The aim of the Digital Media Programme Bursary is intended to enable students in financial need to pursue their postgraduate studies in the Culture, Communication & Media Department at UCL.
Eligibility
Candidates must fulfil all of the following criteria:
- be ordinarily resident in the UK and eligible to pay Home fee rate;
- AND have submitted an admission application to study for a MA Digital Media: Critical Studies, MA Digital Media: Education, or MA Digital Media: Production at UCL in 2024/25.
Value, benefits, and duration
- There are two scholarships available in 2024/25.
- The value of the award is £5,000.
- The award is tenable for one year only.
- The Digital Media Programme Bursary may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries. The recipient will be expected to secure the remaining part of their tuition fees and to cover their living costs from elsewhere.
- Award recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the Digital Media Programme Bursary.
Selection
The bursary is awarded on the basis of financial need and under-representation in the subject area. Applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of financial need upon the recommendation of the Student Funding Office. Shortlisted candidates will then be considered by the Department of Culture, Communication & Media, who will make the final decision.
How to apply
Please visit the Masters Funding Awards page for information on how to apply.
The deadline for applications to this scholarship will be at 5pm BST, Thursday 20 June 2024.
Results
Successful candidates for 2024/25 will be notified in late July - early August 2024.
Contact
Informal enquiries about this scholarship can be made via email to ma.dm.info@ucl.ac.uk.