Doris Southcott Bursary

The Doris Southcott Bursary is available for the 2025/26 academic year. It assists recipients with funding the following activities or purchases related to their studies:

• Purchase equipment and materials required for the course, including printing credits
• Contribute towards fashion design, textiles and fabric technologies-related trips and activities such as Paris, Japan, Stroud and Eindhoven (other trips will be considered where appropriate)
• Fund student fashion shows to include the student contribution and additional costs for the show(s).

Payments

The amount you are awarded depends on the level of financial support you have received from Student Finance England.

To ensure that you continue to receive the payments in each year of study, you must submit a report and receipts that demonstrate how you’ve used the bursary. Full instructions will be provided.

Undergraduate students

• Lowest household income band (under £25,000)
  
  You will receive £1500 over three years* of undergraduate study
  
  Year one: £400
  Year two: £400
  Year three: £700
• Middle household income band (£25,001-£35,000)
  
  You will receive £1000 over three years* of undergraduate study
  
  Year one: £300
  Year two: £300
  Year three: £400
• Top household income band (over £35,001) or no information shared with the university about household income
  
  You will receive £500 over three years* of undergraduate study
  
  Year one: £150
  Year two: £150
  Year three: £200

*Distribution of payment to recipients on the Integrated Foundation Year in Art and Design and/or undertaking a Professional Placement Year will be agreed separately.

Postgraduate students

• If you are studying full-time, you may receive £300 per year
• If you are studying part-time, you may receive £150 per year

Criteria 

To be eligible for this award, you must be:

1. Aged between 18-25.

2. You are a current student fully enrolled on the first year of an undergraduate or postgraduate (master's) degree at Bath Spa University for September intake.

3. Studying one of the following courses:
   
   
   • Fashion Design
   • Textile Design
4. Your permanent residence before coming to University must have been in one of the following areas:
   
   
   • Somerset
   • North Somerset
   • Bath and North East Somerset.
5. You must be a Bath Spa University student studying at either Newton Park, Sion Hill, Locksbrook, Corsham Court or BSU London (Hackney).

Students studying at our Educational Partner institutes or other providers and students on exchange programmes or other modes of study are not eligible.

Applications

There is no application process for this bursary. Prospective applicants will be automatically assessed for eligibility in the early part of the academic year.

If you fulfil the criteria, you will receive a targeted email from the Scholarships and Bursaries Coordinator who will:

• Confirm the Bursary tier applicable to you
• Provide the Doris Southcott Bursary terms and conditions
• Invite you to register for the Bursary should you wish to accept it.

This process usually takes place late October or early November, so if you believe you may be eligible, please do not expect to hear before then.

Eligible students will be invited to join the Doris Southcott Bursary in the early part of their first year of study. Students who do not register will not be offered the Bursary again in subsequent years. Later registrations may be considered, however, retrospective payments will not be applied.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about this award, please login to MyCareer and submit a question. Please select the 'scholarships and bursaries' option from the question type list.