UNDERGRADUATE students from Pembrokeshire are invited to apply for a Port of Milford Haven scholarship.

The annual scholarship scheme is now taking applications, from which four students will be chosen to receive a financial award of £1,500, together with an expenses-paid, three-week work placement at the Port during summer 2019.

Having supported more than 60 students since it was introduced in 2003, the initiative continues to help local students during their studies and boost their future career prospects.

“We are looking forward to meeting another group of Pembrokeshire’s outstanding achievers,” said the Port's Anna Malloy.

“Every year the interviewing panel are hugely impressed with the standard of applications and the enthusiasm and ambition shown by Pembrokeshire students and I particularly look forward to the work placements which students consistently tell us they value, in addition to the financial award.

"The placement provides them with demonstrable skills and adds weight to their CVs, and many of our past students have gone on to be very successful in their chosen careers.”

Sitting on the judging panel will be Port chairman Chris Martin, head of safeguarding and learner services at Pembrokeshire College Maxine Thomas, and Pat James, chairman of governors at Milford Haven School.

To be eligible, students must be on a degree course at a British university and have completed the majority of their secondary education in Pembrokeshire.

Applications must be completed online by midnight on Sunday, November 11, at mhpa.co.uk/scholarships