The Scott Trust Bursary for MAs in Journalism

About the Bursary

The Guardian Foundation offers a number of bursaries each year for aspiring journalists to study for a postgraduate qualification in journalism.

The primary aim of these bursary awards is to assist students who face financial difficulty in attaining the qualifications needed to pursue a career in journalism, and who come from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the media. In particular those from a lower socio-economic background, BAME, LGBTQ+ and those with a disability.

The Bursary provides:

Fees for MA in journalism

£6,000 living expenses

6 weeks' work experience at the Guardian, with subsistence and travel paid

A mentor

Opportunity of a 6 month fixed term contract at the Guardian

2021 Applications now closed

Applications will reopen in early 2022 for entry to the following courses:

MA in Journalism, The University of Sheffield

MA in Journalism, Goldsmiths College, University of London

MA Digital Journalism, Goldsmiths College, University of London

MA Interactive Journalism, City University, London

MA in Newspaper Journalism, City University, London

Scott Trust Bursary students 2016. Photograph: Jill Mead

Weronika Strzyzynska, Georgina Quach, Hibaq Farah - Scott Trust Bursary students 2020, The Guardian Foundation

Meet the Scott Trust Bursary students 2020/21

Hibaq Farah, Georgina Quach and Weronika Strzyzynska have been awarded the Scott Trust Bursary for 2020-21 and are studying for their MAs this year

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The Scott Trust Bursary Alumni

The Scott Trust Bursary has been supporting students to complete journalism qualifications all the way back to 1987. Many of them have gone on to brilliant careers in the industry, working for news outlets such as the BBC, Financial Times, News Corp and the Huffington Post. Eminent Guardian journalists include Randeep Ramesh, Tania Branigan, Esther Addley, Homa Khalili and Lanre Bakare. If you are a Scott Trust Bursary alumni we would love to hear from you.

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Scott Trust Bursary

Supporting journalists from underrepresented backgrounds