AQW 37799/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Employment and Learning
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail the number of Post-Graduate awards that his Department has provided in partnership with universities, in each year since 2011.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 21 October 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 21 October 2014
- Answer due by
- 5 November 2014
- Answered
- 5 November 201415 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Employment and Learning
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department makes available funding for postgraduate awards in the form of PhD studentships at the Queen’s University Belfast and The University of Ulster. At the discretion of the awarding university, these awards can be commuted to students undertaking a Masters Research degree (MRes). The awards since 2011 are as follows:
Academic YearFunded PhD StudentshipsCommuted to MRes
2011/12695 20
2012/13595 18
2013/14631 NA
2014/15729 NA
Information in respect of funded MRes degrees for academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15 is not yet available.
In addition to the above, my Department also provides funding for the Aerospace MSc Bursary Programme. In academic year 2013/14 DEL supported 11 bursary holders and in academic year 2014/15 is supporting 10. There will be a further intake of bursary holders in academic year 2015/16.