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Opportunities, PhD/post doctoral, Scholarships

GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING MPHIL/PHD FEE WAIVER

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Application Deadline: Friday, 13th June 2025, midnight.

LOCATION: England

The Department of English and Creative Writing will be awarding a limited number of competitive fee-waiver bursaries for new and continuing MPhil/PhD students for the academic session 2025-26.

ELIGIBILITY:

Both new and continuing MPhil and PhD students within the Department of English and Creative Writing are eligble to apply for these fee waiver bursaries.

New applicants must have formally applied for entry onto their chosen MPhil/PhD programme.

When deciding about awards for research degrees, we are looking for:

Evidence of distinction in a prior BA and/or MA programme

Diligence and timely progress in the conduct of original scholarly research of high quality, or of creative writing of high quality

Applications from students working in any field of creative writing, literary criticism, linguistics and translation are welcome. All other things being equal, the Department may give preference, in the case of one of the bursaries, to high-quality applications focussing on literature before 1830

Overseas students as well as home/EU students may apply for the fee waivers, but should note that the value of each award will be equal to the fees applicable for home/EU students.

Students who are holders of AHRC or similar publicly-funded studentships for the same academic year for which they are applying are not eligible for this funding. Other exclusions, based on other awards held, may also apply.

BENEFIT:

A full fee waiver for the academic year (international candidates are also eligible, the value of the award will be equal to the value of home fees).

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master's, Opportunities, Scholarships

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: Wednesday, 16 April 2025

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Developing Solutions is our flagship master’s scholarship, founded in 2001, for students from African, South Asian, and other selected Commonwealth countries. This scholarship programme is designed for international students who want to make a difference to the development of key economic, environmental, structural, social, or political structures in their home country.

ELIGIBILITY:

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

Be domiciled in Africa, India or one of the selected Commonwealth countries listed below

Be classed as an overseas student for fee purposes

Hold an offer to start a full-time masters (including MRes) for 2025/26 at the University of Nottingham UK, studying in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science or Faculty of Social Sciences

Africa (all nations), Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

* Where study has been undertaken in a country listed as an eligible Developing Solutions country, applications will be considered on a case by case basis.

You must apply for and receive an offer to study a full-time masters (including MRes) at the University of Nottingham for 2025/26 before applying for this scholarship. Search for courses and find out how to apply.

The University requires an application fee for our postgraduate taught course applications. Please be aware that your academic application will not be assessed until the application fee has been paid and processed.

When you have received your offer to study with us, you can apply through the scholarships section of our application system, NottinghamHub.

If you have an offer for an MRes course, email the scholarships team on scholarship-assistant@nottingham.ac.uk for instructions on how to apply.

If you have applied for a full-time two-year master’s course, you can apply for this scholarship. However, the scholarship is awarded for one year only. If successful, the scholarship would only be applied to the first year’s tuition fees. You would need to ensure that you have the means to cover any balance in tuition fees.

To maximise the reach of the university’s scholarships offering, their international scholarships cannot be combined with other University scholarships.  Where you are awarded multiple scholarships, the single highest-value award will be applied.

BENEFIT:

Tuition fee scholarships of 50% or 100% for innovative and passionate students who can propose development solutions for their home countries within African, South Asian, and selected Commonwealth countries

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