British Poultry Council Scholarships (includes one year work placement)

The British Poultry Council (BPC) scholarships are open to all 2nd year BSc/BEng/MEng or 1st year FdSc students studying at Harper Adams University who are interested in pursuing a career in the Poultry Industry. 

There will be a presentation by the British Poultry Council on Thursday 17th October at 12:10 in the Weston Lecture Theatre, at which you can learning more about the scholarship and placement opportunities available via the BPC Scholarship Scheme.  See your Placement Manager for more information.

The Scholarship

The BPC sponsors may each award one scholarship and if awarded the successful recipient will receive:

• A significant contribution towards their education of £4,500.
• Employment with the sponsoring BPC Company during placement year.
• Subject to a review at the end of placement, with the sponsoring firm, there may be an opportunity of further funding in the scholar’s final academic year.

A condition of your scholarship is that you undertake your placement year with the sponsoring firm.

The award will be paid in two equal parts; half to be paid in February 2020 and the remaining balance in May 2020.

This is a competitive award which will be evaluated on merit of the submitted application, academic achievements to date and interview. The decision of the Scholarship Panel is FINAL.

Deadline for Submission of Application: 12pm Noon Friday 15 November 2019

All of the Scholarships associated with the BPC include a placement, therefore you must submit your application through the following website: https://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/students/s Paper copies will not be accepted.

Please note - you may ONLY apply for a maximum of 3 placement based scholarships.

For more information on how to apply, the application form will be available under 'Downloads' once the scholarship opens for applications on 24 October 2019.