The Cambridge MBA Professor Nick Oliver Scholarship for UK Nationals

Overview

Cambridge Judge Business School will offer a Cambridge MBA student of UK nationality the Professor Nick Oliver Scholarship, worth up to £30,000.

The scholarship is named in memory of Professor Nick Oliver, who taught at CJBS between 1992 and 2007 before leaving to become Head of Edinburgh Business School. Nick originally trained as a psychologist at Edinburgh University (1977- 1981), after which he went on to a research assistantship at the Open University (1984-1985) where he was awarded his PhD in 1986, followed by a lectureship in organisational behaviour at Cardiff Business School (1985-1992). He was a highly regarded expert on various aspects of high-performance manufacturing focusing on the auto industry and made important contributions on team and organisational resilience in areas including stress-driven innovation, what can be learned from accidents in commercial aviation, and the safety of self-driving cars.

Eligibility criteria

You must be a UK national to be considered for this scholarship.

How to apply

Candidates interested in this scholarship should apply early as it is awarded on a rolling basis, and we cannot guarantee the award will still be available by the later rounds – visit our apply page for round deadlines.

This scholarship has no formal assessment. If you meet the eligibility criteria and wish to be considered, then you simply need to select the scholarship on the application form. Your profile will then automatically be reviewed by the Scholarships Committee after interview. We encourage candidates to provide a supporting statement on the application form where you can highlight anything you think might be relevant to support your scholarship application.

Further details

The recipient of this scholarship is expected to be an ambassador for the Cambridge MBA, working closely with the marketing, recruitment, and alumni teams to support and attract future candidates onto the programme.