A.S. Hornby Educational Trust Fully Funded Scholarships 2024/2025 For English Language Teachers: Apply Now!

Introduction to the Educational Trust Fully Funded Scholarships

The recruitment process for the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust scholarships is now open. The scholarships are for study in the UK between October 2024 and September 2025.

The Hornby Educational Trust prioritises capacity building for English language teaching in low- and middle-income countries. It awards Master’s degree scholarships to teachers and related professionals with experience and evidenced potential to impact and enhance the field of English language teaching and learning in their home country.

Up to ten (10) fully funded scholarships (full fee waiver plus a maintenance payment of £15,500 minimum for the year) are available to students who fully meet the University of Exeter’s admission criteria for the MEd TESOL Programme for September 2024 entry. Scholarships will be awarded to academically talented and experienced applicants who are nationals of and work in low- and middle-income countries as defined in the OECD DAC list (listed here).

Please note that this scholarship is only available for study on the University of Exeter’s MEd TESOL programme and is not available for PGCert or PGDip programmes of study.

The Hornby Trust is delighted to partner with the University of Exeter for these scholarships, and all applicants will be jointly considered by the University of Exeter and the Hornby Trust.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants for the scholarship award must have at least three years’ full-time English language teaching experience and a full university degree.
Applicants also require the level of English proficiency stipulated by the university (this is normally assessed according to IELTS, TOEFL, or PTE). For IELTS, scholars require an overall score of 6.5, with no less than 6.0 in any of the categories, and 6.5 for writing. For TOEFL, an overall score of 92 with 24 for writing. For PTE, an overall score of 62, with 62 in writing, is required.

The Hornby Scholarships are intended to support experienced English language teachers who have the potential to make a significant future contribution to English language teaching and teachers in their countries.
We welcome applications only from countries listed on the DAC list (developing countries).

Selection Criteria

Applicants who are long-listed based on their application will be invited to interview in their local British Council office. The interviews will take place in the weeks of December 9–13, 2019. If successful at the interview, applicants will then be shortlisted, with the final selection being made by a panel of Hornby Trust trustees and British Council staff. If provisionally selected for a scholarship, applicants will then need to apply for a place on the MA course at Warwick University and demonstrate that they have the level of English proficiency * required by the university. The award of an A. S. Hornby Educational Trust scholarship can only be confirmed once the applicant has been accepted on the course by the university.

Benefits of the A S Hornby Educational Trust Scholarships

How to Apply

First, complete the University of Exeter application form for admission to the MEd TESOL programme in the Apply Online section in the upper right of the webpage (link below). Then, once you have obtained an Exeter student number, please complete the Hornby Scholarship application form.

Please remember that you will need your Exeter student number to submit your scholarship application. When completing the Hornby Scholarship application, you will be asked to upload a cover letter of no more than 800 words responding to the following question:

In your context, what are the key challenges that you and other teachers of English typically face daily? How would studying the MEd TESOL at the University of Exeter help you respond to these challenges? How do your skills and expertise make you a suitable candidate for the Hornby Scholarship?

To address the above questions, you might want to consider including the following points:
Your focus should not just be on how you have been effective as an English language teacher. We are more interested in hearing about how you plan to use your learning and experiences on the MEd TESOL course to help teachers respond to the challenges identified above. Please make it very clear what your role would be in tackling the challenges you have identified.

You might also want to describe particularly outstanding personal and/or professional characteristics, achievements, or experiences that have helped you develop new skills and understandings. We would be particularly interested in hearing about any language teacher development activities that you have delivered or helped deliver; for example, teacher training, professional development, materials development, or leading a teachers’ association or professional activity group. Your focus should be less on how you have been effective as an English language teacher and more on how your skills and expertise will help you support teachers in responding to the challenges identified above.

Note that the application deadline is March 1, 2024. It is important to read all the information before completing the online application form because you cannot leave the application in the middle of completing it and return to finish it another time.

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