Changes to FGS Funding Formula – BC Government Announcement A Good First Step, But What’s Next?
The Association welcomes an announcement made earlier this week by the BC government to invest $2.5 million into graduate scholarships at UVic. This comes as part of an overall funding boost of $12 million to students in graduate degree programs throughout the province. The new funding provides for the first merit-based provincial graduate scholarships in BC’s history. BC has been falling behind for years in terms of providing support for graduate training, and we hope this investment will go a…