Alumni discount

Newcastle University gives its graduates a 20% discount. 

It's applicable if you decide to apply for Newcastle PGCE / PGCE School Direct programmes. Find more information on specific programmes:

• PGCE Primary
• PGCE Secondary
• PGCE School Direct

 Besides the 20% alumni fee discount for our graduates, you can get a Government bursary.

Secondary PGCE bursary

The financial offer for 2021/221
Subject	Bursary 2	Scholarship 3
Chemistry	£24,000	£26,000
Computing	£24,000	£26,000
Maths	£24,000	£26,000
Physics	£24,000	£26,000
Classics	£10,000	-
Languages	£10,000	-
Biology	£7,000	-
1. Bursaries and scholarships are available to trainees on a tuition fee-based teacher training course in England that leads to the award of qualified teacher status. Availability is dependent on your highest relevant academic award and the subject in which you are training to teach. Further details on Bursary are available on the education website.
2. Bursaries are available to trainees with a first, 2:1, 2:2, Master’s or PhD.
3. Trainees in chemistry, computing, maths and physics are able to apply for a teacher training scholarship with the appropriate professional body. Scholarships are awarded in place of a bursary. Each of the professional scholarship bodies sets its own eligibility criteria - find out more on the dedicated scholarship pages. Scholarships are awarded in place of a bursary.

Scholarships

These scholarships are for new entrants to part-time courses in 2016-17 (September/January start) will be:

ECLS Scholarship

£500 for any part-time programmes in Education.

Alumni Scholarship

£700 for any former ECLS PGCE student, Newcastle University undergraduate, or ECLS PGCert.

These scholarships reduces the 2016-17 part-time annual fee of £1,890. It takes the actual cost to £1,390 for ECLS scholarship students and £1,190 for alumni. 

Part-time students continuing without interruption of transfer from PGcert to MEd remain eligible for 2015-16 scholarships. These are of £600 and £800 respectively. 

Courses

You could study:

• PGCert
• MEd
• EdD

Alumni discount

You may be eligible for a 20% reduction in postgraduate fees if you are Newcastle alumni.

International Family Discounts

Relatives of current international students or past international graduates could get a 10% discount.

You can win an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) North East Doctoral Training Centre studentship in social sciences.

This is a popular competition. You should engage early with the School and with prospective supervisors.

We want to hear from people in the UK or European Union who have an interesting idea for a doctoral project. Check our research pages for themes and staff interests that might suit you.

Read more about the ESRC North East Doctoral Training Centre studentships and how to apply.

Contact us

Look at the full details of the competition to see if you're eligible before you contact a prospective supervisor.

Early contact with the School is essential, so we can help you prepare a good application.

Contact Dr Carolyn Letts, Postgraduate Director, by 1 December at the latest.

This is an application form for the ECLS postgraduate bursary. It is open to all postgraduate students not in their writing up stage, whether you're

• registered
• new
• continuing

The committee holds one round per year in April to support research students.

Postgraduate committee

The postgraduate committee review applications. You'll hear from the postgraduate secretary after they meet to find out if you're successful.

Download the bursary application form 2017 (PDF: 377 KB).