UCert Nuffield Scholarship
Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, United Kingdom
Course overview
This course is entirely online and has been designed in collaboration with the Nuffield Farming Scholarship programme. It aims to support scholars in developing, analysing, writing and presenting academically rigorous projects. The overall aims of the programme are to provide recipients of the Nuffield Scholarship with the skills to: explain the current and future challenges facing the agri-food sector synthesise information from industry and peer-reviewed literature compare the approaches taken to address specific challenges to the industry evaluate the extent to which new approaches and practices might be applied to systems in their home country deliver a high-quality extended report in an appropriate scientific style as well as creating a range of outputs to disseminate research findings to a predominantly non-scientific audience (such as social media posts, press briefing, infographic, blog, policy briefing note).
Key highlights
- Designed in collaboration with the Nuffield Farming Scholarship programme
- Delivered entirely online
- Explores current and future challenges facing the agri-food sector
- Synthesises industry information with peer-reviewed literature
- Produces a high-quality extended report in scientific style
- Communicate findings via blogs, infographics and policy briefing notes
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component
Scholarships
AberDoc Scholarship
Tuition fees (up to the UK (Home) rate of £5,006 per annum). A maintenance allowance of approximately £20,780 per annum and access to a travel and conference fund (max. £1000 per annum) will also be provided.
AberGrad Scholarship
A £1,000 tuition fee discount is available to Aberystwyth graduates.
Up to £1,000Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship
UK First Honours degree will be eligible for a £3,000 discount; UK Upper Second (2:1) or Lower Second (2:2) degree will receive a £2,000 discount.
Careers this course leads to
- Agricultural consultant
- Farm business manager
- Agri-food policy adviser
- Agricultural researcher
- Rural development officer
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Aberystwyth University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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