#PortScholarships - The Port of Milford Haven, south Wales have awarded to four students with scholarships which will see them receive a financial award, plus a four-week work placement.

Bethan Rogers, Hannah Taylor, Isabel Harries and Guto Harries successfully applied to the UK’s top energy port for the four scholarships worth £1,500 each. Bethan is from Tenby and studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portsmouth.

Hannah is from St Florence and is in the first year of a Chemistry degree at the University of Bristol.

Isabel comes from Robeston West and is in her final year at the Royal College of Music and Guto, who is from Clunderwen, is studying Geography at the University of Bristol.

The students were put through their paces by a selection panel consisting of Head of Safeguarding and Learner Services at Pembrokeshire College Maxine Thomas, Head of Education at Pembrokeshire County Council Kate Evan-Hughes and the Port of Milford Haven’s Senior HR Advisor Susan Harding.

To be eligible for the scholarship scheme, students must have spent the majority of their education in Pembrokeshire and be enrolled on an undergraduate course at a British university.

Maxine Thomas said “I have been privileged to be a member of the Port’s scholarship panel for the last four years. During that time I have been very impressed by the calibre, skills and academic portfolios that the applicants possess".

She added "The opportunity presented by the scholarship to the undergraduates of Pembrokeshire is phenomenal, not only in monetary terms, but also more significantly through the placement opportunity provided. Winners of the scholarships have seen the value of this and have indeed derived considerable benefit from it.”

The students will begin their work placements in the summer when they will experience the diverse range of activities and operations that take place at Wales’ largest port.