Drama Inspires Bursary: Connect, Inspire and Raise Awareness
Would you like to inspire your children and young people with something exciting in the classroom?
You might:-
- Work with a theatre company with your BTEC or GCSE class
- Partner with a local community organisation on a verbatim or devised project
- Create a new scheme of work on a new practitioner, style or play, with another Drama teacher locally
- Create a transition project using Drama to support Year 6s starting secondary school
These are just possibilities, and National Drama welcomes suggestions for any new projects that will establish, extend or enhance knowledge and understanding of drama and theatre education.
National Drama offers up to £500 to support partnership/transport/cover/resources fees, allowing members to inspire students in new ways and be an active part of Drama and Performing Arts communities.
This bursary is open to ALL our members: undergraduates; early careers or long-established teachers; MA or PhD students; Primary or SEND teachers who wish to use drama across the curriculum; Secondary teachers who want to extend their students’ examination experiences; a Youth Theatre director initiative or a community practitioner with an interest in theatre, drama or social justice.
Bursary applications open on the 1st February and close on the 31st May.
How to Apply
Complete the ND Bursaries application form stating why and how this bursary will help and support your professional development. Tell us a little about yourself and your work. Be clear on which conference you wish to attend and why, with a breakdown of costs.
Terms
- You need to be a member of National Drama.
- Your initiative must be completed within a two-year framework.
- Upon completion of your initiative we require an article, with photographs if relevant, communicating your work and experience with members through our Research Journal and/or our magazine and/or our website. If approved by the Editorial Board, you will see your name in print!
- Some information will be required for our marketing team which we can post on social media.
- The bursary will be paid on completion of the initiative and upon submission of receipts.
We would also like to promote your work further by inviting you to contribute to a live or Zoom event to celebrate your achievement.