January 2027
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Postgraduate
£3,000
MA
1 award
8 November 2026
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) is the largest foreign language and university press in China, ranking third in sales turnover among all the publishing houses in China. FLTRP started as a language education publisher and has expanded into more subjects and areas. Alongside print and digital publishing, FLTRP also provides offline and online training services for both teachers and students, and organizes many conferences and competitions. With a special strength in languages and a deep understanding of Chinese and other cultures, FLTRP is well positioned to tell stories about China to the world. FLTRP publishes in nearly 80 languages, and has over 600 international partners.
Oxford Brookes University is home to the first Confucius Institute co-established by a university and a publishing company (FLTRP), and a key aim is to foster Sino-British co-operation in the publishing, educational and creative industries.
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 Administrator. Eligibility will not be affected by funding covering maintenance costs. The Scholarship cannot be transferred to maintenance costs.
This funding is available to students studying on the following courses:
The Faculty’s postgraduate scholarships are made towards tuition fees only.
Applicants must be an offer holder on MA Publishing in order to apply.
Applicants must already have accepted, by the time of application, a conditional or unconditional offer of a place to start the course in January 2027. Applicants for the Scholarship must submit via the google form (see below) 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.
Applicants failing to comply with these procedures will not be considered for the scholarship.
Applications will be assessed on the content of the application form and their CV.
To apply applicants must complete the Scholarship Application Form for this is in the email about the Publishing Scholarship.
The deadline for receipt of a scholarship application is 23:59 GMT on Sunday 8 November 2026 for entry to the programme in January 2027.
It is therefore important that applicants clearly identify how they intend to raise the additional funding necessary to cover living costs, travel, textbooks, other ancillary costs and any additional fees.
Applicants failing to comply with these procedures will not be considered for the scholarship.
The scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis of academic merit and applications are assessed in relation to:
For the Princeton University Press Scholarship, the background of the applicant including their family and / or financial circumstances.
The Scholarship Committee of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will be responsible for the allocation of the above scholarships. The decision of the Committee in awarding the scholarships is final and the Committee will not enter into discussion regarding decisions.
When allocating awards, the Scholarship Committee will take account of:
Applicant’s CV and personal statements about their intended programme of study and their reasons and purposes for undertaking it. This is an important part of the application, and the Committee will pay particular attention to what applicants write in their personal statements.
A reserve list may be drawn up in case any of the selected applicants do not take up the offer of a scholarship. The Committee will monitor student progress, in the case of part-time scholarships awarded for two years.