STUDENTS SHARE IN THIRD YEAR OF PORT AUTHORITY’S SCHOLARSHIPS
Four West Wales students have received scholarships worth £4,000 from Milford Haven Port Authority to support them in their university studies.
They have received the awards in the third year of the successful scheme, developed by the Port Authority to help nurture local academic talent, and to encourage young people to consider Pembrokeshire as a good place to work.
The scholarship scheme offers £1,000 each to undergraduate to help them for a year of their degree course at any Higher Education establishment in the UK, providing they have lived in, and been educated in, Pembrokeshire.
A post-graduate studying a subject relevant to the role and activities of the Port Authority is also supported with a £2,000 grant.
The scholarships this year have been awarded to:
- Richard Stephens from Milford Haven, a former Milford Haven Comprehensive pupil, who is in the second year of a three year BA Finance Accounting & Management course at Nottingham University;
- Andrew Martin from Haverfordwest, who attended Tasker Milward, and is now at Queens’, Cambridge, in the third year of a four year BA course in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering;
- Anna Davies from Crymych, who is in her final year at Bangor University studying for a BA in Communication & Media. Anna was a pupil at Preseli School;
- Benjamin Stalbow, from Milford Haven, formerly a pupil at Milford Haven School, who is in his final year at Sheffield University studying law.
The postgraduate award went to Joe Green from Haverfordwest, who is in the second year of a three year PhD in the department of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Science at Cardiff University, studying the use of bioremediation as an option for marine oil spill response.
Congratulating the recipients, Port Authority Chief Executive Ted Sangster said that, as a trust port, the Authority had a role to play in contributing to the economic development of West Wales.
“We are delighted to be able to help these talented individuals through their academic careers,” he said.
“As a local employer, we recognise the need to attract and retain well qualified people who can make positive contributions to our business. Equally, we realise that many young people in Pembrokeshire often have to move away from the county to gain qualifications and develop their careers, and that there is a significant financial burden on students in doing so.
“We believe this scholarship scheme will help to nurture the undoubted talent within the county – and who knows, may be we will see some of these young students working in Pembrokeshire in the future and using that talent to help develop this part of Wales.”
PICTURE CAPTION (Photos courtesy of Mark Richards/Aurora Imaging)
Back row, left to right:
Ted Sangster (Chief Executive); Vidette Howells (Personnel Officer); Colin Evans (Panel Judge); Pamela Munday (Panel Judge and Head of Milford Comprehensive School); Bob Clarke (Chairman 0f MHPA).
Front row, left to right:
Richard Stephens; Andrew Martin; Anna Davies; Benjamin Stalbow; Joe Green (Post Grad).
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