Awards & Bursaries

We are proud to offer ASET Bursaries to both Staff and Students. Our Bursaries are available only to ASET member institutions, and are designed to support staff, to further the knowledge base in placement learning and to provide work experience opportunities for students.

Student Bursaries

1. ASET Summer Project Bursary 
   The ASET Summer Project Bursary offers £2400 to a current undergraduate, to carry out a project examining an aspect of your institutional practice or exploration of a new initiative with the goal of sharing the learning with the ASET community. A further £600 towards the expenses required to carry out the project, is awarded to the institution upon successful completion of the project. ASET is providing the bursary for two reasons; to provide a funded student placement opportunity, and to facilitate the sharing of innovative practice in placement and work based learning. For details of how to apply for this year’s award and of previous bursaries, visit Awards & Bursary Recipients.
2. ASET Research BursaryThe ASET Research Bursary invites proposals from colleagues to fund a current student or recent graduate to carry out a clearly defined piece of small-scale research designed to grow the body of research into work based and placement learning. This bursary pays £2400, to a current student or recent graduate, and a further £600 towards the expenses required to carry out the project, awarded to the institution upon successful completion of the project. ASET is providing this bursary for two reasons; to provide a funded student placement opportunity, and to grow the body of research into placement and work based learning. For details of how to apply for this year’s award and of previous bursaries, visit Awards & Bursary Recipients.

We also offer a Student Competition each year, open to all returning placement students at ASET member institutions. The competition offers prizes under two categories:

• Placement/Internship/Work experience gained in the UK or Ireland
• Placement/Internship/Work experience gained overseas

For each category a first prize of £400 and a highly commended prize of £100 will be awarded to students who can articulate, in 900 words, their learning from their recent placement. We look for entries which have the ability to inform others about the value of placement experience, clearly express the value of learning, and do so in a lively and enthusiastic manner. For details of how to apply visit ASET Competitions.

Staff Bursaries

We are pleased to offer two new bursaries to support staff at ASET member institutions.  These small bursaries are intended to provide opportunities for learning from experience which are inclusive, to widen access to people whom might otherwise face financial barriers to engaging in opportunities to progress their careers and develop their professional network.

1. Event Support Bursary (up to £150) download application form
   To support staff wishing to attend an ASET conference or staff development workshop. This bursary is for delegates who incur additional costs for attending due to requirements for childcare, social care, or other matters related to a protected characteristic such as a disability.  The bursary is not to be used to offset normal costs paid by delegates’ employers (delegate fees or travel expenses)
2. Work Shadowing Bursary (up to £150) download application form

   For staff wishing to spend a day work shadowing another individual from an ASET member institution. The bursary is to pay for travel costs, with a requirement to submit a 400 word reflection on the learning which may be published in the ASET e-Bulletin. Recipients will also be invited to submit a Poster for the ASET Conference.

   How to apply

   Applications for bursaries are to be made using the relevant application form. Claims will be limited to one claim per trip and two claims per person per academic year, and will be paid directly to the claimant. All applications will be assessed by a panel consisting of no fewer than 2 individuals made up from the salaried staff and ASET Executive. Applications for either bursary will be accepted on a rolling basis until the available money is used up.