Our 2020-21 Scott Trust Bursary students

We are delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s bursary scheme are Hibaq Farah, Georgina Quach, and Weronika Strzyżyńska.

Each year the Guardian Foundation offers a number of bursaries for aspiring journalists to study for an MA in journalism. The primary aim of the bursary scheme is to assist students who face financial difficulty in attaining the qualifications needed to pursue a career in journalism, and who come from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the media. In particular those from a lower socio-economic background, BAME, LGBTQ+ and those with a disability.

Kelly Walls, executive director, The Guardian Foundation, said:

“Congratulations to Hibaq, Georgina and Weronika. We are thrilled to support their postgraduate qualification in journalism and facilitate work experience at the Guardian.

“The Scott Trust bursary scheme serves to advance the next generation of UK journalists. Since its launch in 1992, the scheme has awarded bursaries to one hundred students.”

The bursaries pay all course tuition fees and provide a subsistence allowance of £6,000 each towards living expenses. Selected students take part in several weeks’ work experience at Guardian News & Media with expenses covered, and are paired with a Guardian mentor.

Past beneficiaries of the bursary awards have gone on to successful careers at a variety of media organisations, including the Guardian. Eminent Guardian journalists who have benefitted from this scheme include Gary Younge, Mustafa Khalili, Esther Addley, Homa Khaleeli, Tania Branigan, Randeep Ramesh and Lanre Bakare.

The application process for the 2021-22 Scott Trust Bursary will commence again early next year. Visit here to read the programme selection criteria. You can read about our 2020-21 Scott Trust Bursary students here.

The Guardian Foundation is known for its award-winning educational news programmes which cater for primary aged students (NewsWise) right up to secondary schools (Education Centre) and beyond. Further information about the foundation’s work can be found here.

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For more information please contact:

media.enquiries@theguardian.com or 020 3353 3696

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About The Guardian Foundation

The Guardian Foundation, an independent charity which supports media under threat, promotes diversity in the media and empowers children and young people to engage with the news. The charity runs educational programmes both in the UK and internationally. It runs an award winning news literacy programme, which includes news media workshops for schools, universities, teachers and families. It also runs the prestigious Scott Trust Bursary Scheme and the GNM Archive, preserving the history of the Guardian.