Costume Designer Linda Mattock originally set up the scheme which is now run by Alice Skidmore. Linda and Alice are regular assessors so I was really pleased when they asked me to join them this year.
We looked through roughly 100 portfolios and whittled them down to a group of ten who will be invited for interviews in July, competing for two positions.
I can't wait to meet the applicants who got through, their work is strong, all quite different from each other and each one, at this stage, showing great potential.
