Paynter Scholarship

For postgraduate students in the School of ACT.

  • Funding: £1,500 fee waiver
  • Academic year: 2025/26
  • Open to: EU, International (non-EU) and UK (home) students
  • Qualification level: Postgraduate research and Postgraduate taught
  • Number available: 1
Applications for 2025/26 are open until Sunday 1 June 2025, 11.59pm BST

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Awarded in memory of Prof John Paynter OBE. Paynter was appointed lecturer in the music department at the University of York in 1969 under the scholar and composer Wilfrid Mellers. As Professor of Music Education, Paynter assumed leadership of the department in 1983 and remained at York until his retirement in 1994.

Contact details

Kath Watson
act-admin-manager@york.ac.uk