In 2014, the event will be held at Broadcasting House, London in Studio 60A from Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th (am only) March.

The Bursary Awards are conferred on the basis of individual talent and ability in the art of acting for radio. We welcome involvement from graduating students of all ages.

1. The 2014 event is open to not more than four final year students from each participating Drama School. The schools must include regular tuition in radio acting technique as part of their curriculum. If candidates included are from overseas, they must have in place the necessary permissions to work ongoingly in this country before they enter the Event.
2. A minimum of four finalists will each be offered a binding five-month contract as members of the Radio Drama Company. These contracts do not allow for any period of notice during their course. Clauses within the Bursary Award contracts will make this clear - and in nominating their chosen students, Colleges must do their utmost to ensure that they are all fully aware of this condition of entry.
3. Those elected for Bursary Awards will only have the title conferred on them when they have formally signed their contract to join the Radio Drama Company.
4. The contracts are for a start date of no later than Saturday 26th July 2014 to allow for a preliminary week of familiarisation and related training.
5. Up to four runners-up will each receive a commitment to be engaged as freelance artists in one of Radio Drama’s 2014/2015 projects.
6. Schools intending to take part must register with BBC Radio Drama no later than Friday January 24th 2014 . Thereafter, they must ensure that students names, together with other entry requirements are received by BBC Radio Drama by Friday February 14th 2014 .
7. The information Colleges provide about their teams (names, contact details, CVs etc) will be collected and held by the BBC for the sole purposes of administering the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award and will not be used for any other purpose or shared with any third parties. Your information will be processed in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed, at the latest once this year’s Award ends. The full BBC Privacy Policy is available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/ .
8. Entrants may be asked to disclose details of any and all criminal and civil actions pending against them, or served against them plus any unspent convictions. Entrants asked for this information must keep the BBC informed of any changes to that disclosed up to the point the winner is announced. This information will be handled in the strictest confidence and will all personal information, accordance with the BBC Privacy Policy [cf. 7 above].
9. Following standard industry practice, the BBC may undertake background checks of the shortlisted finalists. Information discovered or that may have been disclosed by the entrants themselves will inform the decision as to the selection of the finalists.
10. The BBC reserves the right to stand down, in the BBC’s sole discretion, any entrant at any stage for editorial reasons, or otherwise. Should an entrant choose not to continue, the BBC reserves the right to offer the chance to go further in the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award to another entrant.
11. Although the BBC reserves the right to act on any information that may be disclosed or that is discovered through research, such disclosure or discovery of itself does not mean action will be taken. The BBC will consider all elements and make a decision in keeping with BBC Policies, Editorial Guidelines and to prevent or minimise any disrepute to the BBC and / to the entrants.
12. The BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award 2014 event is not open to any employee of the BBC, close relative of a BBC employee, or an employee of a partner organisation.

The Audition will consist of:-

1. Two prepared duologues
   The full team will enter the studio to meet the technicians and judges’ panel, and the team audition sight-reading scene will be distributed. The team will then perform two prepared duologues of their own choice, with a maximum combined duration of no more than 6 minutes. This should enable participants to demonstrate their ability to interact with others. After each duologue is performed, one of the producers on the judging panel will have the opportunity to give notes and discuss the piece before recording the final take. The material ought not to be beyond the range and experience of those taking part, and should be conducted on one stereo microphone and not depend on studio or play-in sound effects. We advise selection of material for this slot to focus on modern pieces as most of the work Radio Drama undertakes is new writing with a chiefly contemporary setting.
   
2. Two solo contrasting pieces and one speech from a Classical/Period piece.
   After the Duologue section, individual actors will perform their 3 chosen solo extracts. Together your three items should not last more than four minutes and should demonstrate range and versatility. It is preferable to choose pieces which don’t involve more than one character. The pieces should be as different as possible, within the vocal age and accent range of the student concerned. Please edit your pieces carefully: it works best if the chosen speeches are not cut in the middle. None of these excerpts should be the same as the prepared duologues offered by the College candidates (see 1 above). As this is an acting award, it isn't advisable to include straight readings or poems in this Section.
   
3. And a short piece of prose
   We will provide a short piece of prose to each team member when they first arrive at Broadcasting House. We will hear this directly after each candidate has completed their own selection of three dramatic pieces (2a above).
   
4. Group Sightreading
   The text will be chosen by us and given to the students at the start of their team audition. The group will be taken through the piece by one of the Radio Drama producers, given some notes and the piece will then be recorded.
   

Special commendations will be made to those performances that the judges consider to be outstanding in each of the above sections .

Judges and Requirements

By 24th January 2014 we will require:

• Payment via BACS for One Hundred and Ten Pounds plus VAT(at 20%) by way of a registration fee. Details are : Sort Code: 30-00-02 Bank Ac No: 00218249 Notes Section: Please state – “FAO Debbie Waddell, CH 2014 Reg Fee” – Code: AAA-8369-CARL Other reference numbers which may be useful are : Lloyds Swift No – LOYD 2LCTY Allocating GL – 14212 Although BACS is the preferred payment option, we will still be accepting cheques which should be made payable to the “BBC” (Cheque to be sent direct to the Radio Drama Company Co-ordinator, Room 6015 OBH, BBC Portland Place, London W1A 1AA) If you need an invoice from us, in order to pay this registration fee and the additional VAT sum, please let us know a.s.a.p. so that we can raise the relevant paperwork
  

By 14th February 2014 we will require:

1. The names, addresses, telephone numbers of the nominated students, together with 10" x 8" b/w photos and CVs of each.
   
2. Details (play, author and character) of candidates' individual choice of material.
   
3. One copy of the scripts of candidates' individual choice of material.
   
4. One copy of the script of the duologues, which should include the cast list.
   

(Please provide for the judges, a short context for the chosen scenes)

NB: Failure to supply all of the above by the due dates may result in disqualification from the event.