After announcing the giving of tickets for TestBash for those who are unemployed (https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/job-hunting-in-2025-attend-testbash-for-free) we decided to make our scholarship fund only available to unemployed people. We've given out about 15 TestBash places so far and are continuing to review and accept them as they come in.
Having a focus on those out of work gives us focus on who best to help. Finding work is a problem at the moment, the scholarship fund is one such way we are aiming to support.
We're making changes to our job board shortly too, this should make it much easier to post job opportunities, at the moment we recognise it isn't.
A focus on those out of work also helps us make quicker decisions on who to give it to, people previously had to explain the reasoning for asking for the scholarship, many of them were actually employed and this made it hard for us to make the decision.
We recognise this isn't perfect, but for the world and MoT is right now it makes sense.
Where does the community fund come from? Mostly it's people choosing to donate article or content creation fees instead of taking payment for themselves. It also includes one off donations at points of purchase (for TestBash tickets, for example). Ministry of Testing matches any donations made.
Please feel free to share this link with anyone who may be of benefit: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/scholarship
Many thanks.
Having a focus on those out of work gives us focus on who best to help. Finding work is a problem at the moment, the scholarship fund is one such way we are aiming to support.
We're making changes to our job board shortly too, this should make it much easier to post job opportunities, at the moment we recognise it isn't.
A focus on those out of work also helps us make quicker decisions on who to give it to, people previously had to explain the reasoning for asking for the scholarship, many of them were actually employed and this made it hard for us to make the decision.
We recognise this isn't perfect, but for the world and MoT is right now it makes sense.
Where does the community fund come from? Mostly it's people choosing to donate article or content creation fees instead of taking payment for themselves. It also includes one off donations at points of purchase (for TestBash tickets, for example). Ministry of Testing matches any donations made.
Please feel free to share this link with anyone who may be of benefit: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/scholarship
Many thanks.
Rosie Sherry
CEO & Founder at Ministry of Testing
She/Her
I've been working in the software testing and quality engineering space since the year 2000 whilst also combining it with my love for education and community. It turns out quality, community and education go nicely hand in hand.
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Nadja Schulz
Just one more reason to really love MoT 🫶🏻
Simon Tomes
❤️
Sarah Kitchener
❤️
Gary Hawkes
A truly wonderful scheme ❤️
Dalbir Sehmbi
A community that gives back - Well done and Thank you
Rosie Sherry
I can confirm it's very cool to have the new comment feature here and to see the support for this message. ❤️
Preeti
This is really a big support for job seekers at the moment. Great step MoT team :)
Aiman B T Syed
WOW! This is truly amazing!
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