Vice-Chancellor's Awards
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships for Students with Exceptional Artistic, Creative or Sporting Talent (incorporating the Wickham and Warren Scholarships)
Starting in 2005, each year we will be awarding 12 scholarships, valued at £3,000 per annum, to undergraduate students with exceptional musical, dramatic or sporting talent. The scheme is open to students applying to any undergraduate programme at the University of Bristol (although, as the scheme is designed to attract students with exceptional abilities outside their normal field of study, a music student would not be eligible for a music scholarship nor a drama student for a drama scholarship).
Award Criteria
To be eligible to apply for an award for this academic year, you need to:
1. Apply, through UCAS, for admission to any undergraduate programme* at the University of Bristol by 22 January each year.
2. Submit a separate Scholarship application directly to the University by 22 January 2010.
3. Firmly accept an academic offer of a place on any undergraduate programme at the University of Bristol by 1 September in the year of entry. If the offer is conditional, you will need to fulfil the terms of your offer and have your place confirmed by 1 September in the year of entry.
4. Intend to commence your study in October 2010.
5. Be able to demonstrate outstanding artistic, creative or sporting potential. Awards will be made on a competitive basis but applicants will normally be expected to satisfy the following minimum criteria:
- Music/Vocal awards A minimum of Grade VIII in examinations offered by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (or equivalent). Those students shortlisted for a scholarship will be required to attend an audition in Bristol on Saturday 27 February 2010. Full details will be sent to shortlisted students during the first two weeks in February. Any students invited to audition, who are not able to attend on 27 February, will not be considered for a scholarship. Travel Bursaries to attend the audition are available for students from lower income families.
- Drama awards at least one of the following: A* GCSE and/or AL grade B in Theatre Studies, Film Studies or equivalents; LAMDA awards (grade 6 or above in Drama or in Speech; reading for performance); evidence of sustained engagement with extra-curricular performance or screen practice e.g. National Youth Theatre.
- Sporting awards successful applicants will have had considerable success at representative level. It would be unusual for an award to be given to a student who had not had International honours, at least at Junior level. Although a student might apply for other scholarships, such as the government funded Talented Athlete Sports Scheme awards, the holder of a Vice-Chancellor’s Award must not hold other funded sporting grants.
Conditions of Award
Successful applicants will be expected to: Successfully audition for the University’s symphony orchestra or successfully audition for a place in the University Singers or contribute substantially to the output of the University of Bristol Union (UBU) DRAMSOC or Music Theatre Bristol societies or become a member of the High Performance Squad, part of the University High Performance programme.
The scholarships will be awarded in the first instance for a period of one year, renewable provided that the above conditions are met and the student passes their examinations and progresses through to the next year of study on their chosen course.
The scholarship application form can be downloaded from this website.
Application Form (52k Word)
For further details regarding eligibility please contact:
Department of Music - Professor John Pickard(john.pickard@bristol.ac.uk or 0117 331 4049).
Department of Drama: Film, Music, Television – Dr Alex Clayton (a.clayton@bristol.ac.uk or 0117 331 5274).
Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health – Mr Gordon Trevett (gordon.trevett@bristol.ac.uk or 0117 331 1168).
* Please note that students applying for a Single or Joint honours Music degree will not be eligible for a Music scholarship and students applying for a Single or Joint honours Drama degree will not be eligible for a Drama scholarship.