NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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Nottingham Trent University offers a number of half fee scholarships which are available to students who have received an offer to study on the Executive MBA (EMBA) starting in September 2016. These prestigious scholarships are worth up to the value of half the tuition fee.

Nature of the Scholarship

These competitive scholarships will be awarded to those candidates who most closely meet the criteria for the award, through their personal statement and discussion question answer. The scholarship decision will be made by an awarding committee and all decisions of that awarding committee are final. The scholarship will be available in the form of a tuition fee reduction and if you are awarded a scholarship your fee will be adjusted before enrolment.

Sponsored students (full / part) are not eligible to apply for an EMBA Scholarship for Academic Excellence.

Application Process

Applications must consist of a fully completed scholarship application form which includes a 1,000 word competitive essay submission which addresses the question provided below.

The awarding committee reserve the right to exclude from consideration any applicants that include written statements which exceed the stated word limit or are incomplete.

Please return your completed scholarship application form and supporting documents to nbs.enquiries@ntu.ac.uk as soon as possible. 

Scholarship application deadlines:

• 4 pm GMT on 24 February 2016
• 4 pm GMT on 27 April 2016
• 4 pm GMT on 22 June 2016
• 4 pm GMT on 27 July 2016

Scholarship applications received before 4 pm GMT on 24 February will be assessed and successful applicants will be notified of their scholarship award by 18 March 2016.

Scholarship applications received after 4 pm GMT on 24 February and before 4 pm GMT on 27 April will be assessed and successful applicants will be notified of their scholarship award by 18 May 2016.

Applications received after 4 pm GMT on 27 April and before 4 pm on 22 June will be assessed and successful applicants will be notified of their scholarship award by 13 July 2016.

Applications received after 4 pm GMT on 27 July 2016 will not be considered.

Personal statement

Please provide on a separate sheet a 500 word personal statement addressing how you will benefit from the EMBA programme and how you will add value to the quality of debate and discussions in the class.

Discussion question

Please provide on a separate sheet a 1,000 word written essay addressing the following:

Drawing on your own experience of three organisational leaders, and applying relevant leadership theories where appropriate, discuss the impact different leadership styles can have on employee motivation. 

Your essay will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Relevance to the question
• Development of an argument
• Structure
• Quality of writing
• Supporting examples
• Conclusions

Checklist

Please check the following before submitting your application:
• Please ensure you have received an offer to study on the Executive Master of Business Administration at Nottingham Business School.
• Please ensure that you have read and understood the terms and conditions.
• Please ensure that you have provided the email address which you used when applying for the EMBA.
• Please use separate typewritten sheets for your essay.
• Please make sure that you complete all sections and attach them carefully to the signed EMBA scholarship scheme application form.
• Please make sure that you are specific, clear and have carefully proof read your application.
This scheme is applicable to Executive Masters of Business Administration only.