College of Kent College of Social Coverage, Sociology and Social Analysis Subsequent Era Analysis Scholarship
Scholarship worth
This scholarship features a doctoral stipend (equal to the Analysis Councils UK Nationwide Minimal Doctoral Stipend, £17,668 for 2022/23), tuition charges and entry to additional analysis funding.
The scholarship is obtainable as a Graduate Instructing Assistantship. Profitable recipients are anticipated to show as an GTA throughout the interval of their doctorate. We count on this to be equal to three seminar teams per time period.
Deadline
Wednesday 1st of March 2023 12:00pm/midday
Interviews are more likely to be held mid-March 2023
Standards
The scholarship will probably be awarded to candidates with analysis proposals of the best high quality. Scholarships accessible for UK or worldwide candidates and could be taken full-time or part-time however should begin their PhD in September 2023.
So as to obtain this scholarship funding, you have to have {qualifications}/expertise equal to the usual of honours diploma at a primary or higher second class degree from a UK educational analysis organisation or an equal qualification from exterior the UK. A mix of {qualifications} and/or expertise that’s equal to a related UK diploma might also be accepted.
This scholarship endeavours to help extra college students from under-represented backgrounds to undertake doctoral levels and enter academia. At present, in UK academia, UK Black and different minority ethnic teams are under-represented. Accordingly, when now we have functions of equal advantage, we’ll prioritise UK-based candidates of Black and different minority ethnic heritage (to incorporate combined heritage). This can be a optimistic motion measure underneath s. 158 of the Equality Act 2010.
The scholarship is awarded to all topics providing PhD Levels lined throughout the College of Social Coverage, Sociology, and Social Analysis together with;
- Social Coverage
- Sociology
- Criminology
- Social Work
- Utilized Well being Analysis
- Philanthropy
- Migration Research
For a full-list of programmes supplied please seek advice from: www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/postgraduate
The applicant will need to have two supervisors who comply with supervise the undertaking. For a full record of potential supervisors inside SSPSSR see this record: https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/folks or use this search engine:
For extra details about the programmes and scholarship please contact the LSSJ post-graduate workplace lssjpgr@kent.ac.uk or the Director of Graduate Research for SSPSSR Professor Heejung Chung h.chung@kent.ac.uk.
For any questions concerning the net software course of, please contact the admissions staff lssjadmissions@kent.ac.uk or the LSSJ post-graduate analysis funding staff lssjpgrfunding@kent.ac.uk.
Additional particulars
The College of Social Coverage, Sociology and Social Analysis (SSPSSR), a part of the Division of Legislation, Society and Social Justice (LSSJ) on the College of Kent welcomes functions for the Subsequent Era Scholarship 2023. This scholarship is part of the LSSJ divisional funds by means of which a number of scholarships will probably be awarded to PGR candidates throughout the Division.
SSPSSR is among the largest social science communities in Europe. We work throughout many specialist areas throughout two campuses in Canterbury and Medway, and draw on a wide range of mental traditions, making certain that our analysis is broad and various in its scope. Inside our College, each college students and workers are genuinely fascinated with making a distinction. We don’t simply discover how society works and what its issues are. We’re actively engaged in making our world higher by means of coverage interventions, apply, and shifting public perceptions. A lot of our workers members work intently with UK and worldwide governments, native authorities, grass roots communities and organisations. Our workers’s work is highlighted usually on nationwide and worldwide media as main specialists on a variety of matters.
Now we have a few of the internationally main students in our discipline. We’re rated 1st for analysis high quality in Sociology, Criminology and Social Work, and 2nd for Social Coverage by the Sunday Instances Good College Information 2022. SSPSSR has been ranked third within the UK for its general analysis high quality within the Unit of Evaluation Social Coverage and Social Work within the newest Analysis Excellence Framework (REF2021). 100% of SSPSSR’s atmosphere, which incorporates PhD supervision and coaching, is classed as world-leading (4*).
Find out how to apply
Potential candidates should observe all three of the next steps to use for the Scholarship:
- Contact a possible supervisor inside SSPSSR with a proposal and get a affirmation that they’re keen to oversee your undertaking. You’re anticipated to obtain assist for the appliance.
- Submit an on-line software to review for a PhD within the College of Social Coverage, Sociology and Social Analysis. Please observe that we require candidates to submit all supporting paperwork, together with transcripts, the analysis proposal, a supervisory assertion, and references) by the Scholarship deadline
- Full the a Subsequent Era Scholarship Software Type and e-mail it to lssjpgrfunding@kent.ac.uk by the Scholarship cut-off date. Please title your e-mail ‘Subsequent Era Researcher SSPSSR’
Candidates who’ve utilized for the SeNSS, CSC or different scholarships linked to SSPSSR/Kent are inspired to use for this scholarship as properly.
(observe: interviews with short-listed candidates are more likely to happen in mid-March)