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Midlands4Cities Fully Funded PhD Studentships

AHRC Midlands4Cities PhD funding for UK and International Applicants

The AHRC-funded  Midlands4Cities  Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands, to support research students to become experts in their field and to employ their knowledge and skills in their career destinations.

M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.

AHRC funding is open to all UK and International students who meet the academic and residency eligibility criteria as detailed in the M4C application guidance .

For full details of eligibility, funding, research supervision areas and CDA projects, and for dates of our November application writing workshops, please visit the  M4C website or contact [email protected] .

Applying to study at Birmingham City University for Midlands4Cities 

Please download the expression of interest form, complete it and send it to [email protected] . This will ensure that you receive all BCU-specific guidance for applying for M4C funding.

In order to ensure that there is sufficient time to develop a full application, the deadline for the submission of an expression of interest is  17 November 2023 . If you miss this deadline and would still like to be considered, please contact  [email protected] .

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International Applicants

International applicants comply with all international admissions requirements, including a valid Academic IELTS certificate with an overall score of 7.0 with no band below 6.5 or equivalent.  We encourage international applicants to visit the  international pages of the BCU website for full information.

If you are unsure of your status,  UKCISA  provides information on tuition fees to help you assess your fee status, with guidance on whether you have UK or international student status.

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Don't know where to start with your PhD application? Dr John Mercer, Professor of Gender and Sexuality at Birmingham School of Media, shares his advice.

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• Every word counts, so choose them carefully!

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The AHRC NWCDTP provides funding for postgraduate researchers to undertake doctoral research and training. We have 15 discipline Pathways broadly organised as Histories, Cultures & Heritage; Creative and Performing Arts; Languages and Literature. You can read about our Pathways and see what kind of doctoral work has been funded in each one on their dedicated pages. Every applicant will select a pathway to apply to.

The AHRC NWCDTP particularly welcomes applications from prospective candidates from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in Higher Education. We have committed to supporting those communities that often have been marginalised. We are beginning a process that we hope will address the underrepresentation and inequalities within our organisation. At the NWCDTP, we are working to address imbalances and promote equality of opportunity .

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We will be running online application workshops via Zoom for those who are interested in applying. Please find below dates, times and details on how to join our workshops :

27 Oct 2023, 10 – 11am (GMT): https://zoom.us/j/99387595337 8 Jan 2024, 3 – 4pm (GMT): https://zoom.us/j/98057198832

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us [email protected] .

Applications need to be sent directly to your institution by the 2 February

How to apply

Doctoral studentships (+2/+3), the deadline for applications to be submitted is 5pm gmt on friday 2 february 2024..

To apply for an award, candidates must have applied for a place on a programme at ONE of the seven NWCDTP institutions by Friday 12 January 2024 – Please note some institutions may have earlier deadlines, please check with your local administrator before applying.

Candidates must also submit a NWCDTP Funding Application by Friday 2 February 2024 (5pm GMT) in order to be considered.

Please find below the application form, and guidance on how to apply. Please ensure to also submit an Equality and Diversity Monitoring form when you submit your funding application. Please ensure that you take into account our initiatives and policies around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion when preparing an application. Please also ensure that you look at our Sustainability Toolkit when preparing an application.

Any questions please contact your local administrator (see appendix 2 in the guidance) or contact  [email protected]

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The NWCDTP is committed to equality of opportunity and working to ensure our cohort of postgraduate researchers reflects the diverse community we serve. We have introduced a range of positive measures to assist in achieving these commitments, recognising in particular that postgraduate researchers from Global Majority, Disabled, and Socioeconomically Unequal communities are currently underrepresented on our programmes and across the UK university sector. The introduction of these measures follows a review of our recruitment processes and forms part of a three-year plan we have developed to achieve greater diversity and better equality outcomes.

In 2023/24, we will recruit directly to the following Named Studentships:

Global Majority or Global Majority heritage studentship – recognising that our PGR cohort does not reflect the diversity of the UK population, this studentship is open to a Global Majority or Global Majority heritage candidate. This studentship is available for Home and International candidates.

Broken Pipeline studentship – recognising the clear inequality within the HE sector this studentship is for a UK-domiciled candidate from an underrepresented group or background. This studentship is for candidates who feel that they are from groups or backgrounds that are underrepresented within UK Higher Education and experience barriers to access and participation. Many of these groups or backgrounds intersect and overlap and can pose barriers to equality of opportunity.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council funding through the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership

The AHRC  Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership  (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers.

Applications open Monday 16 October 2023.

General information .

M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.

For 2024 entry Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership is offering up to 70 fully funded PhD studentships for eligible students in arts and humanities through an Open Competition and 16 studentships through Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA). The CDA projects provide diverse and unique project opportunities with national, regional and local partner organisations.  For 2024, the Stuart Hall Foundation (SHF) Scholarship will support up to two studentships a year for Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic candidates to undertake doctoral research in arts and humanities.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding is open to UK and International research students. M4C studentships can be undertaken full-time and part-time. Studentships for open doctoral awards are for 3.5 years and for the CDAs are for 4 years full-time study (a maximum of 7 years and 8 years respectively for part-time study).

There are two routes to PhD study :

• Open Doctoral Awards, where you agree a research proposal in any disciplinary or interdisciplinary area of the arts and humanities with your supervisory team. (70 awards available)
• Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDAs), which are co-designed between an M4C institution and an external partner organisation. (16 awards available)

Open Doctoral Awards

We invite applications from UK and International students with research interests in the following AHRC subject areas:

• Archaeology
• Classics and Ancient History
• Drama and Theatre Arts
• English Language and Literature
• Heritage Studies
• History (including African Studies)
• Interdisciplinary (including Sexuality and Gender Studies)
• Linguistics
• Media, Film Studies and Creative Writing
• Modern Languages
• Theology and Religion
• Visual Arts and History of Art

For full details of the research areas available, please see our AHRC research areas .

Deadlines and further information

The deadline for AHRC funding applications is 12:00 GMT on 10 January 2024.  Applicants must also have applied for a place to study at one of the eight M4C universities. 

The University of Birmingham & Birmingham City University will be holding a joint online writing workshop on Saturday 11 November 2023 11:00-16:00 UK time. There are other joint writing workshops available, held online by the Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham universities. For full eligibility, funding, research supervision areas and CDA project details, and for dates and booking information for the November 2023 application writing workshops, visit the M4C website or contact [email protected] .

