• Only doctoral/PhD students and Mphil students on a PhD fast track can apply for a bursary to cover some of the costs of the following types of tuition, which must be taken during the academic year in which the bursary is granted:
  
  • A CULP Languages for All Course (Bursaries will only be awarded for courses starting in Michaelmas / Lent Terms (Cycle 1), and Easter Term (Cycle 2).)
  • Attendance at other fee charging courses offered within the University or externally.
    
    
• The RDLT bursary covers 50% of CULP fees (currently £285 per course) or 50% of fees for an externally provided course, up to a maximum of £142.50.
  
  
• Applicants will need to demonstrate how the language training will benefit their research and/or their career development.
  
  
• N.B.: ADTIS In-Sessional courses are not eligible for a bursary under this scheme.
  
  
• To apply for a RDLT bursary please complete the online application form for the relevant cycle below.
  
  
• Bursary applications will be considered in 2 cycles each year:
  
  
  • Cycle 1: Michaelmas Term 2022 - Monday 09:00 on 5 September 2022 - Monday 09:00 on 3 October 2022;
    
    
  • Cycle 2: Lent Term 2023 - Monday 09:00 on 13 February 2023 - Monday 09:00 on 13 March 2023;

N.B. The Researcher Development Language Training Bursary Scheme is competitive, with a fixed annual pot of funding. Not all applications will therefore be successful. Priority will be given to those applicants who evidence their requirement for language training and the benefits they will derive from it.

• Research students requiring support to learn a Sri Lankan language may apply to the Sri Lankan languages fund.

• The AJ Pressland Fund, administered by the Language Centre, provides bursaries for students of any science based discipline to take intensive language training in other countries during the Long Vacation. Priority is given to students who have already demonstrated a commitment to language learning, taking advantage of provision delivered by the Language Centre and/or the Department of Engineering Centre for Languages and Inter-Communication (CLIC). For more information go to the Pressland Fund pages.