28 July 2014 (5.00pm): Deadline for applications and supplementary evidence (transcripts, references, CV and NCVO membership validation). Please also include a personal statement (maximum 1,000 words) addressing how participation in the programme will potentially strengthen ‘organised civil society’.
- Week commencing 5 August 2014: Interviews held
- 29 Sept 2014: Term starts
If you work for an NCVO member organisation and are interested in applying for the NCVO Scholarship please contact the SSPSSR Postgraduate office to register your interest:
Meher Basit
T: +44 (0)1227 827613
E: sspssr-pg-admin@kent.ac.uk