Talented students starting at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) in September 2017 can now take advantage of #DMUglobal High Flyers Award for a discount on international opportunities during their degree.
The award will mean that students with top academic qualifications applying to DMU in 2017 will be eligible for a discount of up to £1,000 towards a #DMUglobal opportunity.
Sophie Moss was in her first year of a Film Studies degree when she used her #DMUglobal High Flyers Award to visit Hong Kong Film Festival as part of her course.
Sophie said: “It was an incredible experience and very different to anything I had experienced before. Hong Kong was really vibrant and colourful.
“If it wasn’t for the award I probably wouldn’t have considered the trip to Hong Kong because I wanted to be able to attend a summer school in Japan with #DMUglobal.”
The bursary allowed Sophie to attend the Japan summer school and join the trip to Hong Kong, where the group had the opportunity to go to the film festival, as well as being able to tour a film studio and a TV studio.
She added: “Because of the award I had the opportunity to go to Hong Kong and Japan and I would consider trips in the future to be able to build my CV further. The opportunities definitely gave me a world-wide perspective, which I really wanted to get.”
Fashion Buying student Robyn Pound-Wood was awarded a bursary last year and used the money to take part in the International Fashion Buying trip to Amsterdam.
She said: “The bursary provided me with the funding to visit a country that I might not otherwise have been able to and I got to experience a different culture, while also making good contacts with companies that I might want to apply to work for in the future.
“We also got to do some sight-seeing, go to museums and also visit the head offices of Rituals and O'Neill, which was a really good experience and got me looking forward to my placement year that I'd already secured.”
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The pioneering #DMUglobal programme aims to offer all students an international experience during their studies, to help to enrich their studies, broaden cultural horizons and to develop key skills valued by employers.
#DMUglobal trips can be academic or student-led, and can take the form of internships, volunteering opportunities or cultural experiences, with previous students visiting New York, Paris, Hong Kong and India.
You can read more about the award and find our terms and conditions here.
Posted on Thursday 22 December 2016