PhD Studentship: Using intersectionality theory and arts-based approaches to understand the lived, educational experiences of children facing contexts of multiple deprivation

Using intersectionality theory and arts-based approaches to understand the lived, educational experiences of children facing contexts of multiple deprivation

Ref 2223-APR-CHSS03

The expected start date of this studentship is 01 April 2023

The closing date for applications is 12 February 2023. 

Studentship Details

• To engage with children to generate accounts of their lived, educational experiences with particular attention to intersecting aspects of their experiences (gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, linguistic diversity, social class, ability/disability);
• To generate, explore and evaluate arts-based approaches to engaging with children to understand their lived, educational experiences;
• To develop innovative and authentic approaches to analysing arts-based materials generated during the data elicitation process with children.

The study will be framed as an interpretative, narrative and arts-based qualitative study of educational experience, which will be co-produced between the researcher and children as participants. Particular attention will be given to engaging ethically, sensitively and in age appropriate ways with the children as participants to ensure that their voices are prioritised and elicited as authentically. The arts-based approaches developed will be responsive to the child participants, and as such the research methods and techniques of analysis will be co-produced. Part of the contribution of the doctoral work will be the researcher’s documentation of their research and arts-based practice.

Please address any specific queries about the studentship to either: jane.andrewsEDU@uwe.ac.uk or verity6.jones@uwe.ac.uk  

Funding details

The studentship is available from 01 April 2023 for a period of three years, subject to satisfactory progress and includes a tax exempt stipend, which is currently £17668 (2022/23) per annum. 

In addition, full-time tuition fees will be covered for up to three years.

Applicants must have qualifications up to and including a Master’s level degree in an area which closely relates to this interdisciplinary studentship. This could be one or more of the following: any area of socially-engaged arts practice, education, social work, law, social care and health.  In addition, applicants will need to provide evidence of prior experience in working ethically with children and families and of arts-based practice. Please note that the studentship is available for UK applicants only.

Please submit your application online. When prompted use the reference number 2223-APR-CHSS03.

Supporting documentation: you will need to upload your research proposal, all your degree certificates and transcripts and a recognised English language qualification is required.

The closing date: 12 February 2023.

Further Information

If you have not heard from us by this date, we thank you for your application but on this occasion you have not been successful.

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