Scholarships and funding

Established in 2003, this award is presented to the student with the best overall mark for the module Exploring History: Research Workshop, on the basis of coursework and examination results.

Established in 2003, this award is presented to the second-year student with the best grid of marks.  

Established in 2003 and open to any student enrolled on the module. This award will be given for the best performance.

Established in 2003 and open to any student enrolled on the module. The award will be given for the best performance.

Established in 1991 to mark the departure of Dr Simon Collier from the University. The prize is awarded by the Board of Examiners in History to the best essay on a topic relating to the history of Asia (including Asiatic Russia), Africa, Latin America, Australasia and Oceania. All second and final-year students in BA History and History joint schemes, and BA Latin American Studies students taking history modules are eligible.

This prize is awarded by the Board of Examiners in History to the final-year BA History or History joint scheme student deemed to have written the best Dissertation.

The Pop Ronson Memorial Prize for Local History was established by the students of Thorpe Extra-Mural Studies Centre in 1997 as a memorial to Doreen (Pop) Ronson. Pop Ronson lived at Landermere, Thorpe-le-Soken. She taught in local schools and was an inspired and gifted teacher. On retirement in 1981 she established the Thorpe Extra-Mural Studies Centre.

The Centre was originally affiliated to Madingley College, Cambridge, but later became affiliated to the University of Essex, Centre for Continuing Education. The prize is awarded by the Board of Examiners in History to the final-year BA History or History joint scheme student deemed to have written the best project on a local history topic.  

The Essex Society for Family History offers an annual award of £500 to one postgraduate student (at Masters or PhD level) working on an Essex-related subject in the field of Local or Family History. The award is competitive and administered through the Centre for Public History.

Contact Professor Professor Alison Rowlands for further details. 

Through the generosity of the Hills family, the Department is able to offer a bursary of £1,500 to one mature postgraduate student (at Masters or PhD level).

Dr Philip Hills went to study for a BA in History as a mature student at the University of Essex in 1979, completing his degree in 1982. Following this he studied for his PhD in the Department of History completing this in 1989. While he was studying for his doctorate he also taught in the History Department and later lectured and taught 19th Century English Social History until leaving in 1997. He was also involved in the Local History Centre.

Please contact us for details of how to apply.

A £50 prize will be awarded by the Department of History for the best MA dissertation on a subject related to Essex history. If no suitable dissertation on Essex history is submitted in any particular year, the Prize may be awarded to the best dissertation on a topic related to John Appleby’s various interests, for example local history, India, Russia, Atlantic World, history of education and history of medicine.

This Prize is awarded by the Board of Examiners in History to the MA student deemed to have written the best Dissertation.