Scholarships Awarded to Blackfriars Students

Adam Wilcox, winner of The Fr John Whooley Scholarship for Eastern Catholic Studies

Blackfriars are delighted to announce that Adam Wilcox has been awarded The Fr John Whooley Scholarship for Eastern Catholic Studies to support his study for the MPhil candidate in Eastern Christian Studies at Blackfriars.

Adam has an MA (Honours) in Biblical Studies from St Andrews University and his research interests include late antique Syriac poetry and exegesis, the reception of scripture in ancient Judaism and early Christianity, biblical poetics, and the priestly literature of the Hebrew Bible.

Outside his formal studies, Adam enjoys fly fishing and arguing about theology with his friends.

We join Adam in expressing our sincere gratitude for the generous donation that made this scholarship possible.

Meng-Ping Hsu, winner of the New Blackfriars Scholarship 2025-26

The New Blackfriars’ Scholarship 2025-26 has been awarded to Meng-Ping Hsu, who is studying for an MSC in Politics Research.

Meng-Ping expressed her gratitude for the award:

“It is a privilege to be a recipient of the New Blackfriars’ Scholarship. As an MSc. in Politics Research student, I am exploring how identity factors like gender and ethnicity condition development opportunities and peace, particularly in contexts with acute political violence. This funding enables me to build transformative research that will hopefully materialise in a kinder world.

“My professional objective is to generate knowledge that builds ethical, realistic, and sustainable solutions that change lives for the better. I am honoured to be able to advance towards this goal alongside the Blackfriars’ community, whose warm willingness to engage in diverse worldviews nurture my intellectual curiosity and inspire me to seek more innovative methods and approaches to current global challenges.”