The Barnett Scholarship Fund

APPLICATIONS FOR 2012-13

The Department of Social Policy and Intervention is delighted to announce the award of a bursary of £9,000 for a period of three years, payable at £1,000 per term for a student starting to study for a DPhil in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention in October 2012. 

The bursary will be awarded to a DPhil student on the basis of both academic track record and potential, and is open to students who meet all the criteria below: 

1.    not a citizen of the UK  or European Community; and 

2.    paying the overseas students' fee; and 

3.    studying for a DPhil in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention and supervised wholly by department staff. 

The award will be paid at the start of each term, and the second and subsequent payments will be dependent upon the quality of the successful applicant’s work and contribution to the department during the preceding term.   In this context ‘contribution’ will include such activities as actively participating in seminars run by the department.

HOW TO APPLY

Enquiries should be directed to Bryony Groves in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention.   Applications can be made by post or e-mail on the appropriate application form together with an up to date CV and a piece of recent written work (e.g. course essay, draft chapter, paper, journal article).

The closing date for applications is 20^th January 2012.