POSTGRADUATE BURSARY SCHEME

These range from digital media to data science to data journalism, from book publishing to typography and book design, from magazine to news journalism, and from archive management to library studies.

Bursary winners in Awards ceremony in 2021.

Postgraduate Bursary Scheme 2023

The Foundation offers up to 16 Bursaries each year to postgraduate students on specific courses that support entry to and progression in the Communication and Content industries. Successful students will each receive a bursary of up to £9,000 and every effort will be made to offer the opportunity to receive mentoring during their studies from an appropriate member of the Stationers’ Company, taking into account the specific interests of the student.

On successful completion of their Masters programme the award winners will be presented with the Freedom of the Stationers’ Company and it is expected that they will participate in the life of the Company. Payment of the annual membership fee will be waived for the following three years.

 

 

Criteria and participating institutions

Applicants must normally be under 30 on 1st September 2023, resident in the UK, and classified as paying UK tuition fees. Applicants must hold a conditional or unconditional offer for one of the identified courses below.

British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF)
MSc Management to be awarded by the University of South Wales

Cardiff University
MA News Journalism

Cardiff University
MSc Computational and Data Journalism

City, University of London
MA Magazine Journalism

City, University of London
MA Publishing

Goldsmiths
MA Digital Media

Kingston University, London
MA Publishing

London College of Communication - University of the Arts London
MA Publishing

Oxford Brookes University
MA Publishing Media & MA Digital Publishing

University College London
MA Library and Information Studies

University College London
MA Publishing

University College London
MA Archives and Records Management

University of Reading
MA Communication Design (to include the four Design Pathways of Book/Information/Typeface/Graphic

University of Salford
MA Journalism

Queen Mary University of London
MSc Big Data Science

Application process

The application form should be submitted to the relevant Course Administrator by Friday, 26th May 2023 if your institution is inverviewing in June 2023 or Monday, 26th June 2023 if your institution is interviewing in July 2023. Applications must be supported by two references, one academic and one personal from someone of standing who can support the financial statements made in the application. The course team will draw up a shortlist of up to three students from each university whose names will be submitted to the Foundation. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview at Stationers’ Hall in London in the weeks commencing 26th June and 17th July 2023. It is essential that applicants are available for these interviews. Each relevant course director will be part of the interview panel.

Please note that we welcome applications from first generation students.

Download Application Form

Please complete the Application Form (which is a Word document) and then insert your 2 references and any financial backup documentation directly into your Application Form and then just submit ONE document. 

Download the Application Guidelines

Applicants for Goldsmiths - University of London should send their applications direct to the co-convener of the MA in Digital Media, Daniel Rourke, d.rourke@gold.ac.uk

Applicants for Kingston University should send their applications direct to the Senior Lecturer, Publishing, Emma Tait, E.Tait@kingston.ac.uk

Applicants for University of Salford should send their applications direct to the Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Andrew Lindsay, A.Lindsay@salford.ac.uk

Interested applicants for City University should write to Dr Patrick Brindle, Programme Director, Publishing Studies, patrick.brindle.2@city.ac.uk

Interested applicants for City University should write to Dr Ben Falk, Programme Director, Magazine Journalism Studies, Ben.Falk@city.ac.uk

Applicants for London College of Communication - University of the Arts London, should send their applications direct to the acting course leader for Publishing, Dr Anna Klamet, a.klamet@lcc.arts.ac.uk and to the Course Support Administrator, Matt Lynch, CSAGroup@arts.co.uk

Applicants for the University of Reading should contact Dr Ruth Blacksell, Associate Professor in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication,  typography@reading.ac.uk for further information and guidance on the application process.

The bursaries for Goldsmiths and BPIF are funded with support from The Printing Charity.

Criteria for awards

Short-listing will take place based on the following criteria:

• Academic merit
• Financial need
• The quality of the application

Award decisions will be based on performance in interviews at Stationers' Hall or online.  Candidates will have the opportunity to make a presentation (a maximum of 10 minutes) in support of their application and show examples of their work. 

The presentation should demonstrate and evidence the candidate's achievements and will help the panel understand the quality of their work. Candidates may want to explain the background to some of their work and demonstrate how this will lead into their next area of study and career.  They will be able to link their device to our AV equipment via an HDMI link in order to present supporting materials. 

The interview panel will be made up of at least two Foundation Trustees and the Course Director from the candidate's postgraduate course.  Please note we particularly welcome first generation students.

 

Timetable for awards

Application forms should be submitted to the relevant Course Administrator by Friday, 26th May 2023 for interviews scheduled in June 2023 and by Monday, 26th June 2023 for interviews scheduled in July 2023.

Each university will send its shortlisted applications (maximum 3) by Wednesday, 31st May 2023 for interviews scheduled in June 2023 and by Friday, 30th June 2023 for interviews in July 2023 to:-

Katie Dare, The Stationers’ Foundation, Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London, EC4M 7DD
Tel: 020 3927 4173
Email:  education@stationers.org

Final decisions will be communicated to the candidates as soon as possible.  Bursary funds will be transferred to each university in early September and then passed on to each award winner after the course fees have been deducted (if appropriate).  The selection panel's judgement is final and no correspondence whatsoever will be entered into concerning the decision that is based on performance at the interview at Stationers’ Hall.

There will also be an Awards Ceremony at Stationers’ Hall at which all the award winners and representatives from each university will be present. It is essential that award winners are able to attend this event.  Award winners will also be asked to submit termly reports to their Company supporters.

Contact details for participating institutions

Each university will send its shortlisted applications to:

Katie Dare, The Stationers' Foundation, Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London, EC4M 7DD

Tel: 020  3927 4173

Email: education@stationers.org

Any further enquiries about the scheme should be directed to Katie Dare at the above address or email education@stationers.org

The relevant Trustee of the Stationers' Foundation is Nicholas Brealey who can be emailed on

nicholasbrealey@outlook.com

2014 Bursary recipients - for details click here.

2015 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2016 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2017 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2018 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2019 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2020 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2021 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2022 Bursary recipients - for details click here

2020-21 Bursary Recipient Report - University of the Arts London - click here