Postgraduate Opportunity Bursary

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, in 2025/26.

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 2025/26. 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 2023/24. 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.