
Latest Funding News

17/01/2021 Looking forwards to kicking off our webinars for the new term next week- with events at Coventry and LSE! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/09/2020 Crowdfunding Campaign: Support Natalie in her important research into climate change and polar ice caps. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/08/2020 We presented an alternative funding webinar to SOAS Research students yesterday. Great session. The first time we have had the pleasure of presenting there! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------29/07/2020 Featured Crowdfunding Campaign: Aga, raising funding for fees for a course on model making and animation at National Film and Television School. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/07/2020 New PDF Version of the Alterantive Guide published for 2020-21! See our Download Point when logged into the Guide to access it Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------13/05/2020 Covid-19 Hardship Fund for Historians announced by the Royal Historical Society. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------08/04/2020 New Student Story: Rachel. She had outstanding success raising alternative funding for an MA at the Royal College of Art! She was was one of our prize draw winners, winning £100! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------28/01/2020 New Student Story- Heather at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama had multiple charity award success to fund her Masters specialising in the Clarinet Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/01/2020 An excellent Crowdfunding Campaign: help Mercy Mwansa raise funding to study a PhD in Global Health at Leeds to treat non-communicable diseases in Zambia Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------29/12/2019 Wishing all students seeking funding for postgraduate study, and all of our university subscribers, a very happy 2020! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/12/2019 Dr. Luke Blaxill will be hosting a Postgraduate Funding Webinar at Southampton tomorrow (18th Dec) at 5pm aimed at Masters Students. You are welcome to attend for free! Just follow this link! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8511240749050211597 Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------26/11/2019 Alternative Guide Workshop coming to Edinburgh Napier on the 3rd December! We do workshops/talks/lectures everywhere in the UK! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------09/07/2019 New Student Story: Alex Fry- raised nearly £20,000 using the AGO at Durham! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/06/2019 New Student Story: Oliver raising £4000 for Marine Science Management at University of York Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------25/04/2019 New Student Story: Paul who raised funds to support research and conference costs at Loughborough! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------21/03/2019 Just presented at a one-day conference organised by the the UKGCE at University of Cambridge on widening participation in HE, and the role Alternative Funding can play in achieving this. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/03/2019 Funding Workshop today at University of Sheffield. Celebrating our tenth year of working with them! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------25/01/2019 We're proud to be doing our first ever RDP Funding Workshop at Coventry Doctoral School on Monday! A PGR student workshop in the morning, followed by a staff workshop in the afternoon. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/12/2018 We are doing two open days today: UCL with Dr. Shuzhi Zhou and Southampton with Dr. Luke Blaxill! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------28/09/2018 Prize Draw 2018 Award Winner Hanna, wins a cheque for £500 from us! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------11/07/2018 New Student Story - Maria - who raised funding to pay fees to support MSc in Wound Healing at Cardiff University Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------26/04/2018 New Student Story at University of Bristol, Alex Tapping, raised £2500 from two charities to support his Masters in Neuropsychology Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/01/2018 New Student Story: Agnes, international student raising funding for PhD in History at UCL Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------24/11/2017 New Student Story: Sam, raised a very substantial sum to support a PhD in Theology at University of Bristol! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------03/09/2017 Our team will be at the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference on the 11th September in Birmingham as a trade exhibitor. We are looking forwards to meeting staff involved in RDP Training and Resources, and to introducing those who have not Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------25/07/2017 New Student Story: Rose, who raised substantial funding to support travel and research at Reading. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/07/2017 Check out this awesome crowdfunding campaign: get David to Oxford! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------03/07/2017 New Student Story: Katie Funding from three charities to fund maintenence at Royal Northern College of Music! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------27/06/2017 New Student Story: Tilotama, funding for maintenence at Essex Uni! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/06/2017 New Student Story: Martha, who raised £6,000 through the ALternative Guide to fund her Masters at the LSE. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/05/2017 New Student Funding Story: Sristhi, NTU and Loughborough Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------20/03/2017 Luke Blaxill, director of the Alternative Guide, interviewed by the Guardian about postgrad funding. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------22/02/2017 New Student Story- Jakub, funding fees and maintenance at Cardiff University! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------05/01/2017 Happy New Year! New Student Story, Vicky, raised a large sum at Guildhall School Music and Drama Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/12/2016 New Student Story, Hailey, who is funding her PhD in History of Art at Glasgow using charities and the Alternative Guide Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------18/11/2016 Just talked to a great audience at Birmingham about research funding. Sheffield next week talking to undergrads about Masters/PhD Funding. