Funded BAME PhD Studentship in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities

In choosing Loughborough for your research, you’ll work alongside academics who are leaders in their field. You will benefit from comprehensive support and guidance from our Doctoral College, including tailored careers advice, to help you succeed in your research and future career.

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is composed of five divisions: Communication and Media; Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy; English; Geography and Environment; and International Relations, Politics and History. It is a partner in the Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA) for doctoral training and the Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral training Partnership.

The School is committed to undertaking initiatives which support under-represented groups to pursue educational and research opportunities across our disciplines. Analysis has shown that only small numbers of UK racialised ethnic minority students are undertaking post graduate research degrees within the School. To take steps to address this structural inequality, a school-funded studentship has been ring-fenced for UK applicants who identify as being from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background* as part of our wider work to support underrepresented groups within our disciplines.

Applications are invited from outstanding scholars working within and across any of the School's main research themes:

Challenges to Democracy and the Public Sphere

Dimensions of Inequality

Hidden Voices, Contested Pasts

Successful Transitions Under Environmental Change.

We are keen to receive proposals in the following areas:

Communication and Media

Creative Writing

Criminology

Cultural Studies

English

Geography (Human and Physical)

History

International Relations

Politics

Social Policy

Sociology

Visual Culture

You must contact the School before submission to discuss your proposal: socsciresearch@lboro.ac.uk

All applications should be made online. Under programme name, select School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the department name.  Please ensure that you quote the advertised reference: SSH-BAME-2023 in your application.  Failure to include this reference will result in your application not being considered in this competition. See studentship assessment criteria.

To avoid delays in processing your application, please ensure that you submit the minimum supporting documents.  As part of your application you must include a short research proposal.

* The University is referring, at this stage of our race equity work, to Black groupings of ethnicities, Asian groupings, other groupings and mixed groupings. The University has not included white racialised minority groups.

Funding

Studentships are for three years full time or 6 years part time and provide a tax-free stipend of £17,668 per annum for the duration of the studentship plus tuition fees. UK Home and international applicants are both eligible for these awards.  Please note that studentships will be awarded on a competitive basis to applicants who have applied to this project.  Candidates will be notified of decisions in week commencing 29th May 2023.

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