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AHRC: CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership

Birkbeck is a research intensive university and part of the  Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE) Doctoral Training Programme . Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), CHASE offers fully funded doctoral research studentships across the entire range of Birkbeck's arts and humanities research.

2024-25 entry competition

The CHASE studentship recruitment competition for entry in 2024-25 is now open.

Important: We strongly encourage you to submit a programme application as soon as you can. The earlier you receive an offer of a place on your chosen PhD programme, the earlier you can begin to prepare your application for CHASE funding.

Funding provided

• Studentships are available for full-time or part-time doctoral research. 
• Successful students will be awarded a studentship which provides tuition fees paid in full and a tax-free stipend for living costs (£20,662 per annum for 2023-24). If you have a disability you may be entitled to a Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) on top of your studentship. 
• You will also have access to support funding to cover the costs of your research and professional development, whether that’s language training, field trips, placements or sharing your work at conferences, for example. You can also access specially designed training courses to help you develop your research skills, and undertake placement projects with partner organisations.

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants must be able to meet the entry criteria for their chosen PhD programme. Both Home and International students are eligible to apply for AHRC CHASE funding, but Stuart Hall Foundation applicants must be eligible for Home fees. 

Stuart Hall Foundation CHASE AHRC studentships

• CHASE is is working in partnership with the Stuart Hall Foundation (SHF) to support at least two studentships a year for Home candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic to undertake doctoral research in arts and humanities. Applicants with an interest in the work and legacy of Stuart Hall are particularly encouraged. All applicants will also be entered into the general studentship competition.
• As well as the usual benefits of a CHASE studentship, recipients of this award will benefit from working with SHF to develop their career and research profile. They will enjoy privileged access to the work of the Foundation be able to engage with and contribute to its resources and networks, including the annual gathering of Stuart Hall Foundation Scholars and Fellows. 
• This is a positive action initiative under the Equality Act 2010.

Please note : A maximum of 30% of studentships can be awarded to international students each year.

• Further details about eligibility and  funding  are available on the  CHASE website .

Application webinars

CHASE will host a number of webinars with essential guidance on how to make a strong application for these studentships. Dates will be announced on the studentship application webpage , but currently include the following session:

• 3 November Applicant webinar 1 
• 10 November Applicant webinar 2 (prospective Stuart Hall Foundation studentship applicants)

Application process

In order to be considered for CHASE funding at Birkbeck, you need to meet two requirements:

• Submit an application for entry to an MPhil/PhD programme and be offered a place to study for a PhD here at Birkbeck.
• Submit an online CHASE application form to be considered by our Birkbeck CHASE recruitment and selection process.

It is important that you read the following instructions about the application process.

Step 1. Apply for an MPhil/PhD programme

• Deadline: Friday 5 January 2024 .
• You should contact the school in which you wish to study as soon as possible to discuss the application process with them - contact details are available below.
• You will find advice on how to apply for a PhD programme, including finding a supervisor and writing a research proposal, on our  online PhD programme pages .
• Please note : When you submit your programme application, please state that you intend to apply for CHASE funding at the top of your research proposal.

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

• School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication , including doctoral research in:
• Creative writing
• English literature and liberal arts
• Film, media and journalism
• Languages and linguistics
• Performing arts and arts management
• Postgraduate Research School Lead : Joe Brooker or Joel McKim
• School of Historical Studies , including doctoral research in:
• Art history
• Archaeology
• Museums and heritage
• Postgraduate Research School Lead : Jennifer Baird
• School of Social Sciences , including doctoral research in:
• Criminology
• Human geography
• Psychosocial studies
• Postgraduate Research School Lead : Silvia Posocco or Shino Shiode
• Administrative Contact : For details about faculty deadlines and administrative queries about submitting a CHASE studentship application please contact the PGR Support Manager: Sam Tewkesbury .

Faculty of business and Law

• CHASE studentship funding is available for PhD programmes in the following school:
• School of Law , including doctoral research in:
• Postgraduate Research School Lead: Bernard Keenan
• Administrative Contact : For details about faculty deadlines and administrative queries about submitting a CHASE studentship application please contact the PGR Support Manager: Beverley Moles .

Step 2: Submit an application for CHASE funding

• Deadline: Midday on Friday 26 January 2024 .
• In order for your CHASE application to be considered, you need to complete an  online CHASE application form .
• The school where your chosen PhD programme is based will need to send you a code in order for you to access the CHASE online portal - access will be provided once you have been offered a place on an MPhil/PhD programme.
• Your online CHASE application form will be the basis for shortlisting at Stages 1 to 3 outlined in the following section.
• CHASE applications will be assessed on the basis of your research proposal (50%), your preparedness for research (25%) and the suitability of research environment (25%). Competitive applications need to be strong in all these areas and the panel will expect to see evidence of this from candidates, referees and potential supervisors in each application. 
• Prospective students - CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership  is available on the CHASE website providing details of what must be included in your application and the selection criteria for CHASE applicants; it is essential that you read these guidelines carefully.
• The preparedness for research section includes an optional widening participation statement which candidates can use to provide context on aspects of their preparedness and on their motivation to undertake doctoral study. Assessors will consider information provided in the widening participation statement alongside other answers in the preparedness for research section. CHASE invite widening participation statements from candidates who are from any under-represented groups, including people with disabilities, ethnic minorities (especially Black British), lower income families and mature students.

How your CHASE application will be considered at Birkbeck

CHASE DTP studentships are awarded on a competitive basis and we can nominate a limited number of candidates to be considered by CHASE for entry in Autumn 2024. For the 2023-24 competition each CHASE partner was allowed to put forward a maximum of 17 nominees.

The internal selection process will conclude with a College-wide panel who will identify the strongest 17 nominees to go forward to the final AHRC CHASE DTP selection panels.

CHASE competition outcomes

It is expected that CHASE will notify successful candidates of outcomes by 1 May 2024.

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Goldsmiths is one of nine leading research institutions that are part of  CHASE , the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts Southeast England.

CHASE funds up to 56 studentships per year across nine participating universities.

Year of entry

Eligibility criteria.

Research projects by MPhil/PhD applicants for any Goldsmiths Department oriented towards Arts and Humanities Research are eligible to be considered for funding.

