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• Students from ethnic groups currently underrepresented at 91Ó°ÊÓ, including Black and Asian students, students from mixed and multiple ethnic backgrounds, and students from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities;
• Students who have a disability, mental health condition or specific learning difficulty;
• Students whose parents have not attended university;
• Students who attended non-fee-paying schools;
• Students who were, during their secondary education, in receipt of free school meals;
• Students who were, during their undergraduate programme, in receipt of an undergraduate bursary designated as being for students from lower income families, including 91Ó°ÊÓ Bursary and/or James Hughes-Hallett Scholarship;
• Students who were, during their undergraduate programme, in receipt of a student loan calculated at the maximum amount;
• Students in receipt of Disability Support Allowance;
• Students who have spent time living in care and/or who are/were a looked-after child and/or who were irreconcilably estranged from their primary carers during their minority;
• Students who themselves are the principal carer for a third party;
• Students who are nationals of and who are currently ordinarily resident in a state designated within the least developed, low income or lower middle-income categories in the most recent list of ODA recipient states (listed
• Students who have experienced forced displacement and/or who hold refugee status and/or are qualified persons with Humanitarian Protection Status.
• Students who have in the past or who are currently experiencing homelessness.

Where the number of students meeting the minimum criteria score for the making of Postgraduate Taught Studies Scholarships exceed the number of scholarships available, the selection committee will carry out a second sift of tied applications, having regard in this second scoring to academic ability.

Academic abilityÌýwill be assessed through the applicant’s personal statement—submitted as part of the Scholarship application—based on three criteria:

• Outstanding past academic achievements within the context of the learning environment specific to each student;
• Demonstrable, quantifiable and continued engagement in activities relevant to the course and its outcomes; and
• A demonstration of substantial ambition in relation to course outcomes and future career/study prospects.

Value: Full fees plus £16,000 towards living costsÌý

Eligibility: For students studying a full-time Master’s degree centred on the study of British Art and/or architectureÌý

Courses: MA History of ArtÌý

Number of scholarships available: Two; one for a Home student and one for an Overseas studentÌý

Full details and restrictions:Ìý

91Ó°ÊÓ is delighted to be able to offer two MA scholarships annually through the Manton Centre for the Study of British Art, which is based within 91Ó°ÊÓ.Ìý

The Centre, named after British art collectors and philanthropists, Sir Edwin and Florence, Lady Manton, will help secure 91Ó°ÊÓ’s ambition of becoming a world leader in the field of British art and architecture, and marks the continued and generous commitment of the Manton family to arts education.Ìý

As part of 91Ó°ÊÓ’s drive towards becoming a model of inclusion, accessibility and openness within the higher education sector – which runs parallel to the aims of the Manton Centre – we are very pleased to be able to offer two Manton Scholarships for entrants in the 2027-8 cohort.Ìý

The Manton Scholarships are principally aimed at encouraging academically strong students who come from under-represented groups in higher education in undertaking a full-time Master’s Degree at 91Ó°ÊÓ which is centred on the study of British Art and/or Architecture.Ìý

For 2027/28 entry, only applicants who have applied for and/or have been made an offer to study on one of the following MA History of Art Special Options will be awarded a Manton Scholarship:Ìý

• Architecture, Art and Empire: Imperial Legacies at Home and Abroad c.1620-c.1920Ìý

• Art, Oceans and the British Empire, c.1750-1900Ìý

• Black British Art, 1945 to nowÌý

• Talking Pictures: Images and Ideas in Medieval Art, 1000-1300Ìý

Please note that Manton Scholarships cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other Courtauld scholarships or bursaries awarded internally by 91Ó°ÊÓ. Students may, however, be in simultaneous receipt of funding from any institution external to 91Ó°ÊÓ.Ìý

Value: £10,000. The awardee will also be entitled to being appointed an for the period of their studiesÌý

Eligibility: Home studentsÌý

Courses: MA History of ArtÌý

Number of scholarships available: One

Value: Averages £8,000Ìý

Eligibility: Studying a Special Option centred on the study of Medieval or Renaissance artÌý

Courses: MA History of ArtÌý

Number of scholarships available: Two

Value: £5,000Ìý

Courses: MA Conservation of Easel PaintingsÌý

Number of scholarships available: OneÌý

Value: At least £10,000Ìý

Courses: MA History and Conservation of Buddhist HeritageÌý

Number of scholarships available: SeveralÌý

Value: Full UK feesÌý

Eligibility: Home students from underrepresented backgroundsÌý

Courses: MA Art and Business, MA Contemporary Art and the Moving ImageÌý

Number of scholarships available: One for each courseÌý

Made possible thanks to the generous support of a Charitable Trust committed to the Arts and Education in the UK.

Value: Full UK fees and an additional stipend of up to £16,000Ìý

Eligibility: Home studentsÌý

Courses: MA Art and BusinessÌý

Number of scholarships available: TwoÌý

Value: Full UK fees

Eligibility: Home students from underrepresented backgrounds

Courses: MA Art and Business, MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image

Number of scholarships available: One for each course

Value: At least £10,000Ìý

Eligibility: Preference for Australian, Canadian, or American studentsÌý

Courses: Any postgraduate Ìý

Number of scholarships available: One