{"id":1573,"date":"2015-04-14T08:47:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T08:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2015-04-16T14:23:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:23:51","slug":"baftas-scholarships-open-for-msc-computer-games-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1573","title":{"rendered":"BAFTA&#8217;s Scholarships open for MSc Computer Games &#038; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/initiatives\/supporting-talent\/scholarships\/uk-programme\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BAFTA.gif\" alt=\"BAFTA\" width=\"900\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>BAFTA is now accepting applications for its scheme to financially support a selection of UK students in their study of film, television or games. This year, the scholarship scheme is available to\u00a0students on\u00a0Goldsmiths&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/pg\/msc-computer-games-entertainment\/\">MSc in Computer Games &amp; Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each scholarship provides up to \u00a310,000 to cover one year&#8217;s course fees, an industry mentor, and free access to BAFTA events around the UK for a year.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are also considered for one of three Prince William Scholarships in Film, Television &amp;\u00a0Games, supported by BAFTA and Warner Bros., which additionally provides a short funded work placement within the Warner Bros. group of companies and access to additional Warner Bros. mentors.<\/p>\n<p>In return, scholarship recipients are required to contribute to the <a href=\"http:\/\/guru.bafta.org\">BAFTA Guru<\/a> online learning channel and take part in BAFTA&#8217;s outreach activity to young people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Complete and submit the <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.bafta.org\/entrant\/index.php\">online application form<\/a>, along with any supplementary pages, by 5pm on Friday 12 June 2015.\u00a0Shortlisted applicants will be informed the w\/c 6 July , and must be available for interview on Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 or Friday 17 July.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The scholarships are available to UK nationals. If you are a non-EU citizen and have officially confirmed UK residency status you can apply for a scholarship, but you will be required to supply confirmation from the Home Office of your residency status. Citizens of other EU countries are not eligible to apply.<\/li>\n<li>Students who receive a scholarship for the first year of a two-year course will be considered for a scholarship for their second year.<\/li>\n<li>Students who have previously received a scholarship for the first year of a two-year course will be considered for a scholarship for their second year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/initiatives\/supporting-talent\/scholarships\/uk-programme\">More information about the BAFTA scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAFTA is now accepting applications for its scheme to financially support a selection of UK students in their study of film, television or games. This year, the scholarship scheme is available to\u00a0students on\u00a0Goldsmiths&#8217;\u00a0MSc in Computer Games &amp; Entertainment. Each scholarship provides up to \u00a310,000 to cover one year&#8217;s course fees, an industry mentor, and free &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1573\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BAFTA&#8217;s Scholarships open for MSc Computer Games &#038; Entertainment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[70,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}