Funding your Postgraduate Study

Alison Ahern, from Goldsmiths Student Support Office, gives advice on how to obtain funding for postgraduate study. In this presentation, Alison covers applying to Research Councils, scholarships, loans, finding funding from charities and other sources you can explore.

This podcast is a recording of a presentation given at the University of London Postgraduate Open Evening, held at Senate House on Thursday 20th November 2008.

The Powerpoint that accompanies this presentation may be downloaded here.

Some useful links mentioned in this presentation are as follows:

• Goldsmiths - Funding for Postgraduate Students Applying for Entry in 2008 (pdf) http://www.gold.ac.uk/media/pgfunding.pdf
• Goldsmiths - Tuition Fees and Funding http://www.gold.ac.uk/costs
• Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) http://www.ahrc.ac.uk
• Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) http://www.esrc.ac.uk
• Directgov - Adult Learning & Skills http://www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning
• British Council - Scholarship Search http://www.educationuk.org/scholarships
• Funder Finder http://www.funderfinder.org.uk/ 
• Training and Development Agency http://www.tda.gov.uk/

 

(MP3 - 28min 38s) 

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