Financial Support

We appreciate that financial support is a key consideration for students. ASE offers several named scholarships and need-based monetary provisions, which can help with costs while you attend the programme.

Named Scholarship Path

How to Apply

You’ll get the option to apply for a named scholarship and/or need-based support on your initial application to the ASE programme. 

A detailed one to two-page letter of application for each scholarship you would like to be considered for.

For example, if you are applying for an ASE Alumni Scholarship, the Mike Ruiz Scholarship, and the Don Nunes Memorial Scholarship, you should write three letters of application. Please check our Application Letters guidance page for more details.

Please send the following when you apply for a named scholarship:

  1. Your financial aid statement, detailing current awards. Please indicate clearly which awards are need-based and which are merit-based.

  2. A detailed one to two-page application letter for each named scholarship you would like to be considered for

Note: If you are unsuccessful in your application for a named award, you will be considered for need-based support.

  • Thanks to the generous support of the ASE alumni community, ASE is able to offer two scholarships of £500 each semester to two students with proven financial need. 

    • Available to: Summer Students and Summer School Students

    • Award Semester: £500

    • Award Summer: £300

  • In honour of Ann Nunes, ASE’s second Director. The Ann Nunes Scholarship for Educators is available to a student in the ASE Education Programme.

    Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.

    • Available to: Semester Students and Summer School Students

    • Award Semester: £500

    • Award Summer: £250

  • In memory of ASE founder, Don Nunes, who believed passionately that ASE should be accessible to as ethnically diverse a group of students as possible.

    The Don Nunes Memorial Scholarship is available to a student from an underrepresented population, according to need.

    Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.

    • Available to: Semester Students and Summer School Students

    • Award Semester: £1000

    • Award Summer: £500

    If you are interested in the Don Nunes Memorial Scholarship and would like to receive further information, please email admin@asebath.org.

  • Mike Ruiz is an alum of the programme, who studied in Bath in the Spring of 1998. He has generously endowed a needs-based scholarship to help make studying abroad more accessible to the LGBTQ+ community.

    The Mike Ruiz Scholarship is available to a student from the LGBTQ+ community, according to need.

    Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.

    • Available to: Semester Students and Summer School Students

    • Award Semester: £500

    • Award Summer: £500

  • Generously endowed by Leslie Mechem and Michael Arnush, emeritus professors of Classics at Skidmore College and long-standing friends of ASE. They team-taught the first The Romans in Britain course in the summer of 2002, and Michael served for many years on the ASE Advisory Council.

    This needs-based scholarship is available to a summer student choosing to take The Romans in Britain as one of their seminar courses.

    Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.

    • Available to: Summer School Students

    • Award: £500

  • In honour of Siouxsie Easter, a long-time professor of theatre at Wells College, NY.  Siouxsie helped launch ASE’s Theatre Summer School and designed many of ASE’s semester offerings for theatre students.  

    This scholarship is available to a student studying theatre-related courses. 

    Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.

    • Available to: Semester Students and Theatre Summer School Students

    • Award Semester: £500

    • Award Summer: £250

  • Catherine Golden and Michael Marx are long-standing Skidmore College faculty and close friends of ASE. In 2001, Catherine taught a course on “The Brontës,” and the study trip took students to learn on location in Haworth. Catherine has frequently returned to Bath to teach Jane Austen on location to Skidmore students and adult learners. Michael taught a course on “Transatlantic Nature Writing” in the summer of 2023, taking students to Sherwood Forest for a memorable study trip. He also helped ASE develop its first website.

    Thanks to their generosity, this Scholarship will provide financial support to a student attending the ASE Main Summer School.

    Applicants should provide evidence of financial need and, in a letter of application, describe how the Programme will enhance their undergraduate education or career goals.

    Both your letter of application and the financial aid information provided will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.

  • Warren Rochelle and his husband, Gary Nelson, are long-standing friends of ASE.

    Warren is a retired English and Creative Writing Professor from the University of Mary Washington. He taught English courses at ASE’s Summer School in 2007 and 2013. Gary was an educator for 35 years and is now focusing on writing. His work has appeared in publications such as the Huffington Post, Positive Light, a Canadian online journal, HIV Plus magazine, and Krista Tippett’s OnBeing.com.


    This need-based scholarship is available to an ASE Summer School student needing financial support.

    Applicants should provide a letter of application describing how the Programme will enhance their undergraduate education or career goals.

    Your letter of application will be shared with external donors who fund the scholarship.

Need-based Support Path

How to Apply

You’ll get the option to apply for a scholarship award and/or need-based support on your initial application to the ASE programme. 

Please send the following when you apply for a scholarship: 

  1. Your financial aid statement, detailing current awards.

Please indicate clearly which awards are needs-based and which are merit-based when you apply for scholarships and financial support.

ASE Need-based Financial Support

The programme offers financial support to students who can demonstrate significant financial need, up to a maximum value of £1000 per student per semester.

Pell-eligible students are particularly encouraged to apply.

Assistantships

If you are a semester student and you need a visa to come to the UK, ASE offers you the chance to apply for an Assistantship to help offset this additional cost.

Each semester, ASE appoints up to four students to assist in the running of the programme.

As an assistant, you’ll receive a stipend of £500 for an average weekly commitment of 3.5–4 hours over 15 weeks.

  • General Programme Assistant: You’ll be expected to help keep the programme running smoothly! There are regular small maintenance tasks to do around Nelson House (your study centre), as well as ad hoc help for various departments (ie, assisting with big projects in the Library, helping to prep Social & Cultural events, etc.).

  • Library Assistant: You'll help the academic team catalogue new books and DVDs using the online resource portal. You'll also keep the library tidy and create displays themed to world events and ASE trips/events. You'll help the academic team catalogue new books and DVDs using the online resource portal. You'll also keep the library tidy and create displays themed to world events and ASE trips/events.

  • Social Media Assistant: You’ll help ASE with its content creation and social media posts, as well as regularly posting to the ASE Instagram.  You would also support the team with publicity filming and compiling photos for the Final Tea slideshow - a video montage of your cohort’s experience at ASE. 

  • Social and Cultural Assistant: You’ll support the planning and delivery of social activities and events, contribute to the Social & Cultural Instagram, research and promote local events and opportunities, and assist in the design and rollout of new S&C initiatives and programme features as needed.

  • Alumni Communications Assistant: You’ll support the work of ASE’s Alumni Engagement and Development team by communicating with and engaging our community of alumni and friends of the programme. You will create content for our alumni groups on social media and on our own community platform, as well as help to prepare promotional materials and assist with other alumni engagement activities.

A visa is required to apply for these positions.

Check our Application Letters Guidance
“Studying at ASE Bath ignites the global learner and explorer in each one of my students.”
— Siouxsie Easter, Wells College

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