Bristol Groundschool Awards Scholarships to Improve Gender Parity

Bristol Groundschool (BGS) has selected two winners of the 2021 British Woman Pilots’ Association (BWPA) Scholarship. The winners, Gemma Jefferies and Rebekah Yore, will both receive a scholarship that will cover 50% of the course cost for ATPL (A/H) at Bristol Groundschool, as part of BGS’s wider ongoing commitment to helping improve gender parity in the airline industry.

Gemma Jefferies said: “I believe exposure to the aviation industry is key to encouraging more women to look to the skies. I have chosen to pursue a career as a pilot to become an instructor and build on this scheme, run taster days for schools/colleges and expand my knowledge of a fascinating, ever-changing industry.”

Despite the disruption to their pilot training from the pandemic, both scholarship winners are eager to start their ATPL theory training with Bristol Groundschool.