FAQs
Here you will find answers to some frequently asked questions.
The panel is made up of:
- Lord Joicey, Ford & Etal Estates and Chairman of BUAS Bursary
- Neil Thomson, Chairman BUAS
- Mags Clark, Executive Director of BUAS
- Douglas Stephen Trustee of BUAS
- Charlie Robertson, ex-Rector Kelso High School
- Luke Comins, Director Tweed Forum.
- Mary Thomson, Principal Borders College;
- Jill McGregor, Director McGregor Farms
- Gordon Chisholm, BUAS Accountant
- Jane Mitchell, Mount Pleasant Farm
- Marshall Wilson,
2018
During the year a total of six completed applications were received. One was turned away as being outwith the scope of the scheme; one was an application for retrospective funding; one was subsequently withdrawn. The other three were successful and were:
- Carina Calder – to attend a conference and complete a study tour in Canada on Honeyberries
- David MacTaggart – to study deer-farming practices in New Zealand
- Danielle McKinnon – to undertake personal development training under the British Horse Society (Level 4) in connection with her work with underprivileged young people.
In addition to the above, the Panel awarded three bursary grants in response to applications from individuals to attend the 2018 Commonwealth Agricultural Conference in Edmonton (Canada) as Next Generation delegates from BUAS: Emily Douglas, Paul Richardson and Mags Clark.
The total amount of bursary support given through these six applications was £9200.
2017
During the year five applications were received, of which three were rejected as being out-with the scope of the scheme. Two of these were from undergraduates, and one from young school-leaver. The other two were successful and were:
- Phillip Anderson, St Boswells – a Masters in Outdoor Education at Edinburgh University with a specific interest in on-farming learning
- Maija Nygren, Galashiels – to attend a design workshop for her boutique children’s clothing company using Borders’ wool.
2016
- Derek Robeson – Comparing the two Tweeds, Tweed River New South Wales
& River Tweed Scotland / England Border - Pat Stewart – A Study into the Effect of Climate Change on the Agricultural Communities of the Kullu Valley, India.
- Laura Mitchell – Attending the Royal Agricultural Society of the commonwealth 27th conference in Singapore
2015
- Kristoffer Smith – Funding towards the Masters Course in Building Conservation (Technology and Management) at Heriot Watt University