bursaries and scholarships

blue · Post by **blue** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:21 pm

Hi there,
does anyone know or heard of a child getting a bursary or scholarship for having very good ICT skills.
I know of the basic ones: academic, music, drama, sport.

Thanks.

Ed's mum · Post by **Ed's mum** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:34 pm

No, sorry.

Loopyloulou · Post by **Loopyloulou** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:03 pm

Regret I've not come across this either.

solimum · Post by **solimum** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:23 pm

If they're that good presumably they could hack into the school's computers and award themselves one......!

Snowdrops · Post by **Snowdrops** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:25 pm

If they're that good perhaps they could hack into the LEA's computers and .................................

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T.i.p.s.y · Post by **T.i.p.s.y** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:32 pm

Some schools offer DT scholarships but they are not worth much value. How good is DC at computers? There are lots of courses that have 6 year olds passing GCSE at age 6 so it is not unusual for kids to be highly pc literate. But if s/he is hacking into NASA then I think it may warrant some form of award. In saying that two pupils were expelled from Winchester a couple of years ago because they hacked into the schools system and uncovered a fees cartel

, so maybe a school would want to stay well clear of a computer genius!