The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to be able offer a number of Faculty Scholarships (fees-only) to outstanding UK/ EU and Overseas applicants wishing to undertake a Masters level programme or research on a
PhD programme within the Faculty. Awards will be made in the form of a fee waiver.
These awards are administered by individual departments. Applicants wishing to be considered for these awards should contact their prospective department for details of the application process. All applicants must already
hold an offer of a place to study in any department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and should be due to commence their studies during the 2016-17 academic year. Outstanding applicants to both full-time and parttime Masters Programmes will be considered. The award will be paid in the form of a fee-waiver for one year for full-time programmes, and will be calculated on a pro-rata basis for part-time programmes. Applicants may only apply for an award for a programme on which they are not already registered.
Terms of the awards
The terms of the award are as follows:
1.
Award holders must be registered on a Masters programme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
2.
Where an applicant has been made a Conditional Offer of a place on a programme, any award made will be conditional upon the conditions being met.
3.
Scholarships will not be paid to holders of UK Research Council studentships, Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences Studentships, or the equivalent thereof. The Faculty reserves the right to withhold the unpaid portion of any bursary in the event that the holder succeeds in securing alternative external funding at any time during the period covered by the award.
4.
Awards are made subject to continuing satisfactory progress as a Masters student and may be withdrawn at any time if progress is deemed to be unsatisfactory.
5.
This award must be taken up in the year in which it is awarded, and applicants who wish to defer the start of their studies to the following academic year Swill not be able to retain the award. Students holding this award and wishing to intercalate during their studies must apply in writing to the Associate Dean for
Postgraduate Studies for permission to do so, in addition to seeking the permission of their Head of
Department.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
20 October 2015