International students are eligible for all UKRI-funded postgraduate studentships. The award will cover a stipend to support living costs (£20,622 for 2023/24) and tuition fees at the international rate (with funding provided by both Goldsmiths and the UKRI).

If you have already started doctoral study, you may still be eligible for an AHRC studentship funding providing that, at the start of the AHRC funding awarded, you will have at least 50% of your fundable period of study (which excludes the writing up/completion period) remaining.

A student who has started their doctoral studies (unfunded) on a part-time basis is permitted to convert to full-time status upon receipt of an award.

Application deadlines

The first stage of the application process is that you must apply for a postgraduate place for your intended programme of study via the standard Goldsmiths application method. For the majority of Departments, this should be done as soon as possible and absolutely no later than 5 January 2024 (17:00 GMT). Please note that the following Departments have set earlier deadlines in order to accommodate internal review processes:

· Art - 20 November 2023

· Music - 1 December 2023

· Visual Cultures - 3 November 2023

The second stage of the application process is the CHASE AHRC studentship application, made via the CHASE SMApply system). Any candidate who applies for funding via the CHASE AHRC application process on SMApply who have not already applied for a postgraduate place at Goldsmiths by the relevant admissions application deadline as above will be deemed ineligible. The deadline for this second stage of the process is 26 January 2024 (5pm UK time).

Please note that access to the SMApply system requires the access code, which for Goldsmiths candidates will be provided by your Departmental CHASE contact (normally the PGR Convenor).

If you have already started your studies and eligible to apply as per the note above, you should email your Departmental CHASE contact to indicate you intend to apply and require the access code.

You are strongly advised to contact the department you are interested in joining for details of their selection processes (including any internal deadlines they may have). We would also encourage you to discuss the completion of the separate CHASE SMApply application with the relevant Departmental PGR Convenor. 

Shortlisted applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application in  early May 2024 .

Contact details

If you have any queries, please contact the Goldsmiths Graduate School:  [email protected] .

Events run by CHASE

Separately, CHASE will be hosting several applicant events (3 and 10 November 2023) to give more detail about the general process. If attending these events, please keep in mind the deadlines above internal to Goldsmiths.

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Potential sources of funding to help you join the RCA’s thriving research community.

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With the Government's Doctoral Loan and the continued support available via the Arts and Humanities Research Council, there are more financial support options than ever before. In this section you can find information about both of these funding strands.

London Arts and Humanities Partnership

London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP) is an AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership supporting PhD studies in the arts and humanities. LAHP supports all arts and humanities discipline-based projects (including both practice and thesis routes), as well as candidates specialising in interdisciplinary research. Our research and training environment encourages doctoral researchers to develop new methodologies. In addition, our network of partnerships with leading organisations in the cultural sector provides an outstanding resource for future LAHP students. The RCA particularly supports applications in the following AHRC areas: Cultural & Museum Studies, Information & Communications Technology, Art History, Design, Visual Arts, Media, Film Studies, and Ethnography & Anthropology.

Details of the studentship

LAHP studentships will comprise:

• Home Students: full fees waiver, stipend, access to additional funding opportunities, and a training events programme (for up to three years full-time/six years part-time). 
• EU Students: full fee waiver, access to additional funding opportunities, and a training events programme (for up to three years FTE/six years part-time). 

Note that successful applicants will be required to submit their project for examination no less than 12 months after their funded period ends.

Eligibility

London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) applications are open to new students, and existing RCA students.

• New applicants who are NOT yet studying at the RCA: you need to have made your application to study at the RCA by 1 December if you wish to apply for LAHP funding. Please note this application is in addition to an application for the LAHP funding.  
• Existing RCA PhD students: Existing students with no less than 50 per cent of their period of study remaining (excluding the continuation/writing-up period), at the start of the AHRC award will need to submit an application directly to LAHP.

Please see the LAHP website for further derails.

How to apply

• Applications for funding open in November. Applications open via the LAHP application portal
• Applicants MUST have submitted an application for PhD study at one LAHP partner institution before the application deadline (please note application deadlines for individual institutions might be different. Please check directly with your own institution).
• Applications for 2024 entry closed on 26 January 2024 at 5pm
• We advise you to read the eligibility criteria carefully on the LAHP website to ensure they meet and understand the requirements. 

Find more information on how to apply and submit your application via the LAHP website .

Successful applicants

Successful applicants who will be awarded a LAHP studentship will be informed in Spring 2024.

In addition to the RCA, partner institutions include King’s College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Queen Mary University of London, the Royal College of Art, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, the Royal College of Music and the School of Advanced Study (University of London), in formal partnership with the Museum of London, the Metropolitan Police and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships

Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships are allocations of AHRC-funded collaborative research studentships made to a museum, library, archive or heritage organisation, or group of such organisations to allocate to collaborative projects that support their work and objectives

Visit  Arts & Humanities Research Council website  for more information on current studentships

The Paul Mellon Centre Scholarships

MPhil Scholarship and PhD Scholarship  opportunities as part of the PMC’s ‘New Narratives’ scheme, designed to increase the diversity of perspectives among scholars within the field of British Art History.

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The alternative guide to postgraduate funding.

One of the most useful resources for discovering funding opportunities is The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding . This is an external resource that the RCA subscribes to and makes available for our students. You can log in with your RCA email or request the pin number from Student Support ( [email protected] ).  

Grants Online

Grants Online is one of the UK's most comprehensive and up to date information resources for grant funding. With nearly 5,000 funding schemes available within the UK, there's a lot of information to keep on top of. Grants Online is a regularly updated source for the latest funding opportunities.

UK Government Doctoral Loan

Students who normally reside in England and study for a PhD may be eligible for a Doctoral Loan from Student Finance England.

