TRAVELLING Scholarships in the British Islands are mostly " close" scholarships confined to the students of particular Universities or of other institutions.
Some of the County Councils offer Travelling Scholarships, but no general list is published, and each Council acts independently of the others. Infor mation as to these can generally be obtained from the Secretary to the Education Committee of the County or County Borough in which the student resides.
Science Research Scholarships of the value of '150 a year, and ordinarily tenable for two years, are granted out of the funds held by the Royal Com missioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to enable students who have passed through a College curriculum and have given distinct evidence of for original research, to continue their scientific studies at any University in England or abroad, or other Institution to be approved by the Commis sioners. For full details apply to the authorities at the College where the course of studies has been pursued.
The funds of the Gilchrist Educational Trust are partly devoted to the maintenance of Modern Language Studentships, the purpose of which is to enable the holders to pursue a special course of study abroad with a view to qualifying themselves for teaching modern languages in Secondary Schools. The Studentships are, for the present, offered to graduates of either sex who have taken Honours in Modern Languages at either of the Universities of London, Manchester, Liverpool, or Leeds, or a student nominated annually by the University of Wales. The value, in each case, is 1'80, and the Student ship is tenable for one year only.
The Royal College of Art, London, grants a Travelling Scholarship of 1'50 to the best student who has been at least four terms in the College, has spent one term in the School of Architecture (unless previously qualified in that subject), and has been at least three terms in the Upper Division of one or more schools. A student can hold such a Scholarship only once.
A movement has been set on foot for the international exchange of students, but the details are not yet complete (1909). Information is obtainable from the Hon. Secretary, the International Interchange of Students, Caxton House, Westminster. These Scholarships will only be open to graduates of English-speaking Universities, and will also only be tenable at English-speaking Universities.
Most British Universities and some of the more important Technical Institutes have Travelling Scholarships and Exhibitions, but there are also age limits to graduates of the several and the conditions of award are changed from time to time. Full particulars can be obtained
from the Secretary of the University or other Institution.
Some of the chief Travelling Scholarships awarded by the Universities, &c., arc given below. The conditions of award change from time to time, and full details can always be obtained on application to the Secretary of the University or other Institution.
Modern Language Scholarship (see above). Holt Travelling Scholarship in Architecture, value £50, tenable for one year.
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical Scholar ship in Chemistry, Technical Chemistry, or Metallurgy, value £35 per annum, tenable for five years, of which the latter two may be spent abroad. James Young Exhibition, of annual value of £100, usually tenable for one year, and available for research abroad in Chemistry.
A.berdeen Travelling Fellowship, value £200 per annum, and tenable for a period of two years.
Edinburgh Dickson Travelling Fund, value about £90 per annum, for purposes of study and research in any faculty abroad. Drummond Mathematical Scholarship, of annual value £101, tenable for three years, for the extension of a knowledge of the practical application of mathematical principles, suitable for engineering students. George Scott Travelling Scholarships, of value £38, tenable for one year, open to graduates in Arts.
Oxford Fellowship, value at?-200 per annum, and tenable for two years. Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship, value £200 per annum, and tenable for three years. (Apply to the Radcliffe Library, Uni versity Museum.) Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London.-- Value £50 per annum. Object, to enable graduates in Mining or Metallurgy to take a practical course in Mines or Works, at home or abroad. Three Scholarships are given to graduates of the Royal School of Mines and other recognised British Mining Schools and Colleges. Candidates must be under twenty five, and have completed the course for the Diploma in Mining or Metal lurgy within one academical year of his nomination for a Scholarship.
Armstrong College, Travelling Fellowship, value £120 per annum, tenable for one year, to enable the holder to spend a period of twelve months in travelling chiefly in foreign mining districts, so as to enable him to enlarge his technical experience. The Fellowship is awarded to a Mining Student of not less than twenty years of age, who need not neees8arily be a student of Armstrong College.