Fully Funded unjadED Student Education Fellowship
- Organization: unjadED
- Type: Fellowship
- Location: United Kingdom
- Deadline: October 25, 2026
- Funding: Fully Funded
unjadED, the education initiative co-founded by creator Jade Bowler and curriculum designer Emma Tam, is recruiting its first cohort of 20 student fellows aged 18 to 19 from across England. Over five weeks, fellows learn how education systems work, why they look the way they do and how young people can help change them, starting with a fully funded residential weekend in the Peak District. **What you get:** - A fully funded residential weekend in the Peak District, 13 to 15 November 2026, with travel, accommodation and meals covered - Four online sessions of 90 minutes on Saturday mornings, building the knowledge and frameworks to take part in debates on education - A place in unjadED's first cohort, whose feedback will shape the programmes it builds next - No cost to take part: unjadED says all costs for selected participants are covered, including travel, accommodation, food and materials **What you'll do:** - Map the stakeholders, constraints and ideas that shape how schools work - Compare curricula from around the world and ask what gets included, what gets left out and who decides - Explore project-based, place-based and relational learning, and look at the purpose of exams and other assessments - Dig into access, inclusion and the role of technology and AI in schools - Read, research and prepare between sessions, and commit to the full programme including the residential **Key dates:** - Applications close Sunday 25 October 2026 at 11:59pm (UK time); applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until then - Successful applicants told by Sunday 1 November 2026 - Residential weekend: Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November 2026 - Online sessions: Saturdays 21 November, 28 November, 5 December and 12 December 2026 **More information:** - Fellowship FAQ: https://unjaded.education/fellowship-faq - The application takes about 15 to 20 minutes and answers can be written, recorded as video or audio, or uploaded as an image - Shortlisted applicants are invited to a friendly conversation before selection