Doctoral Loan Key Facts:

• A loan of £29,390 is available.
• The loan is paid in termly instalments over the duration of the programme (until you submit your thesis).
• For full-time programmes you will initially be put on a four-year programme, for part-time programme, a seven-year programme. If your programme length changes, your remaining payments will be rescheduled.
• The loan is not means-tested (i.e. it is not based on your income).
• If you are in receipt of Research Council funding (or will be) you are not eligible for the Doctoral Loan.
• If you already have an equivalent (or higher) level qualification you will not be eligible for the Doctoral Loan. This is regardless of when or in which country the previous qualification was studied.
• If you are not studying the full PhD programme, you will not be eligible for the Doctoral Loan.
• If you have previously received a Doctoral Loan (even if the programme was not completed) you will not be eligible for another Doctoral Loan except in certain circumstances.
• You will only start to repay this loan from the April after you have left the programme, or the April four years after the programme started (whichever is sooner).
• Repayments are 6% of anything earned over £21,000.
• You can apply online at GOV.UK - Doctoral Loan for your Doctoral Loan.
• Applications usually open in June and will take around four to six weeks to be processed.
• To find out more visit GOV.UK - Doctoral Loan .

If you reside in Wales, then you can find out more about the funding available to you here:

Student Finance Wales

For more information on how to apply, visit Applying for student finance: PhD

Progression discount

Full-time UK, EU and International students who have completed a Master’s degree at the RCA will be eligible for a £1,000 discount on Research degree tuition fees for up to three years of study. The Research degree must be started within five years of graduation.

Other funding opportunities

We have a number of funding or part-funding opportunities that arise during the year and these will be advertised here and on jobs.ac.uk . For more information, contact the Research office or Student Support office.

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The University of Edinburgh is now part of a consortium of 10 Universities which have been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to support postgraduate studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland.

AHRC/SGSAH PhD Studentships 2024/25

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) is comprised of the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highlands & Islands, St Andrews, Stirling, Strathclyde, Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and offers PhD studentships each year. Further details of the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities can be found here.

Award The award will cover the PhD tuition fee and a stipend at the UKRI level for 3.5 years.

Eligibility

Candidates will normally hold a relevant First Class Honours degree (such as BA, BMus, BSc or LLB) and preferably a similar calibre of Master’s degree.

PhD students within the eligible subject areas who are currently in their first year of PhD study are eligible to apply.

Awards are available to Home fee applicants and limited awards available for International applicants. Please check the full UKRI eligibility criteria here .

To qualify for Home status an applicant must:

        Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or

        Have settled status, or

        Have pre-settled status AND meet residency requirement (3 years residency in the  

        UK/EEA/Gibraltar/Switzerland immediately before the start of the PhD.) or

        Have indefinite leave to enter or remain

Applications for this funding is now closed for 2024 entry.

Step 1: Apply for a PhD programme at the University of Edinburgh. Each School will have an individual deadline for this funding so please check the School web pages below.

Step 2: Complete the SGSAH funding application form and return it to the School by the relevant School deadline.

Step 3: The University will select and nominate applicants to go forward to the next stage of the competition.

Step 4: Nominated applicant submits the full SGSAH funding application form to the online SGSAH portal in early February 2024. SGSAH release the final funding decisions at the end of April.

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Edinburgh College of Art

School of GeoSciences

School of History, Classics and Archaeology

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

School of Social and Political Sciences (only where the PhD project relates to an AHRC subject area)

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Online Information Session

The Dean of Postgraduate Research will be hosting an online information session for prospective SGSAH applicants at 10am-11am BST 18 th October 2023 . No registration needed and please click on this link to join the session

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A minority at law: jews and the courts in medieval england, c. 1216-1290 [qmul & tna ahrc collaborative doctoral partnership studentship], phd research project.

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – “Second life: understanding deterioration of recycled plastics in Museum collections” with Victoria and Albert Museum

Adrian henri – early happenings in britain in the 1960s and 1970s, english phd (option of joint phd with hong kong/singapore/humboldt berlin), self-funded phd students only.

The PhD opportunities on this programme do not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Humanities Research Programme

Humanities Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

Classics PhD

Arts and humanities postgraduate research, university of glasgow, funded phd programme (students worldwide).

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

Arts Research Programme

Arts Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

PhD studentship - Historic landscape character and climate change adaptation: modelling impacts and opportunities

Understanding the past, securing the future: advanced techniques for the detection of chemical hazards in archive repositories through heritage science (adechar), law at queen's: postgraduate research opportunities, law research programme.

Law Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

German PhD (option of joint PhD with Stuttgart or Humboldt University)

Spanish, portuguese and latin american studies phd, cultural heritage - postgraduate research opportunities, awaiting funding decision/possible external funding.

This programme is waiting to confirm funding from a university or external source. This may depend on attracting suitable students and applications are welcome. Please see the programme details for more information.

Social Sciences Research Programme

Social Sciences Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

Study History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh - funding opportunities available

Digital humanities phd (option of a joint phd with national university of singapore), cardiff university school of english, communication and philosophy - phd opportunities.

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Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Studentships

The North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership offers postgraduate studentships, supervision, training and skills development across the full range of the AHRC’s disciplines. We are one of eleven Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and seven Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) brought about for this purpose.

The consortium includes a wide variety of bodies beyond the university sector that students can engage with to further their experience, from multinational organisations to local museums and galleries.

Details of Award

All funded PhD students, whether UK or International will be eligible for a full award which includes a stipend to support living costs, and fees at the standard UKRI home fee rate. (The University will fund the difference between the Home and Overseas tuition fee for any successful overseas applicants)

In association with the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP) , each year Lancaster University invites applications from outstanding candidates for AHRC Doctoral Studentships.

A wide range of subjects and pathways are available. Please speak to the PGR Director in the appropriate department about the internal processes and deadlines for working on your application.

The AHRC NWCDTP provides funding opportunities for students to undertake doctoral research and training. We have 15 Pathways broadly organised as Histories, Cultures & Heritage; Creative and Performing Arts; Languages and Literatures. More about pathways...

The NWCDTP is committed to equality of opportunity and working to ensure our student cohort reflects the diverse community we serve. We have introduced a range of positive measures to assist in achieving these commitments, recognising in particular that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled students are currently underrepresented on our programmes and across the UK university sector. The introduction of these measures follows a review of our recruitment processes and forms part of a three-year plan we have developed to achieve greater diversity and better equality outcomes.

One of the steps we have taken as part of that plan was to introduce ring-fenced studentships during 2021 and 2022. From 2022, we guaranteed two candidates from BAME backgrounds a studentship. Applicants from these groups will, of course, also be considered as part of our recruitment to all of the available studentships.

Applicants wishing to apply for one of the ring-fenced studentships will have the opportunity to identify themselves on the application form as wishing to be considered for these targeted studentships. Their applications will be considered as part of the standard award competition and will be subject to the same assessment criteria and schedule (see how to apply above).

