Postgraduate teaching bursaries and scholarships are only available for the subjects listed below. You cannot receive both a teaching bursary and a scholarship. 

You must be eligible for student finance to receive a bursary or scholarship (unless you’re training to teach physics or languages**).

Bursaries

You do not need to apply for these, you will receive payments monthly (administered by Lincolnshire ITT) providing you meet the eligibility criteria*. 

Applicants may be eligible for a bursary if they have 1st, 2:1, 2:2, PhD or master’s

*More information can be found on the DfE website, please click here. 

Scholarships

Scholarships are usually available to applicants with a 1st, 2:1, master’s or PhD, though in exceptional circumstances they may be awarded to a graduate with a 2:2 and significant relevant experience.

Scholarships are offered by independent institutions. They set their own eligibility criteria and you’ll need to apply through the relevant scholarship body:

• the Royal Society of Chemistry(opens in new window) (chemistry)
• BCS The Chartered Institute for IT(opens in new window) (computing)
• British Council(opens in new window) (languages – French, German and Spanish only)
• the Institute of Physics(opens in new window) (physics)

You must apply for scholarships directly to the professional institute.  Please click on the individual institutes above for more information. 

If you’re not successful in your application for a scholarship but have secured a place on our teacher training programme and meet the eligibility criteria, you could still be eligible to receive the standard bursary.