Useful Links on the United Kingdom
offers grants for research abroad and collaborative research projects involving British and international scholars. It also offers conference funding both for British scholars travelling abroad and for British scholars organising conferences for international scholars in the UK . Awards are available for research at post-doctoral level in the humanities and social sciences.
10-11 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
T. + 44 20 7969 5200
F. +44 20 7969 530
Email: enquiriesthebritishacademy.ac.uk
Web: www.britac.ac.uk
runs programmes in education, English language, the arts, science and technology, sports and governance. Its purpose is to build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide.
For all enquiries please contact:
British Council Information Centre
T. +44 161 957 7755
Opening times for telephone and textphone calls are 08.30-17.30 GMT
provides a central application service for courses at seven UK conservatories, all of which are members of Conservatories UK (CUK), the network of music colleges.
Rosehill, New Barn Lane
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 3LZ
T. +44 371 468 0 470
Web: https://www.ucas.com/conservatoires
23 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PZ
T. 020 7824 1300
Web: www.london.diplo.de
awards a number of grants to enable British postgraduate students to spend up to 6 months pursuing historical research in Germany for a doctoral degree.
17 Bloomsbury Square
London
WC1A 2NJ
T. 020 7309 2050
F. 020 7309 2055
Email: ghilghil.ac.uk
Web: www.ghil.ac.uk
PO BOX 2695
London
W1A 3TN
T. 020 7317 0908
Web: http://www.germany.travel/en/index.html
aim to encourage international cultural co-operation by organising cultural events and projects, library and information services, teaching advice for German as a foreign language and language courses.
Goethe-Institut London
50 Princes Gate
Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2PH
T. 020 7596 4000
Email: infolondon.goethe.org
Web: www.goethe.de/london
Goethe-Institut Glasgow
3 Park Circus
Glasgow
G3 6AX
T. 0141 332 2555
Email:infoglasgow.goethe.org
Web: www.goethe.de/glasgow
provides a centralized application service for postgraduate teacher training programmes offered by universities, colleges and school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) consortia in England, Wales and Scotland.
GTTR
Rosehill
New Barn Lane
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 3 LZ
T. 0371 468 0469
Web: https://www.ucas.com/teaching-in-the-uk
offers postgraduates Study Abroad Studentships for 12 – 24 months at institutions of higher education in Germany and other countries. The Leverhulme Trust also grants financial assistance to experienced researchers in the UK who wish to conduct a research project in the UK or overseas. Academic interchange grants to create or develop an effective research network are also made, funding the visits of scholars from groups of higher education institutions to and from the UK .
1 Pemberton Row
London
EC4A 3BG
T. 020 7042 9888
F. 020 7042 9889
Web: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/schemes-at-a-glance
International Travel Grants scheme facilitates collaboration between UK and overseas scientists in order to exploit opportunities for building lasting networks. This new scheme allows UK scientists to visit their German counterparts or for German scientists to travel to the UK . The Joint Projects scheme supports collaboration between two individuals or research groups, one in the UK and one in Germany , and runs for two years. In addition, the Royal Society has just launcheda new International Fellowship programme in collaboration with the British Academy and Royal Academy of Engineering: The Newton International Fellowships. This new scheme, which covers all areas of humanities, engineering, social and natural sciences, is open to early post-doctoral researchers from any country other than the UK , including Germany .
6–9 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AG
T. 020 7451 2500
Web: https://royalsociety.org/
For Newton International Fellowship scheme:
is responsible for managing applications to higher education courses in the UK , processing more than two million applications for full-time undergraduate courses every year.
UCAS
Rosehill
New Barn Lane
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 3LZ
T. 03714680468
Web: www.ucas.com
is the National Academic Recognition Information Centre for the UK and offers guidance on the equivalence between international and UK qualifications.
UK NARIC
Suffolk House 68-70
Suffolk Road
Cheltenham
GL50 2ED
T. 0871 330 7033
F. 0871 330 7005
Email: infonaric.org.uk
Web: www.naric.org.uk
provides a comprehensive course listing for postgraduate taught and research programmes in the UK and an online application and tracking service for participating universities and colleges.
UKPASS
Rosehill
New Barn Lane
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 3LZ
T. 0871 334 4447
Web: https://www.ucas.com/postgraduate
is the European Office of the UK Research Councils and provides information and advice services on EU funding for research and higher education.
4 Rue du Trône
1000 Brussels
Belgium
T. +32 2 230 1535
Email: ukrobbsrc.ac.uk
Web: www.ukro.ac.uk