International Students

The NWCDTP will offer up to 30% of its studentships to international students. Their applications will be considered as part of the standard award competition and will be subject to the same assessment criteria and schedule. All funded PhD students, whether UK or International will be eligible for a full award which includes a stipend to support living costs, and fees at the standard UKRI home fee rate. Lancaster University will fund the difference between the Home and Overseas tuition fee for any successful overseas applicants. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions sections for more information regarding eligibility.

Academic Eligibility

The NWCDTP is committed to working with students from underrepresented communities and those from non-traditional academic backgrounds. Successful students should normally have qualifications equivalent to a good honours degree (first or upper second class level) from an academic higher education institution. Degrees gained outside the UK are recognised. Students should normally possess or be studying for a postgraduate degree. Students can also offer a combination of qualifications and experience.

Further information how our recruitment works can be found at the NWCDTP webpages:

Apply for a place on a programme by Friday 12 January 2024  AND submit a NWCDTP Funding Application by Friday 2 February 2024  (5pm) 

How to Apply

Apply for a programme, send a funding application.

To apply for an award, candidates must have applied for a place on a programme by Friday 12th January 2024 . Please note that your application for admission onto your chosen programme must be complete (no missing documents) when submitted by this deadline. Please indicate in the 'Source of Funding' section of your programme application that you are applying for AHRC funding. Alternatively, if you have already submitted your programme application, please contact us at [email protected] .

You must also submit an NWCDTP Funding Application by Friday 2 February 2024 (5pm) in order to be considered. Applicants are strongly advised to liaise with prospective supervisors when completing the studentship application form.

Further information about the NWCDTP and the studentships on offer is available via the NWCDTP website , as are the application forms and guidance notes. Please check that you meet the academic and residential eligibility criteria on page 2 of the guidance notes before applying. Applications should be made on the appropriate application form and should be sent to [email protected] , along with the separate Equality and Diversity Form (also available from the NWCDTP website).

Frequently Asked Questions

Eligibility criteria can be found on page 2 of the Studentship Guidance .

Yes; the fact you've been previously turned down is not held against you.

+2 Scheme (Two years Doctoral Study – For current first year students only)

This scheme will provide support for up to two years of full time study, or four years of part-time study for students who are currently registered on the first year of a programme leading to the award of a doctoral degree. Students in their second or third year will not be eligible for funding

No. The AHRC is not offering 1+3 funding (ie a Master's Degree followed by a PhD), it is only offering PhD funding.

From the academic year 2021/22, the NWCDTP is able to offer up to 30% of its awards to international PhD researchers. All funded PhD students, whether UK or International will be eligible for a full award which includes a stipend to support living costs, and fees at the standard UKRI home fee rate. Lancaster University will fund the difference between the Home and Overseas tuition fee for any successful overseas applicants.

Please also be aware that the NWCDTP is only permitted to award a maximum of 30% of its studentships - a maximum of 13 awards - to international (including EU and EEA) students per annum.

It can be downloaded from the NWCDTP website .

Send your completed AHRC application form to [email protected] putting your name and ‘AHRC Application’ in the subject of your email. You will receive a confirmation email once your application has been received. Once we have processed your application we will contact you if we require any further information from you.

References and transcripts supplied with your programme application will be matched to your funding application by the institution through which you are applying.

The references and transcripts submitted in support of your application for a place will suffice, but updated documents may be submitted if appropriate. This is advised if your new documents are able to provide information on your performance on a master’s degree currently in progress. If you are applying for a +2 (that is, you are a current PhD student) new reference letters should be submitted with comments on progress on your PhD to date.

If you decide to submit updated documents these must be received by the relevant admissions office by the deadline.

You will need to provide 2 references, copies of your academic transcripts, and the Equality and Diversity Monitoring form.

Please note ‘AHRC Funding’ in the Source of Funding section of your programme application. If you have already submitted your programme application form please contact us at [email protected] and we will make a note on your behalf.

Yes. If we offer you a place on one of our programmes please accept this. If your funding application is subsequently unsuccessful you may wish to request a deferral to a future cohort of the programme, or withdraw your application without penalty.

This refers to your eight digit programme application number (starting with the number 3)

If you are a current PhD student at Lancaster University applying for a +2 award please provide your student ID number.

If you have been in contact with potential supervisors please include their names in this section of the form. Otherwise, please leave this section blank as it can be completed once supervisors have been selected.

Lancaster NWCDTP Academic Lead

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Applications for september 2024 entry are now closed. .

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Up to 28 fully-funded PhD studentships for entry in September 2024 with the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership.

The AHRC-funded South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership 2 consortium (SWW DTP2) is a collaboration between the universities of Aberystwyth, Bath Spa, Bristol, Cardiff, Cranfield, Exeter, Reading, Southampton, and UWE, and the Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum of Wales.

Individually their research excellence is internationally recognised. Collectively their expertise creates a centre of excellence supporting and supervising PhD and doctoral students across the humanities, languages and creative arts.

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The SWW AHRC DTP consortium will offer a unique, dedicated programme called  The Professional Arts and Humanities Researcher . This will encompass engagement and knowledge exchange – vital facets of contemporary research – and an understanding of the cultural economy and the digital humanities. The programme will be delivered in collaboration with non-University partners including the National Trust, English Heritage, Arnolfini and the BBC. In-house training and other tailored activities will be specially designed for the DTP and brought together as a menu of opportunities for students that address the core themes of Digital Humanities and Public Humanities.

Projects offered by the DTP are grouped by  subject.   PhD studentships available through the DTP and the University of Exeter will appear here when advertised   (Applications will open on Monday 27th November and close midnight on Monday 22nd January 2024) .

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The studentship competition and application system will close 11:59pm on Monday 22nd January 2024 .    Applications must be submitted online and further information is available on our   website . 

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Our Postgraduate Funding webpage provides links to further information. If you are considering a PhD in the future, in addition to University of Exeter funding, we have been successful at securing postgraduate funding for PhD research through our Funded centres .

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Postgraduate Students in Philosophy at Cambridge are funded from a considerable variety of sources. 

Candidates who are offered a place and have indicated on their application that they wish to apply for funding are put forward by the Faculty to the University's funding competition. You can read more about how this works here.

