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Lower Sixth Travel Awards

Each year, the Cheltonian Endowment Trust (CET) offers Travel Awards designed to foster independence and career preparation.

Applications are open to all Lower Sixth pupils and awards are made following an interview process with a panel of three CET trustees. Typically, about 30 pupils apply for a grant and about half are successful. Destinations may be as far as India or Tanzania, or applications can also be for UK-based courses and experiences

 

2024 Award Recipients

  • Munisa Akobirova – Climate two-day course, Leeds
  • Tor Allan – Private Pilot License, Kenya
  • Isabella Beaufort-Bhardwaj – Young Actor’s Summer School, London
  • Ishbel Bird – Hospital programme, Ghana
  • Barney Cooper – College exchange to South Africa
  • Alice Dawson – College exchange to South Africa
  • Will Donaldson – Universities visit, Boston, USA
  • Bryn Evans – European Organisation for Nucleur Research (CERN), Geneva
  • Ben Golley – Engineering, Laos
  • Gewnnie Gulland – Vogue summer school, New York City
  • Wenlin Huang – Cookery and Spanish, Spain
  • Tula Leach-Herrero – College exchange to South Africa
  • Zara Leach-Herrero – Vogue summer school, New York City
  • Gigi Negus-Cole – Engineering programme, London
  • Claudia Norbury – International Relations pre-university course, King’s College London
  • Anna Stanley-Jones – Hospital programme, Ghana
  • Max Stanley-Jones – Engineering, Laos
  • Finn Tweedie – College exchange to South Africa
  • Melissa Watson – BioGrad Biomedical Science Course, Liverpool Science Park
  • Eleanor Weston – Young Actor’s Summer School, London

 

“I relished talking to the lecturers about their experiences in the world of scientific research and to the incredible group of people on my course who are at various stages in their education.”

Melissa, BioGrad Biomedical Science Course, Liverpool Science Park

“I wanted to visit two universities, MIT and Harvard, as they are institutions I had planned on applying to for Engineering … I loved Boston. However, visiting the universities shifted my perspective. I would like to give my deepest thanks to CET for making the trip possible and their support throughout the process.”

Will, Universities visit, Boston, USA

 

The Travel Awards are funded by the Cheltonian Endowment Trust (CET). This is just one of the ways CET uses its annual income to support Cheltenham College.

Alongside this, the principal activity of the CET is to provide hardship bursaries to students who are in danger of having to leave College suddenly, through no fault of their own. Circumstances such as parents separating, being made redundant or a death in the family are the most common factors. CET works closely with Cheltenham College to bridge the funding gap so that pupils are able to complete their College education to an appropriate point, usually the completion of GCSEs or A Levels.

For more information on CET and its activities, please contact [email protected] to be put in touch.