Annual Scholarship

The Suzanne Furstner Foundation Annual Scholarship combines two of Suzanne's greatest passions: TEFL and Spanish. Running the TEFL department at Cactus, Suzanne was often to be heard laughing and joking on the phone in Spanish with the many schools we work with across Spain and Latin America. It is therefore natural that our Scholarship prize should consist of a TEFL course combined with a Spanish course. The scholarship this year is for Latin America, as follows: 

2008 Scholarship

• 2008 Scholarship Prize: Six Weeks in Latin America - a 4-week TEFL Course with a 2-week Spanish language course in Latin America, including accommodation and return travel to the UK (or equivalent).
• Valid at any of our partner schools in Latin America.
• Entries will be accepted from mid-June until October 10th 2008
• The 2008 Scholarship winner will be announced at our Cactus TEFL Open Evening in November 2008.
• The winner will be chosen by a 3-person committee: Liz Ford of Guardian Education, Jenny Johnson, Head of Cactus TEFL, and Sarah Gooding, Web Editor of Cactus Worldwide Ltd.

Scholarship Entry Requirements

The 2008 scholarship assignment is to write between 1,000 and 1,500 words on the topic 'Six weeks in Latin America', interpreted any way you choose. In addition to this candidates will have to complete a short language awareness task.

Assignments will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Relevance to the scholarship theme
• Clear reasons why winning the scholarship would be beneficial for the winner
• Originality
• Use of clear, accurate and error-free language
• The results of the language awareness task will be taken into account in the decision
• Please note that all candidates must have a native level of English

• The award is subject to the entrant successfully fulfilling course entry criteria
• The course must be completed between October 2008 and June 2009
• The winner will be expected to give interviews to the media about winning the scholarship, write a journal of their course experiences and a post-scholarship piece for use on the Cactus Website and for other marketing purposes.

• The deadline for submission of your scholarship proposal: 10th Oct 2008

• Please note that Cactus TEFL cannot provide advice or information relating to visas. Any visa-related questions should be directed to the relevant embassy or consulate.

Good luck everyone!

* The winner of the 2007 Scholarship, announced at the Cactus TEFL Open Evening in November, was Anna Prime - well done Anna! Anna will be writing a journal of her CELTA course and teaching experiences