OU Music launches scholarships for teachers of underrepresented groups

The Open University’s Music Department is offering three Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) scholarships for teachers in UK state schools wishing to study either Music, Sound and Technology (A232), or Understanding Music (A234).

These scholarships will be awarded to UK schoolteachers who intend to introduce or develop the provision of music technology or music theory in the non-fee-paying school or college where they work.  They are open to teachers of any discipline (i.e., you do not have to be a music teacher) and at secondary level looking to develop their knowledge of these areas with this aim in mind.

In the award of these scholarships, preference will be given to:

• teachers (broadly defined) working in schools with a high proportion of students from backgrounds which are traditionally under-represented in the music studies, e.g. those from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background and/or where a high percentage of pupils are eligible for Free School Meals, or;
• individuals from backgrounds which are traditionally under-represented in the teaching of music, e.g. those from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background (including people with a mixed ethnic background) or from a working class background.

The department is actively exploring how to offer mentoring to the successful applicants during their studies.

For more information, including detail on the modules offered and how to apply, visit the Music website. Applications are due by midday on Monday 3 July.