We are delighted to announce that the first recipient of the BWS bursary is Britt Harrison.

Britt Harrison came to philosophy as a mature student, after A Levels in Maths, Physics and Chemistry, and a first undergraduate degree in Art History, at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Whilst working in the film industry, as a script consultant, she began studying in the evenings at London University’s Birkbeck College, where she took her BA in Philosophy, (achieving a First Class Honours). She followed this with an MA, again at Birkbeck, (gaining a Distinction), for which she offered a thesis that took a Wittgensteinian look at religious belief. 

Britt will commence PhD research at the University of Hertfordshire in September 2008. The working title of her PhD dissertation is 'Implications for Epistemology in the work of Wittgenstein: particularly the relation between knowing-how and knowing-that.' We wish Britt a successful and rewarding exploratory journey into the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

It will be possible to apply for the next BWS bursary in May 2011, for an autumn 2011 start.