Bursary Award
'To celebrate its Centenary in 2020, the Officers' Association Scotland created a Bursary Award to support currently serving or former officers in expanding their learning in order to enhance their employment opportunities.
This grant is designed to enable self-development, to achieve and progress in that career you desire. It can be used for a specific training programme, Higher or Further Education.
The scheme provides financial support in the form of a single payment per year direct to the learning institution. The length of Bursary support will be assessed at the application stage and then reviewed at the end of each year. Consideration may also be given to study costs such as learning materials and childcare; however this will be on a case by case basis.
To be eligible to apply for this bursary you must:
Please note we are unable to make any retrospective payments for course fees and study materials. This also includes self funded payments or loans that you may have taken out with a college or bank.
This grant is designed to enable self-development, to achieve and progress in that career you desire. It can be used for a specific training programme, Higher or Further Education.
The scheme provides financial support in the form of a single payment per year direct to the learning institution. The length of Bursary support will be assessed at the application stage and then reviewed at the end of each year. Consideration may also be given to study costs such as learning materials and childcare; however this will be on a case by case basis.
To be eligible to apply for this bursary you must:
- Have held a commission with any branch of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, and allied nursing services, and who are resident or serving in Scotland.
- Planning to undertake training/education within a Scottish Institution if possible.
- Able to demonstrate that this learning will enhance your employment opportunities and is part of a plan
Please note we are unable to make any retrospective payments for course fees and study materials. This also includes self funded payments or loans that you may have taken out with a college or bank.
How to apply
The application form and bursary guidance is available here. Please complete this application fully and return it to [email protected].
The Bursary scheme is now open all year round and applications shall be reviewed by our Committee in June, September, December and March.
Our grants are now open, and they will be reviewed in December
Our grants are now open, and they will be reviewed in December
After graduating from a undergraduate psychology degree at Glasgow University and a year out of education I returned to education at the University of Strathclyde studying a masters in Clinical Health Psychology.
The Officers' Association Scotland wasn’t something that I was aware of existing until it was advertised to me by my local Army reserve unit. However their support, and guidance around my application was extremely helpful and made the process very straight forward.
The course was varied and made more difficult by the remote learning that took place across the whole year due to COVID. Modules varied from health interventions to promote conforming to a healthy behaviour to statistical analysis and workshops on clinical interventions. My dissertation was centred around the Fire and Rescue Service, investigating the impacts of COVID-19 on well-being in a population that are statistically more likely to suffer from poor mental health through their job roles.
I have now successfully completed my masters and I can't thank OA Scotland enough for their support in enabling me to complete my learning.
The Officers' Association Scotland wasn’t something that I was aware of existing until it was advertised to me by my local Army reserve unit. However their support, and guidance around my application was extremely helpful and made the process very straight forward.
The course was varied and made more difficult by the remote learning that took place across the whole year due to COVID. Modules varied from health interventions to promote conforming to a healthy behaviour to statistical analysis and workshops on clinical interventions. My dissertation was centred around the Fire and Rescue Service, investigating the impacts of COVID-19 on well-being in a population that are statistically more likely to suffer from poor mental health through their job roles.
I have now successfully completed my masters and I can't thank OA Scotland enough for their support in enabling me to complete my learning.