The Random House Group and Oxford Brookes University are to launch a publishing scholarship aimed at individuals from groups under-represented within the publishing industry.

Starting in September 2011 Random House will be offering a £2,000 bursary to a full or part-time MA student of Publishing, International Publishing, Publishing and Language, or Digital Publishing at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies. The student will also receive a paid work placement for four weeks within The Random House Group.

Random House Scholarship

The Random House Group and Oxford Brookes University are to launch a publishing scholarship aimed at individuals from groups under-represented within the publishing industry.

Starting in September 2011 Random House will be offering a £2,000 bursary to a full or part-time MA student of Publishing, International Publishing, Publishing and Language, or Digital Publishing at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies. The student will also receive a paid work placement for four weeks within The Random House Group.

The Random House Bursary, open to students from the UK and EU, will be awarded on the basis a proven interest in a UK-based career in book publishing and a written submission on what the MA will contribute to the student’s learning and career development. Priority will be given to individuals who are from a background that is underrepresented in the publishing industry or for whom accessing a career in the publishing industry is a challenge.

Applicants must already have accepted by the time of application for the scholarship a conditional or unconditional offer of a place at Oxford Brookes to start a course in September 2011.  Applicants for the Scholarship must submit by email a cv and a 500-word rationale for their application for the Scholarship.  Applicants are also asked to detail any further funding sources they are applying for, and to indicate how they intend to pay for the remainder of their fees and maintenance costs.

The application must be made by email (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ) to Rosalyn Dobrzanski, Senior Tutor in Publishing, by 17th June 2011. 

Students may apply for this Scholarship alongside other sources of funding (including other scholarships offered through Oxford Brookes University), but these must be detailed on the application.  The Scholarship will not include a maintenance grant.  Applicants who are successful in receiving awards from other sources of funding which cover their tuition fees will not be eligible for the Scholarship, and must inform the Senior Tutor.  Eligibility will not be affected by funding covering maintenance costs.  The Scholarship cannot be transferred to maintenance costs.