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Jeanne Houston scholarship

Please note: This scholarship will be available for students applying for 2026/27 entry. Please check back at the start of 2026 for further details on how to apply.

Award overview

  • Level: Undergraduate
  • Mode of study: Full-time, part-time
  • Tuition fee status: Home
  • Value: £1,050
  • Number of awards: One
  • Deadline: Closed

Instituted in the memory of Jeanne Houston, this is a bursary for female undergraduate students studying languages courses.

Eligibility

You must be:

  • female
  • 21 years of age or older
  • enrolled on an eligible undergraduate language degree programme (a degree in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean or Spanish)
  • experiencing financial hardship.

Supporting material may consist of:

  • a letter from an employer, a redundancy letter
  • a doctor's letter
  • a photocopied P60.

Value

£1,050 for the purpose of relieving financial hardship.

Applications will be considered on the basis of need, prioritising cases where a student would be forced to leave the programme without this financial assistance. 

Deadline

This deadline has passed.

How to apply

Applications for this scholarship have closed.

Birkbeck reserves the right to withdraw or amend a scholarship without prior notification. Scholarships are offered subject to funding and availability.