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Doctoral College

PG Scholarships Finance Team

The PG Scholarships Finance Team:

  • Co-ordinates and processes the Stipend and Fees awards for all Post Graduate Taught and Post Graduate Research students students including travel grants, prizes and other adhoc awards.
  • Updates the student payment records when a student's enrolment status or mode of attendance changes.
  • Liaises with departments and students to resolve all queries as they arise.
  • Processes all funded extension payments awarded in line with the funded PGR policy e.g.

If you have any queries relating to student payments please check our Frequently Asked Questions 

Requesting New Award and Changes to Existing Awards

  • Please note that only authorised members of staff can request changes to awards. If you are a new member of staff and believe you should be a named contact, please contact the PGScholarships team

Stipend and Fee Rates - PGR Students

Standard UKRI Stipend and PGR Home fees rates are set annually by UKRI for all students funded on UKRI Training Grants, usually announced in February, but it can be later. These rates are then adopted by several other funders and the University for student funded on our central programmes.

Continuing Awards

  • Every year the PGScholarships team sends a request to all departments to submit the details of all continuing students that should be receiving an award in the next academic year.

Payments to PG Students

  • All payments and fees and bursary awards for PGR and PGT Students (except PGCE) are processed by the PGR Scholarships team in the Doctoral College.
  • All payments and fees and bursary awards for UG and PGCE Students are processed by Student Funding.
  • Payments for all awards are processed on request from the relevant department(s). Receipt of payment is dependent on students providing their UK bank account details through the Finance section of the student records system. Please ensure “PG payments” is selected from the drop-down list when prompted.

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