Head, hand, heart – and purse?

It's impossible to place a monetary value on an MSc in Human Ecology – but unfortunately, university fees must be paid. For some potential students, the burden of fees would be too much to bear, effectively excluding them from the transformative experience of the MSc. We are now establishing a bursary fund and reaching out to the community for support, to assist students who would face severe financial hardship by pursuing the MSc.

In addition to benefiting individual students, we believe that widening access to the MSc will help cultivate even greater diversity within the learning community and within the wider CHE network, enhancing the experience of everyone involved. Over time, a relatively small amount of money could have enormous impact, as the students who have received bursaries apply the lessons from the CHE to their own lives and communities. In the past, students from Latin America and Africa have benefited from bursaries from the Konrad Zweig Trust, but this is the first time the CHE has embarked on developing a specific bursary fund for its MSc.

This fund is a small, tangible way to put human ecology principles into practice – allowing less-privileged voices to be heard, empowering engagement, considering big-picture impacts, and placing resources where they will be most beneficial.

If you are in a position to help, please visit the donate page - http://www.che.ac.uk/mambo/content/section/14/141/ - where you can make a donation using GiftAid -- which means if you give £100, we receive £128. No donation is too small, or too large! Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested in contributing to this fund.

If you have any questions, or would like to discuss making a substantial gift, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it via e-mail, or on 0131 514 1011.

Thanks for your support!