Hello! 👋🏾 Thank you so much for your interest in Code Coven's Introduction to Game Making course. We're able to offer a select amount of scholarships to support BAME/BIPOC who identify as marginalised genders. Two scholarship amounts are being offered: full-tuition and half-tuition scholarships. Full-tuition scholarships will fully cover the course's cost, and half-tuition scholarships will cover half of the course's cost (valued at 600 GBP). As part of our scholarship application process, we are offering applicants two methods of applying: through a written application or through a video application.

This page further details the eligibility criteria for the scholarship.

📝 To view and submit your scholarship application (whether it is written or a video), go here. 📽 To view the requirements for the video application, go here. 💭 To view all of the questions on the application, go here. ❓ For frequently asked questions, go here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our team at [email protected].

Best witches, and good luck!

• The Code Coven Team 🔮

Key Dates 📅

Applications will close on September 19, 2021 at 11:59pm BST (UTC+1). If an applicant is selected to move forward to the second round, they will be asked to book in a 30 minute long interview. All applicants will hear back from Code Coven by October 8th, regardless of your application status. Please be sure to add [email protected] to your Contacts so our emails are not sent to spam!

Eligibility

In order to qualify for our IGM Cosmic & Crystal BAME/BIPOC Scholarship, applicants must:

• Identify as a marginalised gender, which includes but is not limited to trans/cis women, trans men, and nonbinary and gender non-conforming people.
• Identify as BAME or a BIPOC.
• Be 18 years of age or older.
• Demonstrate a financial need for the scholarship.
• Commit to volunteering for Code Coven for five hours during or after the program's duration, which could include (but is not limited to) writing blog posts about your experience in the course, filming a video testimony about your time, assisting with moderating a Code Coven event, and more.
• Be able to make the full time commitment, outlined below.
• Be able to fulfill the technical requirements for the class, also outlined below.

Time Commitment

• Students must be able to attend each class session for the course they are admitted into. There are two course selections running simultaneously, the Cosmic 🌌 cohort and the Crystal 💎 cohort, and students will select which they are able to attend during their application process. The cohort selected will not affect your consideration for the scholarship.
  • Class sessions are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6-8pm in their respective time zone.
    • The Cosmic 🌌 cohort will run 6-8pm in EDT/EST, while the Crystal 💎 cohort will run 6-8pm in BST/GMT.
    • Students cannot switch between cohorts; they are only able to attend the class sessions of the cohort they enrol in.
  • The full course runs from October 18 through December 10.
• Students are expected to spend 4 additional hours per week working on assignments.
  • Including the 6 weekly hours of instruction, this comes out to a total of 10 hours per week commitment for the full eight week long course.