The 30th Anniversary Keele International Relations Fund

The award

In 2025 we aim to award a number of scholarships to students studying MA Politics and International Relations at Keele.  

Scholarships of up to the full tuition fee amount will be available to both Home (UK) and International students. 

This award has been made possible due to the generous donation of a Keele International Relations Alumnus, who wished to mark the 30th anniversary of his graduation by expressing his appreciation of the quality of the International Relations course and the teaching he received.   

Eligibility 

• The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University on the course listed above and start their studies in September 2025 or January 2026. The award cannot be used for any other course or year of entry. 
• You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate level 

Further information and how to apply 

You need to make an application via the Keele application portal. In addition, to be considered for the Scholarship, please send an application to h.parr@keele.ac.uk, with PGT Scholarship Application in the email subject line. Please include an attachment of no more than one page of A4 in which you provide: your name, contact details, current affiliation, predicted or actual grades (with an additional attachment to show evidence of your predicted or actual grades), and a short (no more than 500 words) statement explaining why you are applying to study at Keele for the MA Politics and International Relations. 

Your application must be received by 15 July 2025. 

Decisions will be made based on academic merit, assessed by actual and predicted grades, and personal statement. Decisions are final and cannot be appealed.

Offers of fee waivers will be made following the cut-off date of 15 July and students must accept the offers by 30 August 2025, or the offer will be made to another candidate.

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available, and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

This scholarship cannot be combined with any other awards. Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.