The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today (Thursday 5 November) announced 15 recipients of the 2020 RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursaries, and opened the RIBA Student Support Fund for its autumn round of applications.
Part 1 and Part 2 bursaries
The RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursary programme provides long-term financial support to students who demonstrate talent and commitment to their studies, and who might struggle to cover the costs of living and study expenses.
The recipients of the 2020 RIBA Part 1 Bursaries are:
- Courtney Brannigan, Ulster University
- Sarina Cole, London Metropolitan University
- Patryk Filuk, University of East London
- Sally Kemp, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
- Malgorzata Migut, Queen’s University Belfast
The recipients of the 2020 RIBA Part 2 Bursaries are:
- Marina Georgieva, Oxford Brookes University (Ayyub Malik bursary)
- Zoë Gibson, Ulster University
- Tudor Jitariu, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (Rosenberg bursary)
- Santong Li, The London School of Architecture (Rosenberg bursary)
- Joshua Snell, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (Ayyub Malik bursary)
- Bethany Stewart, Manchester School of Architecture (Ayyub Malik bursary)
- Iga Swiercz, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (Rosenberg bursary)
- Negar Taatizadeh, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
- Iiris Taehti Toom, University of Cambridge (Ayyub Malik bursary)
- Magdalena Wloczka, The Glasgow School of Art (Ayyub Malik bursary)
Each student will receive a £6,000 bursary distributed throughout their course. These have been made possible thanks to generous donations from the Ayyub Malik Trust, the Rosenberg Memorial Fund, the WJ Parker Trust and the Goldfinger family, as well as other donations received through the RIBA Education Fund.
Student Support Fund
The RIBA has also opened the Student Support Fund for its autumn 2020 round of applications, which helps Part 1 or Part 2 students experiencing financial hardship to apply for grants of up to £3,000.
RIBA President, Alan Jones, said:
“Scholarships and bursaries are a vital part of our support for students and play an important role in creating opportunities for all - even more so at this challenging time. In 2019-2020 the RIBA’s Student Support Fund helped more students than ever before, with £114, 180 going to those who need it most. We are very grateful for the ongoing generosity of all our donors, who we depend on to make these grants and bursaries possible.”
The deadline for Student Support Fund applications is 5pm Friday 27 November 2020. Information can be found here.
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Notes to editors:
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- RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursaries support students of architecture with £6,000 throughout two years of study; the second and third years of a Part 1, and the full two years of a Part 2. The schemes have been made possible by donations to the RIBA from the Walter Parker Trust, the Rosenberg Memorial Fund, the Ayyub Malik Trust, the Goldfinger family as well as donations received through the RIBA Education Fund. The RIBA Part 1 Bursaries were launched in 2018, and support talented students enrolled in Part 1 courses who would benefit from financial assistance in order to complete this stage of study. The RIBA Part 2 Bursaries were instigated in 2014, to address student dropout rates by encouraging Part 1 graduates to continue onto their Part 2 courses and progress towards qualification. The RIBA depends on the generosity of its donors to fund these bursaries and continues to actively seek further funding to enable it to continue to offer support to students.
- The RIBA Student Support Fund assists students of architecture enrolled in RIBA Part 1 and 2 courses in the UK who are experiencing financial hardship. Since 1997 the RIBA Student Support Fund has assisted hundreds of students and the fund is solely dependent on charitable donations from RIBA members and supporters. The RIBA would particularly like to thank the Rosenberg Memorial Fund, the Shanta Foundation, the family of John and David Hubert, Assael Architecture and the Charles Peel Charitable Trust for their generous support. To donate visit architecture.com/donate
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