Eligibility criteria:

• Graduates with a 2:1 degree in any discipline who have been accepted on a BCS accredited post graduate Information Technology conversion course - full time of one year duration
• Can demonstrate financial need
• Legally permitted to live and work in the UK
• Proficient in written and spoken English
• Keen interest in software development for the web
• Commitment to a career in media software development
• IT literate

As a media organisation we are keen to reflect the society we serve. We encourage female graduates who have been disadvantaged in terms of their career as a result of family or other domestic commitments to apply, particularly women returning to the workplace - a group recognised as being under-represented in software development*. The bursary pays for tuition fees and provides a subsistence allowance of £5,000. The bursary will also include a work placement that will offer the successful applicants a chance to see the increasingly important role technology plays at GMG.

Although the bursaries do not offer employment within Guardian Media Group, several awardees of other Scott Trust bursary schemes have been offered jobs with GMG titles and businesses following their training.

Details on how to apply will be available from February 2009 on the website: www.gmg.plc/ScottTrust/Bursaries

The Scott Trust is the owner of Guardian Media Group plc (GMG). GMG's media interests include the Guardian and Observer newspapers, guardian.co.uk, the Manchester Evening News, weekly titles in the north west and south of England, regional radio stations across the UK and the Auto Trader magazine and website.

* This data is supported by the British Computing Society. For further information please visit the BCS website: www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.7708