MSc Applied Gender Studies Community Bursary

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Key facts

  • Number of scholarships: Unlimited
  • Value: £700
  • Opens: 22 April 2024
  • Helps with: Tuition fees
  • Duration: 1 year

Summary

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is offering a £700 fee reduction for applicants to the MSc Applied Gender Studies degree programme who are working at one of our community partner organisations.

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Eligibility

To be eligible for this award applicants must:

  • Be working in a paid or voluntary role at one of our community partner organisations at the time of their application.
  • Be available to commence their academic studies in the UK by the start of the academic year in September 2024.
  • Hold an unconditional academic offer to the MSc in Applied Gender Studies.
  • *Applicants to the part-time MSc will receive a £350 fee discount in each year of study (maximum 2 years).

Our community partners for 2024 entry are:

  • Glasgow Women’s Library
  • Rape Crisis Scotland (and affiliated local groups)
  • Engender
  • Zero Tolerance
  • Scottish Women's Aid (and affiliated local groups)
  • Amina
  • Glasgow City Football Club

Terms and conditions

  • Applicants must meet all of the above eligibility criteria to be considered for this scholarship.
  • To receive their scholarship, awardees must enrol in the 2024/25 academic year and continue to meet all of the above eligibility criteria throughout their studies.
  • The number of scholarships available and amount awarded is subject to change.
  • Students receiving discounted tuition fees from partner universities are not eligible.
  • The value of each scholarship will be £700. The scholarship will be awarded towards the payment of a student’s tuition fee, subject to academic progression.
  • Scholarship recipients will be expected to engage with student ambassador activities during their course of study, such as supporting student recruitment activities and events.
  • Students who defer their offer of admission will not be eligible.
  • Students who transfer to a degree out with the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences will no longer be eligible to receive a scholarship.
  • Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis. Awards may be allocated early in the application cycle.
  • Students are only eligible to hold one scholarship per academic year from the University of Strathclyde.
  • The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences’s decision on the awarding of scholarships is final. Appeals will not be considered.

Subject eligibility

History, Politics, Journalism, Social policy

Levels eligibility

Postgraduate Taught

Study modes eligibility

Full Time, Part Time

Fee Status

Home (Scottish), England or N. Ireland or Rep. Ireland or Wales, International

Student type

Applicant

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How to apply

To apply for this award, please contact hass-pg-selection@strath.ac.uk

Please be able to provide a reference from a colleague in the partner organisation (listed in eligibility section) as part of your application. This will usually take the form of an email from the organisation confirming that you work with the partner (in a paid or voluntary capacity).