{"id":8793,"date":"2021-06-14T14:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/?p=8793"},"modified":"2021-07-19T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T04:50:27","slug":"sports-management-scholarship-programme-2021-for-dual-career-athletes-and-member-association-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/whats-new\/sports-management-scholarship-programme-2021-for-dual-career-athletes-and-member-association-staff","title":{"rendered":"Sports Management Scholarship Programme 2021 for Dual-Career Athletes and Member Association Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Badminton World Federation (BWF) in partnership with the World Academy of Sport (WAoS) have opened a new cycle of scholarships for WAoS\u2019 and the University of London\u2019s <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/istudy.sport\/pgcert\">Postgraduate Certificate in International Sports Management<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The programme provides unique opportunities for dual-career athletes who have chosen to pursue their education without giving up their elite sporting life. It also offers talent already employed within the badminton family the chance to learn new skills.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, BWF received more than 70 applications from over 35 countries, and a total of 11 candidates <em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/whats-new\/sport-industry-scholarship-programme-2020-for-dual-career-athletes-member-association-staff-young-athletes-updates\">started the programme in February 2021<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For the September 2021 cycle, BWF and WAoS are once again offering similar opportunities, with one fully funded scholarship, and ten 25 per cent scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/london.ac.uk\/courses\/sports-management\">course<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span> is 100 per cent online and can be completed over a period of up to five years, recognising that athletes and industry professionals require varying levels of learning at different stages in their careers as many have limited time available.[vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/454419344\/a73a769e12&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In order to be eligible, applicants should have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An existing undergraduate degree (e.g., bachelor degree) or a minimum of 5-8 years of relevant work experience and professional references; and<\/li>\n<li>An English language level of IELTS: at least 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in the written test or other equivalent proficiency certification [<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/london.ac.uk\/applications\/how-apply\/english-requirements\">link<\/a><\/strong><\/em>]; plus<\/li>\n<li>Be in good standing with their Member Association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>September 2021 Intake<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 36.313291139240505%;\">Scholarship and UOL Application Submission Opens<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 21.677215189873415%;\">15 May 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 36.313291139240505%;\">Scholarship and UOL Application Submission Deadline<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 21.677215189873415%;\">16 July 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 36.313291139240505%;\">Tuition payment deadline (if applicable)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 21.677215189873415%;\">01 September 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Online Application &#8211; CLOSED&#8221; color=&#8221;primary&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-edit&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column_text]Applications can be made through the online application using the <strong><u>Scholarship ID Code: BWF2021<\/u><\/strong>. The deadline to submit is <strong>16 July 2021<\/strong>. BWF will notify successful applicants mid-August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact: <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:pgc@worldacademysport.com\">pgc@worldacademysport.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_message]<strong>Note<\/strong>: Application form must be completed in <strong>English.<\/strong>[\/vc_message][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Badminton World Federation (BWF) in partnership with the World Academy of Sport (WAoS) have opened a new cycle of scholarships for WAoS\u2019 and the University of London\u2019s Postgraduate Certificate in International Sports Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2630,"featured_media":8795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-new","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9552,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793\/revisions\/9552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}