New postgraduate scholarships in the humanities from the Wolfson Foundation

UCL has been chosen by the Wolfson Foundation as one of a select group of UK universities to receive postgraduate student support in the humanities. The Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities cover the three disciplines of history, literature and languages and support outstanding students who have the potential to make lasting impacts in their academic field. The Wolfson Scholarships cover the fees, maintenance and research costs for three postgraduate students, one in each of the selected disciplines. They have been awarded on academic merit to students who will carry out innovative research and hope to become academic leaders in their field. The first recipients of the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships are Ella Cullen (Languages), George Potts (Literature) and Jennifer Hicks (History) and they will formally begin their studies at the start of the 2012/13 academic year. Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation said of the awards: "High quality research in the humanities is of critical importance to British society. The announcement of these scholarships reflects our concern about the effect of undergraduate debt on numbers of students continuing to postgraduate research.