Funding opportunity details

Scholarship information

Purpose

Academy of Live Technology (ALT) is committed to breaking down barriers to education and the live events industry, including those experienced by ethnic minorities. Ethnic minority practitioners are currently under-represented across the creative industries and within ALT as an institution (when comparing to accessible national higher education data sets), and this bursary aims to support and enable ethnic minority students to access our undergraduate degree courses. XPLOR is the Academy’s research department, focusing on the creation of a specialist knowledge and innovation centre for the live events and entertainment industry and its supply chain. The celebration of diversity is at the heart of XPLOR, as we seek to bring together live events and creative industry practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds. This award is designed to support first-year students with their living and learning costs as they make the transition into Higher Education. Full details of the rationale and evaluation of our financial support can be found in our Access and Participation Plan 2025-29

Eligibility

Applicants must:

Be UK-domiciled full-time undergraduate students in their first year of study at ALT.
Be on their first undergraduate degree.
Identify with one of the following ethnic groups:
- Asian or Asian British (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, or other Asian background)
- Black, Black British, Caribbean or African
- Mixed or multiple ethnic groups (e.g. White and Black Caribbean, White and Asian)
- White (Gypsy, Roma, Irish Traveller, or White-Other non-British)
- Other ethnic group (e.g. Arab)
Not be receiving any other ALT financial award.

Conditions

Must maintain satisfactory attendance and progress.
Payments are suspended if studies are interrupted and terminated if the student withdraws, transfers, or is expelled.
No retrospective payments for missed instalments.
ALT reserves the right to correct administrative errors or withdraw funding in cases of debt or false information.

How to Apply

All first year [level 4] students are automatically assessed for any bursary eligibility through the Student Loans Company. There is no separate application required. Following successful enrolment onto a course of study, any student eligible for a bursary will be notified by the Student Support & Experience team and Student Loans Company.