demonstrate plans for future contribution to capacity-building and socio-economic advancement through the benefits achieved after graduating and returning to your home country.demonstrate that you are active in the field of study with work experience or with a proven interest in the course area you are applying for.return to your country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after your scholarship award has ended.demonstrate a case for financial support.meet or be working towards fulfilling the English language requirement stated in your offer by the stated deadline.have not previously studied at degree level or higher in the UK or lived recently in the UK.be in receipt of a conditional or unconditional offer for September 2022 entry to study on an eligible postgraduate course at The University of Manchester.be a passport holder and permanent resident of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka.If Disney had been allowed to get away with not paying the author, it would set an alarming precedent for how contracts work under US law, and Disney is no stranger to getting laws changed when it suits them. While there has been no further word from any party as of yet, it appears that Disney may well pay Foster what he’s entitled to. Writing on his personal blog earlier this month, Foster revealed that a formal statement was imminent over the dispute, saying “the irritating imbroglio with Disney, which you may have read about, is moving rapidly toward a mutually agreeable conclusion.” However, after months of silence, it now appears there could be some movement, with the SFWA and Fosters’ legal team seemingly having come to a resolution with Disney. The public spat was a PR disaster for Disney, with online commentators seeing it as a straightforward “little guy vs. A Disney spokesman said: “We are carefully reviewing whether any royalty payments may have been missed as a result of acquisition integration and will take appropriate remedial steps if that is the case.” In December, The Wall Street Journal revealed that the SFWA is dealing with claims from writers linked to other projects such as Indiana Jones and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Indeed, Alan Dean Foster wasn’t the only one who has been stiffed over money, with Disney failing to pay authors across a whole range of its acquisitions. The company believed that when it bought Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox, they purchased only the rights to the franchises and not any associated contracts. The Rebellion vs the Empireįor their part, Disney claimed that they had been in negations with Foster and his agent for a year over the Alien novelizations and were unaware of any issues with Star Wars. The author said that while the amount owed is “minuscule” by Disney standards, it isn’t small to him, revealing that both he and his wife have serious medical issues. How many other writers and artists out there are you similarly ignoring? Including not to be ignored, just because I’m only one lone writer. But I’m still here, and I am still entitled to what you owe me. Ignore requests and inquiries, hoping the petitioner will simply go away. I know this is what gargantuan corporations often do. Foster further claimed that the corporation wanted him to sign a non-disclosure agreement before they would even speak to him, ignoring both his agents and queries from the SFWA.