Royal Female School of Art Bursaries 2011-12
The Department of History of Art and Screen Media was very pleased to be awarded money from the Royal Female School of Art Foundation to assist students on the BA History of Art and Certificate of Higher Education in Understanding Visual Arts and Media programmes in 2011-12. As a result, the department was able to offer a number of bursaries to cover tuition fees for the year, 2011-12, to the amount of £2,478 for the BA or £750 for the Cert HE.
The Department has submitted an application to the RFSA for further funding in 2012-13. We will advertise any successful outcome on this web page in summer 2012.
Statements from recipients of RFSA bursaries in 2010-11
- “I was awarded the Royal Female School of Art bursary through Birkbeck to help me pay the tuition fees of my third year studying for a BA in Art History. It has been an immense help without which I may not have been able to support myself throughout this year. I am very grateful to have had this opportunity to progress in my studies as it is where I see my future direction. It has made a huge difference to have had this support and I hope it will continue to be offered to help others in the same position.”
- “The Royal Female School of Art bursary has had a huge impact on my studies. My income is just over any form of other help but is low enough to make studying a challenge. As possible dyslexic I have booked a test with a psychologist this month rather after the exams (when I would have finished paying my fees) so I will be in a better position to seek appropriate support to make the most of my studies and my own potential. In addition the bursary will enable me to join in field trips thereby broadening my experiences as well as deepening my knowledge and understanding of art and its history.”
- “The bursary has been a lifeline. Had it not been awarded I could simply not have afforded to come back to school in October 2010 to complete my final year.”
- “I consider myself very fortunate to have received a Bursary from the Royal Female School of Art. It has enabled me to continue with the BA course that is both enjoyable and challenging during circumstances that would have most certainly meant my withdrawal. It is undoubtedly a great opportunity to continue with my studies and one that I intend to take full advantage of.”
About the Royal Female School of Art
The Royal Female School of Art is now a registered charity, provided with a secretarial and administrative service by the University of the Arts London.
The Royal Female School of Art was an offshoot of the Government School of Design, established in 1842. It was an art training college, founded with the aim of getting its female students into paid employment. Teaching was originally carried out below the male school in Somerset House, but the School moved to Gower Street in 1852. An advert for its classes in elementary drawing in The Leader on 29th January 1853 states that the School was open on Monday and Wednesday evenings between the hours of 6 and 8pm, and that a month’s instruction could be obtained for 3 shillings. By 1861, the School had moved to 43, Queen Square.
In 1908, the School came under the control of the London County Council and, five years later, it was merged with the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design).
