Beauty and spa therapy educational organisation CIDESCO International has entered into an agreement with skincare brand BABOR to launch a student scholarship programme.

CIDESCO accredited schools are invited to apply for the scholarship programme for students needing financial support, which will cover up to €5,500.00 (US$6,026, £4,659) per year to support their study in the CIDESCO Diploma or Certificate.

Only CIDESCO institutions in the US and South Africa are eligible to apply.

The aim of this scholarship is to give young people the opportunity to reach their full potential in professional cosmetic training.

BABOR has launched its ampoule Gold Edition “with love” sets comprising seven golden beauty shots, donating one euro per sale which will support the scholarship program.

Announcing the partnership, CIDESCO International president Sandy Fuhr commented: “We’re delighted to be in partnership with BABOR on this important and generous programme which will make the CIDESCO Diploma and Certificate more accessible.

“While we’re starting off with one student scholarship, we’ll be able to roll this out in the short term to enable more students to achieve their beauty career dreams.”