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------13/10/2016 Postgraduate Funding Workshops coming up in the next fortnight in Huddersfield, Kent, Sussex. Never been more popular! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------20/09/2016 Alternative Guide Guest Article on the Complete University Guide! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/08/2016 New Student Story: Becki Neale raised over £12,000 with the Alternative Guide to support her PhD at Durham University. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------08/08/2016 52 Universities already confirmed as central subscribers for the 2016/17, making the Guide free for all students. Does your university subscribe? Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------27/06/2016 Check out our new section on Crowdfunding your postgraduate studies! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------30/05/2016 Hear Luke Blaxill, our director, talking about postgrad funding on this FindaMasters Video. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------28/05/2016 Major Summer updates coming very soon! Stay tuned! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------22/02/2016 New blog post from our team about the new Postgrad Loans System! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------05/02/2016 New Student Story: Rebecca, won funding with the Alternative Guide to support a PGCE! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------18/01/2016 Luke Blaxill our director in yesterday's Telegraph on the £45,000 he raised from charities during his PhD! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/11/2015 New Student Story! Roisin- won 20 charity awards! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------26/10/2015 New Student Story- Luke Blaxill, the lead author of the Alternative Guide, tells how he funded his PhD, for which he raised £45,000 from alternative sources. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/09/2015 New Student Story- Kez, crowdfunding for MRes in Biodiversity at UCL. Visit her crowdfunding campaign here https://hubbub.net/p/MRes4Kez Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------13/08/2015 New Student Story- Waseem. Raising funds for Physician's PGDip at Birmingham. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------29/07/2015 New Student Story Published: Julian. He has enjoyed greag success raising funding for fees and maintenance at the Royal Academy of Music! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/07/2015 New Student Story Published: Genevieve. She is crowdfunding to raise Masters funding, and has already raised over £2,000 towards fees! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/06/2015 New Student Story published- Lauren. Numerous awards for fees and maintenance! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------24/05/2015 New Student Story published today- Anita. Fees and Maintenance for Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration. Three charities for female students Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------19/05/2015 Workshop in Loughborough this morning- our first ever at this university. Great attendance and highly motivated students! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/04/2015 Recent workshops at Huddersfield, Queen Mary, Sussex. Gradfunding will also be appearing at KCL on the 30th April, at the Great Hall at 5pm. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------19/03/2015 New £25,000 loans for PhD students and research Masters announced in the budget. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------21/02/2015 Alternative Guide mentioned on Moneysavingexpert's Student Funding Guide- 'highly recommended by careers advisors' Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/02/2015 New Student Story uploaded to our Archive- Ashley, part-time MA in Philosophy Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------30/01/2015 Busy with workshops up and down the country! Kent, UCL, RCA, LSHTM, Sheffield, Huddersfield...! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/01/2015 A Happy New Year from Gradfunding and Jacob the Crow! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/12/2014 Alternative Guide article featured in NASMA's Christmas newsletter! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/12/2014 Lucy Atkinson - one of our start student fundraisers - speaks to the Telegraph about the new Postgraduate Loans system. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------03/12/2014 £10,000 postgraduate loans system announced by the Chancellor. Exciting times in the postgrad funding world. Details to come... Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------02/12/2014 Will the Chancellor announce a new scheme of postgrad loans tomorrow? The postgrad funding world waits with baited breath! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------11/11/2014 Have you liked our facebook page? We sometimes post interesting funding updates there. So go on- you know you want to! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------07/11/2014 Shuzhi Zhou spoke to a packed audience at Essex's Postgraduate Open Day on alternative funding! Fancy a talk at your university's open day? Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------30/10/2014 Our director Dr. Luke Blaxill spoke at FindaPhd Live at Oxford on Tuesday. Huge audience, students v.engaged. Then 4 hours of questions... Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------27/10/2014 GSM London's article about secret funding options for students! The Alternative Guideis is amongst their featured organisations! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------20/10/2014 The Alternative Guide has been featured by the Brilliant Club. Our guest blogger Lucy Atkinson wrote this blog on her funding story! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/09/2014 All you need to do to promote the Alternative Guide Online is link to our Gateway URL: www.postgraduate-funding.com/gateway . Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/09/2014 This new section shares stories of a number of students who have been successful with raising funding to support their studies. Read more...
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