applying. You can find out which council EMPLOYER SPONSORSHIP CAREER DEVELOPMENT LOAN
deals with what on the RCUK If you’re doing a postgraduate course that If you can’t secure any funding, you can
www.rcuk.ac.uk . However, it should be ties in with your career, it might be worth think about going it alone with a career
noted that competition for this funding is approaching them and seeing if they’d be development loan. These loans are to fund
fierce, especially for arts courses. willing to sponsor your further studies. This vocational study. They are available from
The grants vary in size and may cover allows you to study without incurring costs, between £300 and £8000.
fees, maintenance and sometimes a as well as continuing to earn money. The Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and
contribution towards travel and study costs. Sounds ideal eh? It can be but it The Co-op all run official career development
Apart from a few others; still needs seriously thinking through. schemes. On these schemes the loan
www.arhc.ac.uk and www.esrc.ac.uk Firstly you have to persuade your accrues no interest until you graduate and
schemes, you generally shouldn’t apply company to pay for the course. You start paying it back.
directly to the research councils. Instead, need to persuade them that it is an Call the government information line on
apply directly to the department in which investment for them and will be 0800 585 505 for more information on
you want to study – the department then beneficial to the company. career development loans and how to apply.
selects the best candidates who become You should also bear in mind that
eligible for the available funding. some company sponsorships will have a FLEXIBLE OPTIONS
clause, such as that if you leave the Universities offer a range of flexible
BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS company within two years of completing options to enable more students to enrol
A number of universities offer scholarships the course you have to repay them the on to postgraduate courses. A number of
for postgraduate study and some of these course costs. Look before you leap. MAs are available part-time or via distance
extend to overseas applicants as well as Some institutions also waive fees in learning. This may make it possible to
home students. return for teaching. These positions are fund your education with part-time or full-
Some of these bursaries can be quite usually open to students of research, time employment.
generous and cover living allowances as rather than taught programmes. These Many institutions also allow postgraduates
well, whereas others just cover a positions are usually advertised internally to pay their fees in up to three instalments so
contribution towards fees. or in the press, such as THES. that they can spread the cost over the year.
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