School and Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme Fee Waivers

The School is offering up to 6 Scholarships for MA/MSc by Research and PhD in 2023/24. These are open to home, EU and international candidates. Waivers may be awarded at 100%, 75%, 50% or 25% of full fees. For EU and international candidates, the maximum award will be 50%. This is a competitive scheme and applications will be assessed in terms of the quality of the proposal, the feasibility of the proposed study, supervisory capacity and the proposal's alignment with the School's research areas. The scheme is available for research undertaken on either a full-time or part-time basis where there is sufficient supervisory capacity. Candidates are encouraged to contact the potential supervisor to discuss the suitability of their proposal. All candidates will be interviewed as part of the selection process. Distance learning applicants and applicants for PhD by Publication are not eligible for this scheme in the School of Arts and Humanities. We positively encourage applications from groups under-represented in postgraduate research, including (but not limited to) women, LGBTQ+ candidates, Global Majority / BAME candidates, candidates with disabilities, candidates with caring responsibilities, and care leavers. Candidates will normally be expected to live a commutable distance from campus and be on campus regularly in order to be an active member of the School's research community. Full-time students will need to dedicate 35 hours per week to the degree and must not also be working full time. If you study part time, you should expect to dedicate 17.5 hours per week to the degree. Scholarship recipients will be expected to contribute up 6 hours per week (unpaid) of activities to support areas such as teaching, research, public engagement or administration. You are encouraged to design a project that can be completed in standard time the Scholarship applies only to standard time.