The Courtauld New Voices MA Scholarship

Other eligibility requirements

Applications for The Courtauld ‘New Voices’ MA Scholarship will be scored on the criteria set out on the application form in accordance with the strategic aims of The Courtauld. The criteria are scored at differing levels. Any student who fulfils any one or more of these criteria is eligible to apply for an ‘New Voices’ Scholarship, namely:

• Students from ethnic groups currently underrepresented at The Courtauld, 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 The Courtauld 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 here);
• Students who have experienced forced displacement and/or who hold refugee status and/or are qualified persons with Humanitarian Protection Status.