It is possible for students who are not nominated to be successful in finding funding sources outside of the Faculty’s nominations, such as college awards. Applicants are strongly advised to consult the Cambridge Postgraduate Admissions webpage , which provides further details and more guidance through what is potentially a complex and confusing field. Students are encouraged to use the Cambridge Student Funding Search , which provides the most comprehensive overview of the funding opportunities available to applicants.

The Faculty also puts forward nominations for PhD applicants to be considered for AHRC funding.

Sources of Funding

Listed below are some of the main sources of funding available to incoming students. Some of these offer fully funded studentships, while others offer lesser but still useful contributions towards the total cost.

Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP Studentships

The Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership offers AHRC-funded studentships for PhD study in the arts and humanities. The studentships are open to applicants from the UK, European Union and overseas. The Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP offers at least 77 studentships each year, across the range of arts and humanities subject areas. In addition to funding for fees and living costs (depending on eligibility), OOC DTP students benefit from being able to access a variety of other funding sources and a wide range of training available at the three partner universities. Please see the following website for more information: https://www.oocdtp.ac.uk/

These awards provide payment of university fees up to the 'home' rate throughout the funded period. Any prospective doctoral student wishing to study at a UK research organisation, including international students, is eligible for studentship funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), including the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Awards to international students are limited, however, and will not normally exceed 30% of the total awards in any one year.

All UKRI-funded doctoral students are eligible for a full award, comprising a stipend to support living costs and fees up to the home rate. The DTP partners will cover the gap between the home and overseas fee rates for international students.

To apply for an award please make this clear on your application form.

For advice on whether to apply you may contact the Director of Postgraduate Admissions, via the Postgraduate Secretary

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Vice-Chancellor’s Awards & Cambridge International Scholarships

On behalf of the University, the Cambridge Trust offers the Vice-Chancellor's Awards (for UK and EU students) and the Cambridge International Scholarships (for international students) for those undertaking PhD studies.

The aim of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards and Cambridge International Scholarships is to ensure that the highest scored students, irrespective of nationality, receive full financial support to undertake research leading to a PhD.  The Scholarships pay the University Composition Fee and a maintenance allowance sufficient for a single person (note application deadline of 1st December 2022).

Grants from the Cambridge Trusts

The funding opportunities detailed in this section are not available to UK students. 

Gates Cambridge

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme was established in October 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge; this is the largest ever single donation to a UK university.

Each year Gates Cambridge offers c.80 full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Approximately two-thirds of these awards will be offered to PhD students, with approximately 25 awards available in the US round and 55 available in the International round.

Please consult the Gates website before writing your statement since the criteria for a Gates Scholarship are not purely academic. You are encouraged to contact the Director of Postgraduate Admissions, via the Postgraduate Secretary, for advice on whether to apply and what to include in your statement.

Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust

The Cambridge Trust is a major source of funding to scholars at Cambridge and offers a number of scholarships for postgraduate students.  If you wish to be considered for a scholarship from the Trust, you must complete the funding section of the online application form via the Applicant Portal expressing your wish to be considered for funding and give details of the scholarships for which you wish to be considered.

Jacobsen Fellowships and Royal Institute of Philosophy Bursaries

Fellowships of £8,000 and bursaries of £3,000, each for one year, are available to postgraduates who have already completed one year of postgraduate work.

Burney Studentship and Fund

Research students working in the philosophy of religion may apply for the Burney Studentship or smaller grants from the fund. The studentship is tenable for one year, but a student may be re-elected once.

The Faculty has several of its own awards for which all candidates who apply by the December deadline will be considered. The number and value of these awards varies from year to year, but last year we offered five MPhil awards of slightly over £4000 each.

Studentships offered by colleges

Conditions of eligibility, methods of application and closing dates vary widely. Applicants are urged to consult the Cambridge Student Funding Search for details. The following colleges usually or always offer some full cost studentships:

Christ's, Clare Hall, Corpus Christi , Darwin , Downing , Emmanuel , Girton , King's , Magdalene , Newnham , Pembroke , Peterhouse , St John's , Selwyn , Sidney Sussex , Trinity , Trinity Hall .

DH Mellor Cambridge Trust Philosophy Studentships

Darwin College offers annually, by competition, one fully-funded PhD Philosophy Studentship and two Masters Philosophy studentships of up to £12,000 to students commencing graduate work in the Faculty of Philosophy. Other things being equal, preference will be given to UK students. The award is for students to study at Darwin College. Applications are welcome from students applying to Darwin, or from students who, if applying to other Colleges, are prepared to apply to transfer to Darwin. No special application forms are necessary, and all those eligible will be considered from information contained in their original application to the University. The tenure of the award is for one year, but holders may be considered in subsequent years.

Onora O’Neill Studentship

Newnham College will offer annually a studentship of between £3,000 - £12,000 to students commencing Postgraduate work in the Faculty of Philosophy. Current first year Newnham PhD students can also apply.

Stephan Körner Postgraduate Scholarship

Available to female students who list Murray Edwards College as their first choice college

Murray Edwards College offers this scholarship to a student in Philosophy, Classics or Law, to assist in funding a full one-year MPhil and/or 3-year PhD course.

Postgraduate students who are registered for the PhD may offer to undertake supervisions, i.e. small group teaching of undergraduates. This provides very useful experience for future job applications and also a financial reward. It is paid at piecework rates (currently approx. £28 per hour) and students may undertake up to six hours per week for the twenty teaching weeks of the year.

Postgraduate students also have the opportunity to lead discussion groups for first and second year students and to assist in the running of first year logic classes. Those who are near completing their PhD's may be invited by the Faculty to give a short course of lectures on the subject of their research. All of these forms of teaching provide excellent experience, useful lines on CVs, and are paid.

Students are liable to pay tuition fees to the University for each term of any degree course they undertake until the course has been completed or a prescribed maximum has been paid (e.g. nine terms for the PhD). In addition to tuition fees, students must budget for their own maintenance (including accommodation) and for the living expenses of any dependents who might accompany them. Although liability is incurred on a termly basis, colleges - who are responsible for collecting University fees - may require students to pay a full year's fees in advance.

