studentshipn.
/ˈstjuːdntʃɪp/, /ˈstʃuːdntʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈst(j)udntˌʃɪp/ 1.
a. A position as member of the foundation of the college of Christ Church, Oxford; a fellowship. See student n.1 4a.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student with scholarship > position of
studentship1714
studency1780
1714 W. Oldisworth in E. Smith Wks. Char. Author sig. A3v The Electors of Trinity College..elected him; who yet being invited at the same time to Christ-Church, chose to accept a Studentship there.
1782 Life & Anecd. T. Newton 18 in T. Newton Wks. I Knowing the fellowships of Trinity College to be much more valuable than the studentships of Christ Church.
1858 Ordinances Oxf. Univ. Comm., Christ Church §2 In place of the hundred and one Studentships now existing..there shall be established and maintained within the House twenty-eight Senior Studentships and fifty-two Junior Studentships.
1970 E. G. W. Bill & J. F. A. Mason Christ Church & Reform 1850–67 16 Although Canoneer Studentships were not awarded by examination, it should not be concluded that intellectual ability had previously counted for little.
1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Feb. 10/3 He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, and readily obtained a permanent studentship.
b. Chiefly British. A funded position allowing a person to study at a college, university, or other institution of higher education, typically for a fixed period; a scholarship; (also) any grant or stipend awarded in support of academic study, typically at postgraduate level.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships
scholarship1535
demyship1536
burse1560
exhibition1631
travelling fellowship1694
bursary1733
travelling scholarship1798
studentship1802
Newcastle1832
pupilship1838
Newcastle1845
state scholarship1849
Ireland1861
bursarship1864
schol1888
freeship1893
Rhodes scholarship1902
Fulbright1952
schoolmaster studentship1957
assisted place1977
Rhodes1994
1802 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 71 [Gonville and Caius College] There are also four studentships..for students in physic.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 482/1 A studentship, worth about 100l a year, to be held for eight years, was founded by Christopher Tancred, Esq., for four students, to be educated in the study of the law at Lincoln's Inn.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Dec. 4/1 The medal carries with it a travelling studentship for travel and study abroad, of the value of £200 per annum, tenable for one year.
1909 Science 9 July 55/2 A research studentship in actinotherapeutics..has been established at Guy's hospital, London.
1969 Times 2 May 34 (advt.) Post-graduate studentships in management sciences.
2007 New Scientist 13 Jan. 78 (advt.) Applications are invited..for a full-time PhD studentship to study the potential of SWNTs as an anti-cancer reagent.
2. The fact or condition of being a student; (also) the time a person spends as a student. Somewhat rare after 19th cent.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > condition of
studentship1772
studentism1833
studenthood1836
1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. v. ii. 244 Domine Zancaslargas never spoke a single word to us upon this kind of orations; neither during my noviciate, nor my studentship, did any thing offer upon this subject.
1826 J. A. Paris Treat. Diet ii. 200 During the period of my studentship at Cambridge, Elizabeth Woodcock was buried under the snow for the space of eight days.
1881 Scribner's Monthly 22 235 It was..during Lepage's studentship in the Latin Quarter that he was first attracted to Jean-François Millet.
1914 Q. Rev. Jan. 89 Hartleben..refused to outgrow the noisy youth of studentship.
1987 D. Collinson Fifty Major Philosophers 27/1 Porphyry also identified three periods in Plotinus's work..: before Porphyry was Plotinus' student; the time of his studentship; and after his studentship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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