Financial Support | Advanced Studies in England
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Financial Support
We appreciate that financial support is a key consideration for students. ASE offers several named scholarships and need-based monetary provisions, which can help with costs while you attend the programme.
Named Scholarship Path
How to Apply
You’ll get the option to apply for a named scholarship and/or need-based support on your initial application to the ASE programme.
A detailed one to two-page letter of application
for each scholarship
you would like to be considered for.
For example,
if you are applying for an ASE Alumni Scholarship, the Mike Ruiz Scholarship, and the Don Nunes Memorial Scholarship, you should write
three
letters of application. Please check our
Application Letters guidance page
for more details.
Please send the following when you apply for a named scholarship:
Your financial aid statement, detailing current awards. Please indicate clearly which awards are need-based and which are merit-based.
Your financial aid statement, detailing current awards. Please indicate clearly which awards are need-based and which are merit-based.
Note:
If you are unsuccessful in your application for a named award, you will be considered for need-based support.
Named Scholarships
Thanks to the generous support of the ASE alumni community, ASE is able to offer two scholarships of £500 each semester to two students with proven financial need.
Available to:
Summer Students and Summer School Students
Award Semester:
£500
Award Summer:
£300
In honour of Ann Nunes, ASE’s second Director. The Ann Nunes Scholarship for Educators is available to a student in the ASE Education Programme.
Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.
Available to:
Semester Students and Summer School Students
Award Semester:
£500
Award Summer:
£250
In memory of ASE founder, Don Nunes, who believed passionately that ASE should be accessible to as ethnically diverse a group of students as possible.
The Don Nunes Memorial Scholarship is available to a student from an underrepresented population, according to need.
Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.
Available to:
Semester Students and Summer School Students
Award Semester:
£1000
Award Summer:
£500
If you are interested in the Don Nunes Memorial Scholarship and would like to receive further information, please email
admin@asebath.org
Mike Ruiz is an alum of the programme, who studied in Bath in the Spring of 1998. He has generously endowed a needs-based scholarship to help make studying abroad more accessible to the LGBTQ+ community.
The Mike Ruiz Scholarship is available to a student from the LGBTQ+ community, according to need.
Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.
Available to:
Semester Students and Summer School Students
Award Semester:
£500
Award Summer:
£500
Generously endowed by Leslie Mechem and Michael Arnush, emeritus professors of Classics at Skidmore College and long-standing friends of ASE. They team-taught the first The Romans in Britain course in the summer of 2002, and Michael served for many years on the ASE Advisory Council.
This needs-based scholarship is available to a
summer
student choosing to take
The Romans in Britain
as one of their seminar courses.
Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.
Available to:
Summer School Students
Award:
£500
In honour of Siouxsie Easter, a long-time professor of theatre at Wells College, NY.  Siouxsie helped launch ASE’s Theatre Summer School and designed many of ASE’s semester offerings for theatre students.
This scholarship is available to a student studying theatre-related courses.
Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.
Available to:
Semester Students and
Theatre Summer School
Students
Award Semester:
£500
Award Summer:
£250
Catherine Golden and Michael Marx are long-standing Skidmore College faculty and close friends of ASE. In 2001, Catherine taught a course on “The Brontës,” and the study trip took students to learn on location in Haworth. Catherine has frequently returned to Bath to teach Jane Austen on location to Skidmore students and adult learners. Michael taught a course on “Transatlantic Nature Writing” in the summer of 2023, taking students to Sherwood Forest for a memorable study trip. He also helped ASE develop its first website.
Thanks to their generosity, this Scholarship will provide financial support to a student attending the
ASE Main Summer School
Applicants should provide evidence of financial need and, in a
letter of application
, describe how the Programme will enhance their undergraduate education or career goals.
Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.
Available to:
one
Main Summer School
programme
student
Award:
£500
Need-based Support Path
How to Apply
You’ll get the option to apply for a scholarship award and/or need-based support on your initial application to the ASE programme.
Please send the following when you apply for a scholarship:
Your financial aid statement, detailing current awards.
Please indicate clearly which awards are needs-based and which are merit-based when you apply for scholarships and financial support.
ASE Need-based Financial Support
The programme offers financial support to students who can demonstrate significant financial need, up to a maximum value of £1000 per student per
semester
Pell-eligible students are particularly encouraged to apply.
Assistantships
If you are a
semester student
and you need a
visa
to come to the UK, ASE offers you the chance to apply for an Assistantship to help offset this additional cost.
Each semester, ASE appoints up to four students to assist in the running of the programme.
As an assistant, you’ll receive a stipend of £500 for an average weekly commitment of 3.5–4 hours over 15 weeks.
General Programme Assistant:
You’ll be expected to help keep the programme running smoothly! There are regular small maintenance tasks to do around Nelson House (your study centre), as well as ad hoc help for various departments (ie, assisting with big projects in the Library, helping to prep Social & Cultural events, etc.).
Library Assistant:
You'll help the academic team catalogue new books and DVDs using the online resource portal. You'll also keep the library tidy and create displays themed to world events and ASE trips/events. You'll help the academic team catalogue new books and DVDs using the online resource portal. You'll also keep the library tidy and create displays themed to world events and ASE trips/events.
Social Media Assistant:
You’ll help ASE with its content creation and social media posts, as well as regularly posting to the ASE Instagram.  You would also support the team with publicity filming and compiling photos for the Final Tea slideshow - a video montage of your cohort’s experience at ASE.
Social and Cultural Assistant:
You’ll support the planning and delivery of social activities and events, contribute to the Social & Cultural Instagram, research and promote local events and opportunities, and assist in the design and rollout of new S&C initiatives and programme features as needed.
Alumni Communications Assistant
: You’ll support the work of ASE’s Alumni Engagement and Development team by communicating with and engaging our community of alumni and friends of the programme. You will create content for our alumni groups on social media and on our own community platform, as well as help to prepare promotional materials and assist with other alumni engagement activities.
visa
is required to apply for these positions.
Check our Application Letters Guidance
Check our Application Letters Guidance
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— Siouxsie Easter, Wells College
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