London Book Fair Scholarship

Applicants must already have accepted, by the time of application, a conditional or unconditional offer of a place to start the course in September 2026. Applicants for the Scholarship must submit via the google form (see below) a CV and a 500-word rationale for their application for the Scholarship. Applicants are also asked to detail any further funding sources they are applying for, and to indicate how they intend to pay for the remainder of their fees and maintenance costs.

Applicants failing to comply with these procedures will not be considered for a scholarship.

Applications will be assessed on the content of the application form and their CV.

The London Book Fair is offering a fee-waiver bursary of £1,000 to a full-time or part-time student at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing on the MA Publishing Media. The student will also receive the guarantee of a work placement for a minimum of three weeks at the London Book Fair.

This is a partnership we run with the Fair, which includes our students volunteering at the book fair. No other programme has this kind of arrangement.

About the London Book Fair

The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. The fair takes place each year at Olympia, West London, and covers all aspects of the publishing industry.

Eligibility criteria

Students may apply for this scholarship alongside other sources of funding (including other scholarships offered through Oxford Brookes University), but these must be detailed on the application. The Scholarship will not include a maintenance grant. Applicants who are successful in receiving awards from other sources of funding which cover their tuition fees will not be eligible for the Scholarship, and must inform the Administrator. Eligibility will not be affected by funding covering maintenance costs. The Scholarship cannot be transferred to maintenance costs.

This funding is available to students studying on the following courses:

Postgraduate

• Publishing Media (MA / PGDip / PGCert)