Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
There is a dramatic under-representation of Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) music scholars at the academic professional level. The same is true throughout British academia.
Benefits
This full-tuition fee-waiver scholarship for our MMus Creative Practice programme supports a student who intends to progress through postgraduate study and into an academic position.
Eligibility
- The fee waiver is open to Home applicants identifying as belonging to the global ethnic majority.
- To be eligible for this award, you must hold an offer (conditional or unconditional) for the MMus Creative Practice programme.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
Once an offer of a place has been made (conditional or unconditional), candidates can apply for the scholarship.
To apply for the scholarship you will need to submit:
A 300-word statement describing the broad areas of musical work and research that you intend to explore during your masters programme, and subsequently at MPhil/PhD level study and professional academic level.
A substantial portfolio of your creative practice. This may include examples of one or more of the following: performance, songwriting, production, documentation of audio-visual and/or site-specific/installation works, compositions/scores.
The portfolio should be accompanied by a contextual reflective commentary of 300-500 words, which will outline the ideas and creative methods underpinning the creative work.