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Law Progression Scholarship

The Law Progression Scholarship is a fee discount program offered by Queen Mary University of London to alumni who have previously completed an LLB Law degree at Queen Mary or qualifying University of London institutions. The scholarship provides significant tuition fee reductions for graduates wishing to pursue full-time postgraduate LLM or MSc Law programs at Queen Mary's London campus. The discount amount varies based on whether the applicant is a Queen Mary graduate or a University of London institution graduate, and whether they qualify for Home or International fee status. To be eligible, students must have achieved an upper second-class honour (2.1) or first class honours (1st) degree in their undergraduate LLB. Queen Mary LLB alumni receive fee discounts of £4,000 (Home students) or £6,000 (International students), while University of London institution alumni receive discounts of £2,000 (Home students) or £3,000 (International students). This results in reduced tuition fees ranging from £15,800 to £29,500 depending on the applicant's background and fee status. The scholarship is available for unlimited awards for January 2026 entry and applies only to full-time, London-based LLM and MSc Law programs run by the School of Law and Centre for Commercial Law Studies. The scholarship cannot be combined with other Queen Mary or external scholarships, and several program types are explicitly excluded, including Paris-based programs, dual degree programs with Singapore, MRes, PGCert, PGDip, distance learning, variable mode, and part-time programs.

University of Exeter Alumni Scholarship 2026/27

The University of Exeter Alumni Scholarship 2026/27 offers returning alumni a 20% reduction in their first year tuition fees when beginning a standalone postgraduate programme. This scholarship is available to alumni who have previously graduated from the University of Exeter, completed an inbound Study Abroad semester/year, completed a credit-bearing International Summer School, or completed an online credit-bearing short course. Awards are available for students enrolling on most standalone taught Masters degrees (MA, MSc, MRes, MFA, LLM, PGCert, PGDip), research degrees (MPhil/PhD), PGCE programmes, and certain online credit-bearing short courses (micro credentials) in 2026/27. The scholarship is applied automatically to eligible postgraduate applicants and does not require a separate application. It covers campus-based and online programmes, making postgraduate study more accessible for University of Exeter alumni returning for advanced studies.

University of Exeter Class of 2026 Progression Scholarship

The University of Exeter offers a 20% scholarship towards the cost of first year tuition fees for students graduating in 2026 and progressing directly to a standalone postgraduate programme in 2026/27. Awards are available for students enrolling on most standalone (campus-based or online) taught Masters degrees (e.g. MA, MSc, MRes, MFA, LLM, PGCert, PGDip) or research degrees (e.g. MPhil/PhD), and certain online credit-bearing short courses, in 2026/27. The PGCE programme is also eligible for this award. This award is applied automatically to eligible University of Exeter progressing students enrolling for study in 2026/27, and no separate application is required. The scholarship is designed to encourage undergraduate students to continue their academic journey at the University of Exeter by providing financial support for postgraduate studies. Excluded programmes include online programmes/courses in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences such as MA Education (Online), MA Creative Writing (Online) and micro credentials, MiPDAL Dual Masters in Intellectual Property Law, Graduate Law LLB, and law programmes delivered by the University of Law. The award is not recurrent for subsequent years of study and applies only to the first year of the postgraduate programme.

ESRC White Rose DTP Studentships 2026/27

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's largest funding agency for research and postgraduate training relating to social and economic issues. The University of Leeds is part of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, forming a collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, York, Bradford, Sheffield Hallam, Hull and Manchester Metropolitan. Through this partnership, the University offers a range of social science PhD studentships available to UK and international applicants. These studentships are available in seven named Thematic Interdisciplinary Training Pathways and can be held full-time or part-time. Various award types are offered: +3.5 Studentships for 3.5-year PhDs (for students with a social science Masters degree and 60+ credits of M-level social science research methods training); +3.75 Studentships for integrated PGCert/PhD programs (3 years 9 months for students with a social sciences Masters degree but fewer than 60 credits of M-level training); and 1+3.5 Studentships for a 1-year Masters programme followed by 3.5-year PhD (for students without a social science Masters degree). A range of studentships are available including WRDTP Pathway Studentships for impactful social science research, up to 2 WRDTP Advanced Quantitative Methods Studentships for cutting edge quantitative research, up to 2 Advanced Data Analytics Awards for researchers using cutting edge data analysis techniques or big data, and up to 2 WRDTP/Stuart Hall Foundation Studentships specifically for Black British students. All WRDTP programmes include an integral 3-month 'Research in Practice' placement as standard. The awards cover fees at standard UKRI rates, a maintenance grant (£20,780 in Session 2025/26 for full-time study, pro-rata for part-time), and a Research Training Support Grant for travel and research costs during the PhD. The award is open to all applicants including international students, though moving costs to the UK are not covered.