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HIT Scotland Scholarships

HIT Scotland empowers development through its scholarship programme which is open to anyone working in or studying towards a career in the Scottish hospitality industry.

A HIT Scotland scholarship is a learning experience, designed to give you new skills or knowledge, to experience best practice, or refresh your way of thinking.  The content of each scholarship varies depending on your personal development objectives, and the scholarship you have applied for.

HIT Scotland runs the Andrew Fairlie Scholarship, designed to give Scotland’s finest up and coming chefs the chance to grow their career by winning some amazing educational opportunities.

HIT Scotland scholarships are funded via the money raised at our fundraising events, from our sponsors, and the funding provided by various trusts. During 2020 when the Covid pandemic hit and we were unable to run our usual in-person programme, we worked with Skills Development Scotland to run some publicly funded programmes online, designed to provide the hospitality and tourism industry with the people management skills needed to aid recovery of the industry. We also worked with Hospitality Health to provide some mental health and wellbeing training.

You can find out more about all of these scholarships below.

 
 

Thanks to the following trusts for their continuing support of our scholarship programme

 

HIT Scotland Scholarships

HIT Scotland Scholarships

2025 applications OPEN NOW

 

Andrew Fairlie Scholarship

Andrew Fairlie Scholarship

 

Previous Scholarships

Mental Health and Wellbeing Courses (2022)

Tourism and Hospitality Talent Development Programme (2021 and 2022)

 
 

 Scholar Stories

Some of our previous scholars tell us about their scholarship and what they learned

Mental Health and Resilience Courses

Customer
Experience
Scholarship

Chef Craft Skills
Scholarships

People Management
Scholarships

Sales
Scholarship

Drinks
Scholarships

Lausanne
Leadership
Scholarship

Bespoke

Scholarship

 

"My HIT scholarship helped me get a promotion. The management skills I learned have been hugely useful in dealing with my team."

Scott Lyle, Management 1st Scholar

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