{"id":14369,"date":"2015-04-10T10:38:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T10:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2015-04-10T10:38:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T10:38:29","slug":"my-scholarship-story-academic-excellence-scholarship-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2015\/04\/10\/my-scholarship-story-academic-excellence-scholarship-international\/","title":{"rendered":"My scholarship story: Academic Excellence Scholarship (International)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Theodora-2\"In life, there are moments when you need that one chance to help you take the step that will define your future. For me, that is what BU offered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The issue of finance was for me always going to be a challenge, considering the value of the pound against my currency, so I was pleased when I realised that BU offered Academic Excellence Scholarships <\/a>to international applicants with a high 2:1 or above.<\/p>\n

In truth, I was at a disadvantage as I realised that my country of origin didn\u2019t make me a good candidate for most of the scholarships offered by the university and this was a bit disheartening, but by being a recipient of the Academic Excellence Scholarship, I realised I had been given that chance to take a step forward.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll probably be wondering, \u201cWhy BU?\u201d But the reality is, BU is the best place to pursue a degree in Tourism. Period! Once I was bitten by this bug (which is Tourism, in case you were wondering), I couldn\u2019t get it out of my head and I couldn\u2019t imagine my life in any other industry.<\/p>\n

It is diverse, challenging and it\u2019s making a statement as a force to reckon with by becoming one of the largest industries in the world with an increasing growth in earning on a global scale. Making that decision to pursue a postgraduate degree in the field was thus not a hard choice to make as I was certain I wanted that. Now, I am at BU\u00a0studying a postgraduate degree in Tourism Management and Marketing<\/a>, completely surrounded by international students as well, who help offer you that truly international perspective necessary for this course, and being taught by the greats like Buhalis, Fletcher and Page who are shaping the course of the industry. What more could I ask for?<\/div>\n

\n\"Theodora-1\"<\/a>
\nThe opportunities that BU offers are immense and if you have been bitten by the bug like I have, there is no better place to be than the School of Tourism<\/a>\u00a0at BU. For me, I needed that; I needed that one chance, that opportunity, to make that leap forward and that is what the scholarship offered me. So for anyone who wants to pursue a postgraduate degree at BU, my only hope is that you take that step when the opportunity arises, because make no doubt, it will come.<\/p>\n

By Theodora Mary Yebuah<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In life, there are moments when you need that one chance to help you take the step that will define your future. For me, that is what BU offered. The issue of finance was for me always going to be a challenge, considering the value of the pound against my currency, so I was pleased… Read more » about My scholarship story: Academic Excellence Scholarship (International)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[877,568,130,48,2048,2110,2186,255,290,2312],"class_list":["post-14369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-academic-excellence-scholarship","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-masters","tag-msc-tourism-management-and-marketing","tag-postgraduate-study","tag-scholarships","tag-school-of-tourism","tag-theodora-yebuah"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}