Cate Haste Scholarship in Media and Film (2025)

The University of Sussex is delighted to offer this scholarship of £3,000 for an applicant starting one of several courses in the Media Department in September 2025, named for Sussex alumna Cate Haste.

What you get

£3,000

Type of award

Tuition fee reduction

Funding type

Donor funded

Eligibility

Uk or international applicants holding an offer of a place on one of the following Masters courses are invited to submit an application for this award:

Cultural and Creative Industries MA

Filmmaking MA

Film Studies MA

Journalism and Documentary Practice MA

Journalism and Media Studies MA

Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA

Number of scholarships available

1

Deadline

15 June 2025 23:59

How to apply

Applications open April 2025

Sponsors

Cate Haste was a television producer, writer and Sussex alumna (1966). She produced many historical documentaries such as End of Empire (1984) and The Churchills (1995), and wrote several books, including Keep the Home Fires Burning: Propaganda in WW1 (1977), Nazi Women (2001), Clarissa Eden: A Memoir – From Churchill to Eden (2008), the Goldfish Bowl: Married to the Prime Minister (with Cherie Booth; 2005) and Rules of Desire: Sex in Britain WW1 to the Present (1992). Her book, Passionate Spirit: the Life of Alma Mahler, was published in 2019 and explores the life of Alma Mahler, who was a composer, author, socialite and extraordinary intellect.

Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk   

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Terms and conditions

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Availability

At level(s):
PG (taught)

Application deadline:
15 June 2025 23:59 (GMT)

Countries

The award is available to people from these specific countries: