# First scholarship winners graduate from Cranfield

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/06/12/first-scholarship-winners-graduate-cranfield/
- Published: 2006-06-12T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The first scholarship winners of the Cranfield Trust Voluntary Sector Scholarship
Scheme graduated last week from the Cranfield School of Management.
Charles Scott
and Jane Hatfield began their studies at Cranfield in January 2004 after winning
places on a new scholarship scheme introduced to enable voluntary sector managers
to study for an MBA at a top business school.

 

 

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Charles Scott of St Dunstan’s and Jane Hatfield, formerly of the National Council
for Voluntary Organisations but now working for Breast Cancer Care, successfully
completed the two-year executive part-time MBA.

 

 

The next two scholarship places will be offered for January 2007.

 

 

Charles Scott said: “The programme… has provided me with so many insights into management
and business which have been incredibly useful in my role at St Dunstan’s. I would
encourage other voluntary sector managers to try for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
which offers so much personal development and career enhancing know-how.”

 

 

Director of MBA recruitment Sean Rickard said: “By making it easier for students
from the voluntary sector to take up a place, not only does the voluntary sector
gain more effective managers but our MBA programme becomes richer and more inclusive
through their participation.”

 

 

Two scholarships worth £26,500 each for the part-time, two-year programme are offered
to candidates working in the voluntary sector. Prospective candidates must be working
for organisations involved in the issues of poverty, disability or social exclusion.

 

 

Applications for the two scholarships must be received by 16 October 2006.

 

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