The Christine and Ian Bolt MA Scholarships in English and American Literature

Tuition Fee Waiver at the UK Home rate.

The deadline for 2025/26 has now passed.

Applicants must be resident in the UK and have been awarded an undergraduate degree in English Literature, American Studies or a related subject with a classification of 2:1 or higher by 1 September 2025.

Applications will be assessed and awarded on the basis of the following:

1. Record of academic achievement
2. Motivation for study
3. Writing Sample
4. References (shortlisted candidates only)
5. Interview (shortlisted candidates only)

Any materials you wish us to consider should be appended to your MA application and not sent separately.

All candidates who have applied for place on a taught MA programme in English and American Literature will automatically be considered for the scholarship, regardless of their fee status, nationality or domicile.

Interviews will take place in July 2025, exact date TBC.

Overview: One Christine and Ian Bolt scholarship is available for a UK-resident student applying to the MA in English and American Literature in the School of English at the University of Kent. These scholarships include the full cost of programme fees.

Programme: You'll develop advanced research skills, which you'll apply to your dissertation. This will provide you with knowledge and skills for a range of careers, including teaching, publishing, arts management, journalism and many other sectors, or a solid foundation for PhD study.

Working alongside world-leading researchers with expertise ranging from the medieval to the contemporary, you'll have the opportunity to discover and expand your knowledge on a diverse range of literary periods and topics, including global literatures and indigenous decolonial knowledges, American literature and culture, postcolonial theory, ecocriticism, phenomenology, disability studies, migration, and rights and activism.