School, Colleges and College Scholarships, Further Education in the UK and Worldwide
There are various scholarships available for students with disabilities, through a range of organisations.
One example is the Mike Devenney Scholarship Fund, which accepts applications from ambitious British disabled students of any age. [Read more...]
The Adult Learning Grant is designed to encourage adults back into full-time education (at least 12 hours per week). [Read more...]
As well as institution-based scholarships, there are charitable trusts with limited funds which can sometimes provide extra help to those in need.
Family Action, for example, is a charity that has been supporting needy families since it was founded in 1869. The group estimates that 45,000 children and families have been helped by the charity, with a further 150,000 people benefiting from their information and educational grants programme. The charity normally makes awards of £200-£300.
It has also funded the Horizons Education Fund, which has awarded over £1 million worth of grants to lone parents in education or training, to help them build a brighter future for their families. [Read more...]
On the 14th January 2011, London Metropolitan Police revealed that they had arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the student protests in the capital, during November and December of last year. The child is suspected of hurling what is believed to have been a petrol bomb over a crowd of protestors, towards the police. They have also released pictures of a further 13 people they would like to speak to in connection with the protests.
This follows the sentencing of 18-year-old student, Edward Woollard, on 11th January. Woollard was sentenced to 32 months in a young offenders’ institute, for his part in the student protests, after going on trial for violent disorder. He handed himself in to police, after throwing a fire extinguisher from the roof of Millbank Tower, the Conservative Party headquarters, during a protest on 10th November 2010. [Read more...]