General living expenses

As well as allowing for University fees, prospective students must budget for living expenses while at Cambridge. These vary according to individual needs and tastes; the cost of accommodation is a particularly significant factor, as private rented accommodation in Cambridge is more expensive than in many other British cities, and costs considerably more than college accommodation. Married accommodation may be more expensive. The cost of food, clothing, other personal requirements, books, stationery, and other research expenses, including the costs of thesis preparation, and of travel to and from Cambridge must also be budgeted for. Inflation must also be borne in mind.

In order to be admitted to the University of Cambridge, applicants are required to show evidence of funds to cover maintenance costs while studying. The Postgraduate Admissions website has a useful maintenance calculator, which calculates an estimate for your absolute minimum living expenses while studying at Cambridge. The calculator can be found here:

https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/finance

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Arts and Humanities Research Council cuts funded PhDs by quarter

Uk funder will support fewer phd studentships as cost pressures from reduced funding and higher doctoral stipends bite.

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The UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is to cut the number of PhD students it funds by a quarter, from 425 to 300 a year.

Unveiling major changes to its doctoral training provision on 20 September, the funder said it will reduce the number of students supported via doctoral training partnerships (DTPs) – which represent 85 per cent of its postgraduate research portfolio – to enable “strategic investment” in other areas.

These include extra resources to maintain PhD entry levels in Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships – in which museums, libraries and other non-university organisations work with universities to support about 50 doctoral students a year – and the reintroduction of Centres for Doctoral Training , in which university consortia bid for doctoral funding relating to either the creative economy or environmental issues.

Under the plans, the number of PhDs funded by Britain’s smallest research council, which had a budget of £82 million this year, will fall to 300 per year by 2029-30.

Announcing the changes, the council’s executive chair, Christopher Smith, said the organisation’s new approach “will mean that we support fewer studentships”.

“We fully appreciate that this will be a major change for many institutions and it is not a decision that we have taken lightly,” said Professor Smith, noting that it is “true that the costs of PhDs are going up and our funding does not stretch as far as it used to”.

“However, we believe that our new approach will, crucially, ensure that our doctoral training provision is sustainable, scalable and equitable,” he added.

The cuts follow a substantial reduction in the AHRC’s operating budget this year, mainly caused by the loss of about £9 million related to non-core income streams such as the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the Strategic Priorities Fund and the Fund for International Collaboration.

By 2024-25, it will receive only about £3.8 million from these cross-UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) strategic programmes, compared with £20.5 million in 2022-23, with its overall budget down from £93 million to £84 million, according to its 2022-25 strategic delivery plan .

The AHRC will also need to fund a higher PhD stipend that was raised by 5 per cent to £18,622 for 2023-24 , following a  10 per cent increase by UKRI in 2022-23.

Professor Smith said the changes had been “designed with future sustainability, both for AHRC and the students and institutions we support, in mind”, and following a report published in February, which highlighted “challenges to our current approach, such as an inequality of participation and lack of diversity”.

On the reduction in support for DTPs, he added that “we cannot maintain it at this level when there is a need to ensure that we address skills gaps in sectors that are key to the economy and society, and further diversity across the ecosystem through our investments”.

“AHRC doctoral provision is being structured to be in line with core strengths of the arts and humanities, enable a focus on skills that is responsive to high growth sectors, and the demands of the workforce of the future,” added Professor Smith, who said the “AHRC will remain the UK’s largest strategic funder of postgraduate research in the arts and humanities, and also continue to have the highest proportionate spend on postgraduate research of UKRI’s councils”.

“We are committed to ensuring that we provide the very best support that we can for researchers across the ecosystem; this is the profound commitment that has driven these changes, and everything we do,” he said.

Under the plans, DTPs will also be funded using a “formula approach to allocate funding to DTPs rather than a competition” and “will no longer need to apply for DTPs”.

“Funded HEIs will be informed in 2024, following light touch assurance to ensure a high-quality doctoral training environment,” the AHRC said.

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The PhD Program of National Interest in Cultural Heritage brings together individuals and expertise from various academic disciplines, united by a shared focus on history, preservation, enhancement, and protection of cultural heritage. The Program is structured in five curricula: -  Art, Archaeology, History, Restoration - History and Conservation of Built Heritage - Enhancement of Cultural and Environmental Heritage - New Media for Communication and Enhancement of Artistic Heritage -  Publishing and Innovation: Contents, Processes, Technologies The Program involves the participation of several universities (with Rome “Tor Vergata” as the administrative headquarters), Academies of Fine Arts (Rome, Florence, Macerata, Lecce, and Catania), and the ISIA Roma Design - Higher Institute for Artistic Industries, along with cultural and research institutes such as the MAXXI Foundation - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo - and the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA). The innovate approach of having universities and Higher Education Institutions in Art, Music and Dance (AFAM) collaborate in the same doctoral educational project opens up new perspectives to develop ideas resulting from a broad interaction between the material and critical levels of research in the field of cultural heritage. The goal is to bring together the expertise of each of these institutions in the artistic, archaeological, historical, architectural, conservation and restoration, and new media fields. The co-participation of universities and AFAM institutions provides doctoral students access to a more diverse set of shared research and study methodologies. Moreover, it should be emphasized that the participation of academics from the academies involved with the Fine Arts and their historically-grounded expertise in the productive and creative process of artworks provide students with the unique opportunity to enhance the understanding and study of art and works of art as cultural products and means of social communication. The PhD Program aims to enhance a wide set of methodological approaches in the study of cultural heritage in keeping with the Faro Convention principles and criteria and UNESCO's guidelines, and, notably, to contribute to Mission 1 of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP): Digitization, Innovation, Competitiveness, Culture, and Tourism. The three-year program is intended to promote advanced academic training of students, for some of whom an academic career  may be the end goal,  but also for those who desire to become highly qualified professionals capable of carrying out research and working in the management of public and private institutions, including international ones. Doctoral researchers in Cultural Heritage will be primarily employed by the public administration, cultural institutions, and private cultural foundations, though a certain percentage will pursue their careers in the academia. The Program also aims to reduce the number of PhD scholars leaving the country owing to poor career prospects, effectively contrasting the “brain drain” phenomenon, i.e. the emigration of skilled human resources. As part of the Doctorate of National Interest in Cultural Heritage coordinated by the Doctoral School of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, a curriculum, “PUBLISHING AND INNOVATION: CONTENTS, PROCESSES, TECHNOLOGIES,” is planned for this year (39th cycle). The objective of this curriculum is to train researchers and highly qualified professionals capable of devising, developing and managing project ideas for an innovative, participatory, inclusive approach to publishing products, including to encourage and govern their digital transition. Privileged themes in the identification of applied research paths are those related to innovation in products and in the organizational and working methods specific to publishing activity and its supply chain (including those related to the production of school, university and professional publishing).

