MSc Leading Transformation in Health and Social Care Scholarship

The School's award panel will meet after the closing date to consider all eligible scholarship applications received by the due date.

The School will assess all applications against the criteria:

Evidence of understanding of the role and importance of Strategic Service Planning and Delivery in your area of work/NHS Board

Consideration of how the student will utilise the knowledge gained from this opportunity to the benefit of their NHS Board/NHS Scotland

Identification of challenges associated with balancing work/life/study and planned strategies to manage these challenges.

If you are offered an unconditional place, you can then submit your scholarship application, along with a short statement.

Applicants are required to write a short statement (no more than 1000 words) that details:

Why you are applying for the Scholarship

How you will benefit from the opportunities that being awarded the Scholarship will provide

How NHS Scotland (or specifically your NHS Board) will benefit from you undertaking the MSc

The challenges you perceive from balancing work/life/study and planned strategies to manage these challenges.

Twelve scholarships to the value of 50% of course fees are available to students whom are employed by the NHS or a Health and Social Care Partnership in Scotland.

Award Criteria

The School's award panel will meet after the closing date to consider all eligible scholarship applications received by the due date.

The School will assess all applications against the criteria:

Evidence of understanding of the role and importance of Strategic Service Planning and Delivery in your area of work/NHS Board

Consideration of how the student will utilise the knowledge gained from this opportunity to the benefit of their NHS Board/NHS Scotland

Identification of challenges associated with balancing work/life/study and planned strategies to manage these challenges.

In the event that two applications are scored identically and only one award is available, the panel will award the scholarship to the first application received, using the date of receipt in the University as the relevant date.

No late applications will be accepted.

Applications must be complete. Applications that are incomplete and/or illegible will be considered invalid.

You may only apply for an award once. Multiple applications will not be considered.

Scholarships will be distributed across NHS Board areas.