British Council Scholarship for English Language Teachers India

You must:

• Be a passport holder and permanent resident of India.
• Demonstrate the case for financial support / socio-economic need through the written responses in the scholarship form.
• Meet the academic and English language requirements for the University of Stirling and hold an offer for the MSc TESOL (Online) programme.
• Be working in or directly with the government education sector in India, with a focus on English language teaching.
• Be active in the field with a proven interest in the proposed subject area of English language teaching.
• Have at least a two-year teaching experience.
• Be motivated and academically able to follow and benefit from a UK postgraduate taught course.
• Be willing to demonstrate future contribution to the field of English language teaching in your country through the benefits achieved after graduating from UK higher education.
• Demonstrate a plan and a passion to engage with the wider community working in English language teaching from your home country through the written responses in the scholarship form.
• Agree to be a part of British Council’s global alumni network, maintain contact with the British Council and act as an ambassador for the UK and engage with activities as part of a Scholarships for English Language Teachers alumnus during and after your studies in the UK.
• Agree to your personal data being shared with the British Council as a condition of applying for the scholarship.

You must not:

• Hold dual British citizenship.
• Currently be in receipt of financial support or funding towards your study programme in the UK from any other source.
• Have previously studied in the UK with funding from a UK Government-funded scholarship or a UK institutional scholarship or financial bursary.
• Have previously studied at degree level or higher in the UK or lived recently in the UK (i.e. in the last three years).
• Be an employee, a former employee, or relative (*) of an employee of Her Majesty’s Government (including British Embassies/High Commissions; the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Department for International Trade; the Ministry of Defence; and the Home Office).
• Be an employee, a former employee, or relative (*) of an employee of the British Council.

(*) Relatives are defined as:

• parents or step-parents
• sibling's or step-siblings
• children or step-children
• spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner (where the couple have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least two years).