{"id":1780,"date":"2026-09-15T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:10:30","slug":"bright-stars-scholarship-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/bright-stars-scholarship-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Stars Scholarship Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, talented STEM students explore their options after school or college, often considering careers in medicine, engineering and technology. Yet many are unaware of the opportunities available in optometry, a profession that combines science, technology and patient care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Specsavers Bright Stars Scholarship is designed to support exceptional students on their journey into optometry, helping to remove financial barriers while providing valuable professional experience throughout university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Students selected for the scholarship will receive:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a310,000 towards university costs spread across four years (five years in Scotland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paid work experience in a Specsavers practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ongoing mentorship from experienced colleagues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protected learning opportunities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to a community of like-minded students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/join.specsavers.com\/uk\/specsavers-bright-stars-scholarship\">Learn more about the Bright Stars Scholarship here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, talented STEM students explore their options after school or college, often considering careers in medicine, engineering and technology. Yet many are unaware of the opportunities available in optometry, a profession that combines science, technology and patient care. The Specsavers Bright Stars Scholarship is designed to support exceptional students on their journey into optometry, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1783,"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions\/1783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/careers.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}