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    New scholarships to relieve financial burden on postgraduates

    Twenty scholarships are being made available for Swansea University Masters programmes starting in September 2011: welcome news for cash-strapped graduates.

    Worth £2,700 towards fees, the new scholarships are widely coveted by those wanting to stand out in today’s highly competitive employment market.

    Victoria Stockley is a Swansea University BSc in Mathematics graduate who took advantage of University support to fund her Masters; achieving an MSc in Finance in 2009. Victoria now works as an underwriter for Zurich Financial Services.

    Vicky Stockley 

    "The main reason for pursuing a postgraduate course was to enhance my employability," Victoria explained. “With record numbers of graduates I was increasingly worried about my chances of finding a job after university.

    "But one of my major concerns was funding an extra year at university and the fact that I couldn’t get a standard student loan like I did for my undergraduate degree. After looking at other avenues of funding I found out about a scholarship the university offered.

    "The award covered just under half of my tuition fees, which was a great help in easing the financial burden of postgraduate study.”

    The 20 new Swansea scholarships are available for the following courses:

    Analytical Chemistry

    Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry MSc  

    Arts and Humanities

    European Literary Translation MA (2 years) English Language Studies MAChinese- English Translation MA

    Business and Economics

    Economics MScEconomics with International Banking MScInternational Banking and Finance MScInternational Banking, Finance and Economics MSc

    Computer Science

    MSc Advanced Computer Science with a Specialisation in Software Technology, Human Computer-InteractionVisual ComputingSafe and Secure Systems Web Science 

    Geography

    Geographic Information and Climate Change MScUrban Studies  MRes

    Law

    International Business Law  LLM

    Psychology

    Cognitive Neuroscience MSc

    Scholarships are available to students from the UK/EU with a minimum of a 2.1 degree (or equivalent). The closing date for applications is 25th July 2011. For further information, see www.swansea.ac.uk/scholarships/taughtmasters

     

    This news item has been published by Beth Lauder, Swansea University Public Relations Office. Telephone: 01792 51 3245 Email b.lauder@swansea.ac.uk