The Student Bursary

The Costume Society presents an annual three-day symposium on a specific aspect of the study of dress. A different theme and a different venue is selected for each year. The symposium is always a three-day event, from Friday through to Sunday.

The Bursary is open to UK full-time and part-time students at graduate and postgraduate level engaged in research directed towards the presentation of a dissertation or thesis. Ideally, the research should either reflect a theme of the Costume Society Symposium of that year or be an object-based research project on the history of dress.

The bursary offers full attendance at the annual symposium inclusive of accommodation, meals and all visits and activities included in the symposium programme. The bursary does not cover transport to and from the symposium.

As you can see, both our bursary winners gained so much from being able to attend the symposium. Thank you all who were present for making them feel so welcome and being so generous with your time.' Liz Booty

Click here to see the winners of The Student Bursary and their reports.

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