The Strathclyde Taught Postgraduate Bursary

Eligible applicants can submit an application for consideration by the Bursary Panel, who will select successful applicants on the basis of the following criteria:

1. How the proposed course of study will enhance the applicant's declared career aspirations

2. The direct financial impact of a bursary on the ability of the student to take up the course

3. The potential for the student to successfully register and complete the course, and their commitment to the chosen field of study

The Strathclyde Taught Postgraduate Bursary supports access to study at Postgraduate Diploma and Masters level for students from lower income backgrounds or who face additional financial barriers to study at this level.

Successful applicants will be offered an award for one year if studying full time, or split over two years if studying part time.

Awards will normally be £3000 in one year for full time study or £1500 per year over two years for part time study.

The panel has the discretion to award an additional £1000 to successful applicants who are likely to be in a particularly vulnerable position.

All Postgraduate Masters and PG Diploma courses except the MBA and PGDE are eligible. Note that undergraduate Masters years (for example MEng, MSci, MMath, MPharm) are not eligible.

Applications are open to the following students, who have not already completed a postgraduate course (except a PGDE) in the UK:

Recent graduates (who completed an undergraduate degree within the last three academic years) who meet one of the following criteria:

· They were in receipt of a SAAS Care Experienced Bursary for the undergraduate study or

· They were in receipt of a SAAS Young Student Bursary for their final year of undergraduate study or

· They were in receipt of an SAAS funding as an Independent or Estranged student and received a Student Bursary or enhanced Student Loan in their final year of study.

· They were in receipt of funding from Student Finance England, Wales or Northern Ireland based on a household income of £34,999 or less in their final year of study

· They are in receipt of one or more means tested benefits at the time of application

· They are in receipt of a non-means tested disability-related benefit at the time of application