Tuition Fee Waiver at the UK Home rate
The deadline for 2024/25 has now passed.
Applicants must be resident in the UK and have been awarded an undergraduate degree in English Literature, American Studies or a related subject with a classification of 2:1 or higher by 1 September 2024.
Applications will be assessed and awarded on the basis of the following:
Applications must be received by 30th June 2024.
Interviews will take place in July 2024, exact date TBC.
Overview: One Christine and Ian Bolt scholarship is available for a UK-resident student applying to the MA in English and American Literature in the School of English at the University of Kent. These scholarships include the full cost of programme fees.
Programme: You'll develop advanced research skills, which you'll apply to your dissertation. This will provide you with knowledge and skills for a range of careers, including teaching, publishing, arts management, journalism and many other sectors, or a solid foundation for PhD study.
Working alongside world-leading researchers with expertise ranging from the medieval to the contemporary, you'll have the opportunity to discover and expand your knowledge on a diverse range of literary periods and topics, including global literatures and indigenous decolonial knowledges, American literature and culture, postcolonial theory, ecocriticism, phenomenology, disability studies, migration, and rights and activism.
Please submit the following separate documents to scholarships@kent.ac.uk with the subject line 'The Christine and Ian Bolt MA Scholarships in American Literature and Culture application' before the deadline:
Please send all documents in PDF or Microsoft Word format. Documents sent in any other format will not be considered. Please do NOT send documents via Google Docs or SharePoint.
Applicants are reminded that an application will not be considered until all documents have been received. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all documents, including references, are received by the Scholarships Unit before the deadline date. Applications that are not complete will not be considered.