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Gse scholar receives over $370,000 in grant funding to help teachers educate multilingual students in engineering, mary mcvee, phd, earned a national science foundation (nsf) grant that will aid her efforts in preparing teachers to implement engineering instruction for multilingual learners..

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Mary McVee , professor of literacy education at the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, was recently awarded an NSF Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12) grant for her project, “ Elementary Teacher Professional Learning of Equitable Engineering Pedagogies for Multilingual Students .” This three-year project began back in July and will be funded by NSF through the summer of 2026. During this time elementary teachers will be provided an opportunity to learn about the intersections of race and language surrounding engineering education and better prepare them to meet the needs of multilingual learners who are learning STEM-related subjects.

“GSE has been successful at securing funding from NSF.  As the latest example, Dr. McVee's project innovatively addresses the need for engineering education in U.S. elementary schools,” said X. Christine Wang , professor and associate dean for research. “This achievement exemplifies our faculty's commitment to educational innovation and the value of interdisciplinary approaches in STEM education.”

Recent studies have found parents, administrators and teachers alike desire an emphasis on engineering programs in elementary schools. However, most elementary teachers have little preparation in the subject. On top of this challenge, educators are seeing an increased need to provide lessons for students who are learning English as an additional language. 

McVee collaborated with Jess Swenson in the UB Department of Engineering Education and saw these two challenges as an opportunity to create a more equitable environment for students to engage with the high-demand field of engineering, while also providing teachers the training to meet the needs of multilingual learners. “We wanted to focus specifically on professional development for elementary educators because so few have a background in engineering,” said McVee, who is also the director of GSE’s Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction. “We also know that there is an increasingly diverse linguistic group of students in our nation’s schools, who do not speak English as their first language. We wanted to recognize this dual challenge that we chose to address through an educator preparation lens.”

The elementary teachers involved in this program have been eager to learn how they could incorporate engineering into their STEM-related lesson plans while also becoming more mindful of how they could make their classrooms more equitable for students who may struggle with the nuances of the English language. “Engineering is project-based and can transcend language barriers because of its hands-on nature,” said McVee. “We can prepare teachers with the skills to bring engineering lessons into their classrooms. In turn, teachers can empower students with opportunities to communicate and learn in non-traditional ways through the combination of engineering education and best practices for multilingual learners.”

While creating a professional development model is the goal for the project, McVee wanted to be cognizant of not adding more work to a teacher’s day. “While I aspire to see this project become widely used, I also wanted to make sure our teachers were able to add these practices into plans they had already made, instead of adding more to their already full plates,” explained McVee.

Local, Western New York, teachers are participating in the project and are currently attending workshops at UB. McVee says her next steps will be to have these educators begin to implement the practices they learned in their classrooms: “The first year is a lot of planning and professional development, and then we move into implementation. Right now, teachers have just implemented their end-of-year engineering units and are very excited about what children are able to accomplish. We want to know what has been effective and what hasn’t so that we can generate a practical professional development model.”

“In the end, it isn’t about how successful these lesson plans are, but more about what we learn from the teachers and their interpretations of how effective these practices were in the classroom,” said McVee. “This will inform our models moving forward, and we hope to grow the project from there.”

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Early Identification, Intervention Puts Michigan Students Back on Track to Graduate

June 14, 2024

MDE Shares Efforts to Improve Graduation Rates

 LANSING, MI – Michigan schools are more quickly identifying and providing support to students who need to get back on track to graduate with help from the Michigan Department of Education (MDE).

State Board of Education members at their meeting this week learned more about the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System, an effective dropout prevention program that MDE provides to local schools. The early warning system is just one way that the state is achieving Goal 5 of Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan , to increase the percentage of students who graduate from high school.

“I’m pleased that 2023 Michigan graduation rates were higher for all 17 student categories tracked than the year before and that 13 of 17 were higher than they were before the pandemic,” State Superintendent Dr. Michael F. Rice said. “Hard work by our local schools is paying off. That includes adopting evidence-based and data-driven processes such as the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System.”

The Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System is a seven-step process of examining data and making decisions about supports and interventions to help students get back on track for graduation and success. MDE trains and certifies coaches who provide intervention and monitoring training across the state.

In 2017, in collaboration with the Great Lakes Comprehensive Center at the American Institute for Research, MDE developed universal resources that schools and districts could access to explore and install the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System process.

As an introduction to the presentation at Tuesday’s State Board of Education meeting, Dr. Delsa Chapman, deputy superintendent for the MDE Division of Assessment, School Improvement, and Systems Supports, highlighted the release of graduation rate increase guidance documents in November 2022 for high schools and February 2024 for middle schools . A third project is planned for fall 2024 that will focus on the elementary grades. The guidance documents serve as a supplement to the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System.

“Research has consistently shown challenges with attendance, behavior, and academic performance are influential factors in high school dropout rates,” said Dr. Corinne Edwards, director of the MDE Office of Educational Supports and one of the presenters at Tuesday’s board meeting. “These indicators, when present as early as the sixth grade, significantly reduce the likelihood of graduating from high school. If schools can identify these students early and step in to support them, we can get them back on track to graduate.”

The National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research developed the seven-step process. The center wanted to help educators move from examining data for identification purposes to creating and implementing research-based action steps for students identified as being at risk to not graduate.

Michigan schools can access and independently use Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System resources provided by MDE, said educational consultant Ms. Bersheril Bailey, who leads MDE’s Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System efforts. On the MDE website , schools and others can find videos, PowerPoint presentations, a facilitator guide to accompany the videos, an implementation guide, and a link to self-paced courses for each step of the process. 

Additionally, 30 schools that are targeted for more support to help students graduate receive assistance from ten MDE Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System trainers/coaches.

In 2017, the Regional Education Lab Midwest released a study that determined that the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System is a promising evidence-based strategy for getting students back on track for graduation. After one year of implementation, schools using the system reduced the percentage of students with chronic absences and course failure. 

The National Dropout Prevention Center on its website recognizes the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System as a model dropout prevention program with strong evidence of effectiveness. 

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