Savoy Educational Trust Student Scholarships

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We are delighted to announce these 2 new scholarship experiences for hospitality students in Scotland, thanks to suport from the Savoy Educational Trust.

Savoy Educational Trust have been a supporter of HIT Scotland for over 20 years, allowing us to provide opportunites to inspire and motivate students who have chose hospitaity as their career choice. Their funding helps us to send students to the Lausanne Hospitality Business School for a 2 day Quality of Service programme, for students to attend the HIT Talent Conference, and for a mix of student specific learning experiences.

These 2 new scholarships will add to this, with a 2 day practical masterclass for student chefs, and a 2 day customer experience programme explaining how organisations use data to lead their offering.

Open to colleges and Universities around Scotland, please take a look at the criteria given to find a suitable student to nominate. We ask that each college nominates only one individual they would like to take part. Places are limited so not all applicants will get the chance to join this one.

All scholarship content specifics are subject to change. Any changes will be in keeping with the feel of the original scholarship idea.

Savoy Educational Trust

The Savoy Educational Trust is passionate about fostering the growth and excellence of individuals working in (or aspiring to work in) hospitality, equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in this dynamic sector.

Their mission is to make a tangible difference and impact on the development of the UK hospitality industry via the grants they provide and the initiatives they support.

Who are they?

The Savoy Educational Trust was founded in 1961 by four directors of The Savoy Hotel Ltd as a completely independent, grant-giving charitable Trust. April 1998 marked a turning point in the history of the Trust as the then-trustees sold their shares in The Savoy Hotel, with the proceeds of the sale forming part of the expendable endowment of the Trust, which is invested in such a way as to maximise total return while providing a level of income agreed annually by the Trustees.

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Savoy Educational Trust Student Chef Scholarship

What: This is a hands on educational experience for professional cookery students from colleges around Scotland. The aim is to provide students with the chance to learn more about Scottish produce, how to cook with it, and give them the chance to try that.

What will you learn: This will be a mix of produce knowledge, with cooking demonstration from a variety of experienced chefs, and the chance for you to try. Areas of expertise still being finalised.

Who is this suitable for / criteria: Someone studying professional cookery who has decided that they definitely want to work in the kitchen as a chef! Someone who has just completed HNC level 7 would be ideal. If your college doesn’t have level 7 and you want to nominate someone who has just completed level 6, that is ok.

Where: This will take place at the Edinburgh New Town Cookery School, in the city centre of Edinburgh, which has a fully equipped teaching kitchen.

How Long: This is a 2 day scholarship, with an overnight stay at a local 3 star hotel, and dinner at a luxury venue. Students would be expected to get to Edinburgh for 10am on Thursday, and return home on Friday evening. For students with far to travel who cannot get there on the Thursday, we would organise an extra night’s local accommodation.

When: Thursday 15th and Friday 16th May 2025. Thursday will be from 10am to 4.30pm, with a group dinner at 7pm. Friday would be from 9.30am to 4pm. Timings approximate.

Structure: This will be a mixture of produce knowledge from a supplier, demonstration in cooking it from an experienced chef, and the chance to then try it yourself! This will be hands on for the student chefs. Students will stay overnight in a local 3 star hotel (single room, no sharing). There will be a group dinner on Thursday night in a quality venue so that you can experience the food and service, and have the chance to network and ask questions from the chefs who will join us.

Number of scholarships: There will be up to 8 places available for this.

Application: Colleges should nominate one student they think would benefit from this experience. Please note, places are limited so not all students who are nominated will get a place. This should be a student who has NOT taken part in the Lausanne Bursary scholarship, and has not already received a HIT Scotland scholarship for 2025, so that someone new gets the chance to do this.

This experience is fully funded by HIT Scotland so shouldn’t cost anything to the student or college. HIT Scotland tries to organise and pay for as much of this in advance as possible, but the student would be expected to organise their own travel to and from Edinburgh and claim back in expenses. Full information will be provided.

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Savoy Educational Trust Student Customer Experience Scholarship

What: This is an educational experience for hospitality students from colleges around Scotland, to give them an insight into how big hospitality organisations use data and feedback to shape their offer to the customer. The aim is to inspire and motivate you, to let you hear and learn from some big organisations and hotel brands, and to get an understanding of the changing landscape for hospitality companies with regards to data and technology.

Content: This 2 day scholarship will take place at 2 different luxury hotels in Edinburgh, and would involve a mix of talks and tours. You will hear from a variety of hospitality professionals and organisations about different sources of data and how customer trends and behaviour affects their offer. You will also get a tour of the venues and the chance to ask questions of the team. Final running order TBC.

Who is this suitable for / criteria: For a student doing a hospitality management course. Someone studying a minimum of an HNC, or above. This should be someone who has shown a keen interest in following a career in hospitality in Scotland.

Where: 2 city centre venues in Edinburgh. Exact venues TBC.

How long: This is a 2 day scholarship, with an overnight stay at a local 3 star hotel, and dinner at a luxury venue. Students would be expected to get to Edinburgh for 10am on Monday, and return home on Tuesday evening. For students with far to travel who cannot get there on the Monday, we would organise an extra night’s local accommodation.

When: Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd June 2025. Monday will be from 10am to 4.30pm, with a group dinner at 7pm. Tuesday would be from 9.30am to 4pm. Timings approximate.

Structure: The 2 days will be based in a hotel meeting room, with a variety of hospitality professsionals talking about how data is used. There will be tour of the venue and the chance to ask questions of hotel team members. Students will stay overnight in a local 3 star hotel (single room, no sharing). There will be a group dinner on Monday night in a luxury venue so that you can see first hand that customer experience. The plan is for there to be a mixture of speakers from a variety of organisations.

Number of scholarships: There will be up to 12 places available for this.

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