Aziz Foundation Scholarship:
Developing Arts Management Professionals and Artists from British Muslim Communities
The Aziz Foundation is an independent grant-making body dedicated to supporting the most disadvantaged communities in Britain. It strives to do this through supporting community empowerment and leadership development in these communities, and greater public engagement by them in wider society.
The Foundation is offering two Masters Scholarships for the 2017-18 academic year as described below. These scholarships offer a unique opportunity for exceptional students active in British Muslim communities and interested in how their needs may be met through the creative and expressive arts.
The Arts Management Scholarship
The objective of this scholarship is to help develop a pool of arts management professionals and practitioners who understand the role of arts policy and practice in promoting social inclusion and regeneration, and who are able to apply this to British Muslim communities in light of their understanding of these communities and their diverse and rich cultures.
The Artists Scholarship
The objective of this scholarship is to assist individual Muslim artists and to help develop a pool of creatives in British Muslim communities who contribute towards creating a vibrant British Muslim arts and culture scene.
The Aziz Foundation believes that communities rich in celebrating their arts and culture make confident communities – confident in their own identity and ready to reach out to contribute to society as a whole. The Foundation is keen, however, to support students who would like to pursue a career in the arts and culture domain not just to benefit Muslims, but all communities, in pursuit of their specific and common goals that will help create a more cohesive Britain.
The successful applicants will be selected through their application to and interview by the Aziz Foundation directly. The scholarship will cover tuition and living expenses for a year, up to a maximum of £25,000 in total. The courses to be funded under each scholarship are wide-ranging and listed below. The selected individuals will also be supported through a comprehensive personal development scheme offering pastoral, professional and career advice and development during and after their course of study.
Graduate courses are challenging, but hugely rewarding. If you possess the ability and the motivation to be admitted to a reputable institution, you can expect exhilarating intellectual satisfaction, being taught by and working with academics and practitioners who are leaders in their fields. You will also be supported by the Aziz Foundation to develop your knowledge, skills and ideas to enable you to play a part in leading communities towards greater integration in wider British society. The selected individuals will become alumni of their institutions and the Aziz Foundation’s Leadership Development Programme with their powerful networks of friendships and contacts, and their professional careers advisory services.
Criteria
Applicants should meet all of the following requirements:
- Have or expect to have an offer on a Masters course from those listed below at a well-recognised and reputable institution.
- Be active within their local and/or faith communities and demonstrate a desire to develop intellectual and artistic skills within a secular/multi-faith environment.
- Be able to demonstrate long-term commitment to community/societal development and good relations work through arts and culture work.
- Be eligible for Home/EU fee status at a relevant institution.
Application Process
If you meet the above criteria and would like to apply for this scholarship, please:
Step 1 – Choose a course and apply to a relevant institution
Choose the course you wish to study from the lists below and apply to relevant institutions for admission.
Step 2 – Apply for an Aziz Foundation Scholarship
Once you have an offer from a relevant institution, apply for an Aziz Foundation scholarship. This will require you to submit:
1. A short covering letter stating which course you are intending to study and which scholarship you are applying for;
2. A statement of no more than 1,000 words setting out how you meet the criteria above, why you are intending to study this course, and how you hope to use this scholarship opportunity for your future work;
3. A tailored CV detailing your qualifications and work history (no longer than 2 pages);
4. A copy of your course application (please keep a copy of this from when you submit the application);
5. Two references – one in relation to your academic and/or artistic ability, and the other in relation to your engagement in community work.
Your scholarship application should be sent to the Scholarships Project, Aziz Foundation, 16 Babmaes Street, London SW1Y 6HD, or emailed to grants@azizfoundation.org.uk, by 30 April 2017.
Step 3 – Attend the interview
If called, please attend the interview with the Aziz Foundation. Travel expenses will be reimbursed on production of receipts. Interviews will normally be held in May 2017.
Please note that we will only contact you if you have been successful for short-listing. If you do not hear from us then please assume that in this instance your application has not been successful.
Courses
Applicants can apply for Masters courses listed below (or similar ones) to be covered by the two scholarships respectively:
Arts Management Scholarships
- Arts and Cultural Enterprise
- Culture, Criticism and Curation
- Curating & Collections
- Design Management and Cultures
Artists Scholarship
- Acting
- Animation
- Arts and Lifestyle Journalism
- Design
- Fashion
- Film
- Fine Art
- Graphic Design
- Illustration and Visual Media
- Painting
- Photography
- Publishing
- Screenwriting
- Sound Arts
- Theatre Design
- Visual Arts
For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://azizfoundation.org.uk/call-for-scholarship-applications-to-masters-in-arts-courses/