West Midlands students with aims of solving housing crisis wins prestigious scholarship
A student has won a scholarship to study real estate at a West Midlands university.
Shennice Talburt, 28, from Birmingham, was awarded the scholarship after pitching an idea to judges about solving the UK's housing crisis.
She entered a competition alongside more than 160 other people for a chance to receive the Millenium Point Scholarship - which is handed out by Millenium Point, a leading education centre in Birmingham.
She had to pitch an idea to judges and appear in front of an audience in the final round.
Shennice, currently working as a paralegal, will now study Real Estate at Birmingham City University’s Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, with her degree paid for by the Millennium Point Charitable Trust.
More than 160 applications were received from across the West Midlands for this year's scholarship programme, which is in its sixth year, representing a new record.
A group of five business leaders from across Birmingham’s business community were selected to assess the finalists, who presented their ideas for the future to a live crowd.
Winner Shennice, from Birmingham, said: “I am so proud to have been selected as the winner of this year’s Millennium Point Scholarship.
“I think the housing crisis is a major issue that needs creative thinking and I want to bring new ideas to the table and help the millions of people who are suffering as a result of this situation.”
More than £5 million in profits from the commercial activity of the multi-award winning Birmingham venue Millennium Point is invested by its Charitable Trust into projects, events and initiatives which support the growth and development of STEM initiatives in the West Midlands region.
The scholarship programme is a key part of this charitable calendar.
