Open to
UK University of Liverpool graduates who have graduated in the last two years and are progressing to a standard master's course, including MRes programmes.
Graduates must have been in receipt of the University's Widening Access Award during their undergraduate studies i.e.
- Liverpool Bursary
- Mature Students' Bursary
- Liverpool Scholars' Award
- Realising Opportunities Award
- North Liverpool Academy Scholarship
- Estranged Students' Bursary
- Young Adult Carers' Bursary
- Care Leaver's Opportunity Bursary
- The Liverpool Life Sciences UTC Scholarship
- Recipients of the Asylum Seekers Bursary who now have a 'home' fee status classification.
Eligibility criteria
They must be beginning a new full-time or part-time postgraduate taught master's programme (including MRes programmes) in academic year 2024/25. ii) They must be an alumnus or alumna of the University of Liverpool having completed an undergraduate degree on the Liverpool campus no earlier than session 2022/23. iii) They must have been in receipt of one of the University's Widening Access Awards during their period of undergraduate studies at the University of Liverpool.
Full-time taught postgraduate students will receive the award for one year. For part-time students the award will be paid at a rate pro-rata to the ratio of their programme fee to the full-time programme fee.
Students will not be eligible for the Postgraduate Opportunity Bursary in any year when they are receiving external sponsorship (e.g. payment of programme fees by a registered company or other external sponsor) of value equal to or greater than the value of the award. The value of the award will refer to the pro-rata award where the student is registered on a part-time basis.
