{"id":2768,"date":"2011-05-25T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T17:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2011-05-25T17:06:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T17:06:20","slug":"citb-100-inspire-scholars-wanted-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2768","title":{"rendered":"CITB: 100 Inspire Scholars wanted for 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CITB-ConstructionSkills\u2019 Inspire scholarship scheme, set up to recruit the very best undergraduates into the industry, has been confirmed for 2011, with a closing date of\u00a031 May, and will offer funding to enable 100 scholars to join the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The scholarships, which began as a pilot in 2005 to attract the very best undergraduates into the construction industry, have been a huge success over the years and CITB-ConstructionSkills is committed to supporting the programme into the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sponsorship for each scholar is now up to \u00a31,000 per student, per year over a maximum 3 years. This funding is then matched by the sponsoring employer. The programme offers students an excellent opportunity to get a valuable insight into the reality of working in the construction sector through industry placements and employer mentoring, while employers benefit from a shortcut to the best graduate talent available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How can potential applicants apply?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Inspire Scholarship application can be found on the bconstructive website and is open until the\u00a031 May.\u00a0CITB-ConstructionSkills will then match successful individuals to prospective employer sponsors. ?a ?For more information on the scholarship visit\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bconstructive.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.bconstructive.co.uk<\/a> or call 0300 456 5033<\/p>\n<p>CITB Scholarship: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bconstructive.co.uk\/inspirescholarship\/\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bconstructive.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.bconstructive.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Construction Skills News: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cskills.org\/aboutus\/newsandevents\/news\/inspire100.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITB-ConstructionSkills\u2019 Inspire scholarship scheme, set up to recruit the very best undergraduates into the industry, has been confirmed for 2011, with a closing date of\u00a031 May, and will offer funding to enable 100 scholars to join the industry. &nbsp; The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2768\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2769,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}