Wanting to Join The Aviation Industry?
As of Monday 27th January, the Air League has announced the opening of its 2025 Aviation Scholarship Programme.
The Scholarships are designed to offer those with little to no aviation experience an opportunity to gain skills and build an understanding of the career pathways available within the aviation industry. Applications opened on Monday the 27th of January and will close on Sunday the 30th of March.
The Air League, founded in 1909, is the UK’s largest provider of aviation Scholarships. Over the past decade, Scholarships and bursaries worth over £2.5 million have been allocated to young people across the UK. Last year, the Air League was proud to award a total of 90 Scholarships; including 56 Flying Scholarships, 3 Electric Flying Scholarships and 31 Gliding Scholarships.
Gliding Scholarships are open to students aged 14+ and Flying Scholarships are open to students aged 16+. The £500 gliding bursary can be used in the Skills section of a Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award.
The Scholarships are ideal for any student wishing to pursue a career as a pilot, cabin crew, engineer, air traffic controller, dispatcher, or any other aviation or aerospace related role.
AVAILABLE SCHOLARSHIPS
- 3-hour flying
- 5-hour flying
- 12-hour flying
- Full Private Pilots' Licence (PPL) worth over £12,000
- £500 gliding bursaries
- Self Launching Motor Glider (SLMG) conversion course
- Two-week residential Gliding to Solo course for applicants with no flying experience
- 5 hour electric flying training on a Pipistrel Velis Electro electric plane
Courses can be completed at any of the Air League’s approved training providers across the UK. Full board accommodation will be provided to recipients over 18 years of age who live outside a commutable distance of our training providers.
LINKS
To apply for a Scholarship, students must be a member of the Air League which costs £30 per year. This grants them access to 100+ Scholarship opportunities, volunteering opportunities, and events such as networking receptions, dinners and industry tours and visits: Https://airleague.co.uk/individual-membership
Flying Scholarships: https://airleague.co.uk/flying-scholarships
Flying Scholarship Eligibility Criteria: https://airleague.co.uk/flying-scholarship-application-criteria
Gliding Scholarships: https://airleague.co.uk/gliding-scholarships
Gliding Scholarship Eligibility Criteria: https://airleague.co.uk/gliding-scholarship-application-criteria
Electric Flying Scholarships: https://airleague.co.uk/our-programmes/electricflyingscholarships
WEBINAR
We will be running a Webinar at 5pm on Wednesday 19th February, which will focus on the selection process, application tips and the format of each Scholarship. The Webinar will also be an opportunity for individuals interested in participating to ask any questions and gather further information prior to applying.
We encourage schools to share the attached invitation with students.
For any enquiries, please ask Miss Bolton or Mrs Holmes.