UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER CHANCELLOR’S INTERNATIONAL MASTER’S SCHOLARSHIP

LOCATION: United Kingdom

To honour Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, PhD, as the University of Leicester’s Chancellor, they are pleased to offer their Chancellor’s International Scholarship to all international-fee-paying students who meet their entry requirements for a postgraduate taught degree. Dame Maggie was born in London to Nigerian parents and is an award-winning space scientist, broadcaster, and author.

ELIGIBILITY:

You must be classified as an international student for fee purposes.

You must be starting a full-time, campus-based Master’s course or PGCE commencing in September 2025, January 2026 or April 2026.

The fee discount will be calculated on the basis of the standard tuition fee.

The scholarship will be awarded for a maximum of one year and will not apply for periods of industrial placement, resit years, or if you suspend your studies for any reason.

In accordance with scholarship guidelines, students are allowed to hold only one University of Leicester scholarship. If you are awarded more than one scholarship, you will only receive the higher-value award.

If you currently have a conditional offer of a place at the University, you will still need to fulfill any conditions stated on your offer letter.

There is no need to apply for this scholarship. Eligible students will be automatically considered. If successful, you will be notified when you submit your final results.

BENEFIT:

This scholarship, worth £3,000 per year, reflects the University’s commitment to attracting talented students from around the world. 

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7TH INTERNATIONAL POSTER COMPETITION THEMED: “WE WANT JAZZ”

Application Deadline: September 5, 2025, 11:59 p.m

LOCATION: Poland

The 7th international jazz competition was organized by the EUROJAZZ Foundation for the Popularization of Jazz Music, the publisher of the RadioJAZZ.FM online radio and the JazzPRESS magazine.

Theme: “We want Jazz”

ELIGIBILITY:

Entry is FREE.

The competition is open. We welcome both students and professionals.

The competition participants are asked to design a poster. The topic is “IN JAZZ WE HOPE.”

TECHNICAL PARAMETERS OF POSTERS: Each author may submit a maximum of 3 posters / dimensions: 70×100 cm (vertical) / file format: JPG / colors: CMYK / resolution: 200 dpi / Please note! SIGN FILE NAME: country_surname_first-name_poster-title.jpg

The poster does not have to include the competition title! Works that do not meet all technical parameters will not be evaluated by the jury!

DATES: Deadline for submitting works: September 5, 2025 / Competition results: September 2025 / Final exhibition of the competition: September 2025.

The organizers will select the submitted posters. Selecting 25 works from among them. Out of the selected 25 final posters, three winning posters will be chosen, whose authors will receive a final prize. The jury will also award distinctions. The selection of posters and the selection of winning work will be made by a jury appointed for this purpose, consisting of experts and representatives of the organizer. The results of the competition will be announced on September, 2025, on the website JAZZPRESS and on social media.

Please be advised that the author, by submitting his works, grants the organizer of the project, free of charge and for an indefinite period of time, a non-exclusive license to use the submitted works. Under the license, the organizer of the competition is authorized to use the works in all fields of exploitation known at the time of granting the license, in particular:

Recording and multiplying the works by creating copies of the work by printing, reprographics, magnetic recording, and digital techniques,

Lending or renting the original or copies of the work,

Publicly exhibiting, displaying, and making the works publicly available in such a way that everyone can access them at a place and time of their choice.

The project organizer may sublicense the use of the works to other entities in the scopes listed above. By submitting works to the exhibition, the participant declares that they have the proprietary copyrights to the work and its ’submitted digital version and agrees to publish their name, surname, and nationality.

Questions about the competition? Write to: wewantjazz@radiojazz.fm.

BENEFIT:

12 000 PLN which consists of the following:

1st prize—PLN 6,000

2nd prize—PLN 3,500

3rd prize—PLN 2,500

The amount of the prizes is the gross amount and will be reduced by the tax due on the prizes.

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