Senior Scholarships Sample Clauses

Senior Scholarships. Senior Scholarships are open students aged 13 years and above by 1st January in the year the Scholarship commences, who have successfully passed a Grade 6 instrumental exam. Each scholarship candidate must be a pupil/student of a Leeds College of Music partner/feeder school/college. All undergraduate students at Leeds College of Music have the option to elect to complete a Community Music course with an actual placement. This course is a 20-credit module taken in year three running over 10 weeks. Students learn, develop and practice skills, which help them to place their practice within a wider context. These placements continue to deliver long-term benefits to the community. In addition, the College does not underestimate the importance of equipping students with the skills to sustain a portfolio career. The College promotes work with creative practitioners to increase the opportunities for students. Students studying at a Conservatoire need a range of professional contacts to sustain careers. From 2012 the College is committed to spending £100,000 to provide additional activities such as workshops and masterclasses designed to increase the employability of our students. The College recognises that the biggest single barrier to partcipation in Music at Higher Education level is the unequal provision of music education from a young age and the varying levels of support available in different schools, to enable young people to develop their musical talents. Another barrier is the limited aspirations of some young musicians from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Saturday Music School and the Junior scholarships attempt to address this. The number of young undergraduate students recruited from low participation neighbourhoods increased in 2009 from 8.3% to 9.9% (HESA) The percentage of young students recruited from social classes 4,5,6,and 7 increased form 23.4% to 24.9% in the same year. The percentage of students recruited from state schools also increased from 87.2% to 90.1% The number of students recruited from households with incomes less than £25,000 has been consistently around 25% of all those who apply for student finance, for the last 3 years. We will monitor this closely to ensure it does not reduce. 1. In 2009 – 2010, 50% of students who completed a BTEC National Diploma at Leeds College of Music, entered Higher Education in 2010. We aim to increase this progression rate by at least 5% to 55% by 2012. This will be supported by the provision of indivi...
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