PhD Studentship in Law

PhD Studentship in Law

Start: October 2023

Funding: UKRI Stipend + Home fees*

Funding for: UK and international students

Duration: 3 and 4 year awards available

We are currently inviting applications for a PhD in Law  funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of the South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) Doctoral Training Partnership. The School of Law prides itself on providing an inclusive, vibrant and supportive research environment to our thriving community of doctoral researchers. We have three active research themes in the School:

1. Law, Society and Justice;
2. Global Law at Reading and
3. The Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation.

We invite applications from candidates with research interests relevant to any of these broad fields.

Funding Details:  

• Tuition fees, UKRI stipend and application access to funding for training, travel, fieldwork and overseas visits
• Starts October 2023
• 3 and 4-year awards available depending on project and researcher experience/qualifications
• Open to applications from candidates without a Master’s qualification
• Available full- or part-time

Eligibility: 

See https://senss-dtp.ac.uk/application-faqs/ for full eligibility details, including criteria for Home fee status and eligibility of International candidates. Applications are open to UK and International applicants. *ESRC SeNSS funding covers tuition fees at the Home rate and the University of Reading will cover the difference between Home and International fees. All awards are open to candidates wishing to study part-time.  Applications from candidates without a Master’s degree and from groups under-represented in doctoral study are encouraged.

Application Deadline: 

All applicants must apply for a place of admission via the online RISIS application system by 11 January 2023. Earlier applications are strongly recommended. For further information see: https://www.reading.ac.uk/graduate-school/doctoral-opportunities/how-to-apply  

Applications for SeNSS funding through the HEIApply platform must be completed by 12 noon on 20 January 2023.

Early contact/dialogue with the School of Law is also strongly encouraged. Please send expressions of interest in applying for SeNSS funding (in the form of a research proposal abstract (one page) and CV) to our Director of Postgraduate Research (Professor Grace James, c.g.james@reading.ac.uk ) by 12 noon on 5December 2022 (putting ‘SeNSS funding EOI’ in the subject line of the email).

How to apply:   

For full application details see http://www.reading.ac.uk/graduateschool/funding-and-fees/gs-senss-info.aspx

Further Enquiries: For further information about SeNSS funding see https://senss-dtp.ac.uk/apply. For enquiries not covered elsewhere please contact esrcdtp@reading.ac.uk  in the first instance.

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