The Centre for Journalism's Daily Mail Scholarship

The 2011 Daily Mail Scholarship has been launched. Funded by Associated Newspapers it will be awarded to a gifted postgraduate student of multimedia journalism at the University of Kent's Centre for Journalism.  

The Centre invites all students who win places on our MA in Multimedia Journalism to compete for the award which is worth £10,000. 

The scholar will also enjoy a valuable work placement at what is generally considered to be the UK’s most successful news-gathering business.

Head of the CfJ Professor Tim Luckhurst explains: "This is a huge opportunity for a postgraduate journalism student. We’re intensely proud to be working with a newspaper that has been setting standards in high quality popular journalism since 1896."  Robin Esser, Executive Managing Editor of the Daily Mail, says: ‘We believe in the future of journalism and that will be best served by well-trained young journalists coming into the profession. The University of Kent is at the forefront of this ambition.’

HOW TO APPLY

Competition for the Daily Mail scholarship is now open.  Applicants should submit a story written in the style of the Daily Mail. They should specify which section of the newspaper their story is designed for. Applicants should ensure that their story is written in a style that accurately reflects the real contents of the relevant section. They should ensure that their story is of the right length and that it is set out in an appropriate manner (e.g. use of sub-headings, headlines etc.). Applications should be submitted by 31 July 2011 to: Prof Tim Luckhurst, University of Kent, Centre for Journalism, Gillingham Building, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4AG.

In order to apply applicants must confirm acceptance of their place on the MA in Multimedia Journalism. The scholarship is non-transferable and can only be awarded to full-time students studying in the Centre for Journalism.