Please consider that the selection process for the Acorn Scholarship is very competitive. Therefore applicants are advised to make their applications innovative, personal to the applicant and interesting so they stand out from other applications.
In considering your ultimate career ambition, please remember there could be twenty other applicants with a similar ambition, so remember to think about how your application will stand out and impress the judges.
In the past winning application's have:
- Been interesting and engaging
- Told a story
- Highlighted the individual's personality and charisma
- Captured the judges imagination by including an ambition the Acorn Scholarship can really contribute to
- Included ambition's that are realistic and achievable
- Been written with the judge's in mind and appealed to their business interests and career history
The Acorn Scholarship....
....IS a great opportunity to enhance career potential
....IS NOT a new job
....IS a professional Scholarship carefully planned to offer educational benefit
....IS NOT offering free holidays
....IS in existence to help up and coming talent achieve their career ambitions
....IS NOT in existence to help an individual gain a promotion
....IS challenging and the winner needs drive, energy and commitment to the Acorn Scholarship and their career
....IS NOT easy, so if you and your employer can't commit to the Acorn Scholarship, don't apply
....IS a once in a lifetime opportunity to network, meet and learn from industry leaders
....IS NOT a PR opportunity or a chance
to gain celebrity status
