ACTORS TRAINING STUDIO will award a FURTHER TRAINING BURSARY to ONE student at the conclusion of each workshop, short course, masterclass or course module, who, in the judgement of course tutors and directors, has shown the most consistent promise, professionalism, commitment and application.  

Bursary Value

The value of each bursary will be stipulated with each course.

Qualifying Courses

Training Bursaries are awarded to students who have completed an individual workshop, masterclass or short course, or a longer courses - i.e. all training provided by Actors Training Studio.

Enrollment Condition
Each workshop or masterclass or course at Actors Training Studio has a clearly stipulated minimum enrolment number, which, when met, qualifies all students on that course to be considered for the bursary.  Enrolment numbers are not artificially inflated.  e.g. a course which has, say, a maximum intake of 16 students may stipulate the minimum bursary enrolment to be 10 students, thus activating a bursary for that course.

When are Training Busaries awarded?
Further training bursaries are awarded at the CONCLUSION of a workshop, masterclass or course.

Assessment
Training Bursaries are awarded competitively, strictly according to merit, regardless of age, race, gender or physical ability, in accordance with Equal Opportunities good practice. Discussion between tutors will be based on professional experience, will be unbiased, giving equal regard to each student and will be democratic.

Decisions
The decision of the Panel will be final.  Notification of bursaries will be sent by email immediately following the conclusion of the term for the course in question or at the end of a specific workshop or masterclass and will be published on the Actors Training Studio website.  Bursary awards may be publicised in The Stage.    

Payment of Bursaries
The bursary is a further training bursary, i.e. a credit at a specific monetary value against further training at Actors Training Studio.  No bursary monies will be paid direct to any student.
Bursaries are issued in the form of credits against further training on a further workshop, masterclass, short course or module of a longer course at Actors Training Studio.

External Training
Bursaries may also be used against private coaching with any tutor associated with Actors Training Studio.

Profesional Expenses
In the final term of 2 and 3 year courses only,bursaries may be used to offset legitimate professional expenses such as headshots, showreels, studio costs for voice-over tapes or industry fees such as Spotlight or Equity.  Bursaries used in this way will be paid directly to the organisation requested by the student.
without good cause, has been disruptive in any way, including

Disqualification

No bursary will be awarded to a student who has habitually arrived late for classes, missed classes without reasonable cause, has been drunk, taken drugs, been sexually abusive or aggressive or in any way not behaved with professional decorum and respect to others.

Period of Validity

The Bursary may be used up in one or more segments at any time within a twelve-month period after the date of award.  When a Bursary is not used within the valid period, it will expire.  

Transfer of Bursaries
As bursaries are issued solely in response to the work of a specific student, unexpired bursaries are not valid for transfer to another person.