New bursary will support postgraduate Dutch Studies at UCL

We are excited to announce a new Dutch Studies Bursary supported by the Anglo-Netherlands Society (ANS). A bursary worth £1,250, supplemented by additional funds from members of the Anglo-Netherlands Society, will be awarded to one student per year on Masters-level postgraduate programmes with a Dutch Studies component.

The Anglo-Netherlands Society is a non-party-political, non-profit organisation, based in London, run by voluntary effort, which aims to promote the social, artistic, literary, educational, scientific and other interests the Dutch and the British have in common, as well as developing goodwill and understanding between the peoples of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

UCL is home to the oldest Department of Dutch Studies in the UK and the wider Anglophone world, founded in 1919. Today part of the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS), it offers a full range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees to anyone interested in the language, culture and history of the Low Countries.

Dr Hans Demeyer, Associate Professor in Dutch & Comparative Literature and Programme Director for Dutch, said: "Our ambition in UCL Dutch is to train the best and brightest, irrespective of their circumstances and background. This bursary, the first of its kind at UCL, puts us on track to do just that. We are deeply grateful to the Anglo-Netherlands Society and its members for their partnership, their confidence in us, and their support of the exceptional students who will hold this award over the years to come."