PhD Studentship: Race XChange Scholarships

Co-led with Coventry University, we expect to allocate up to 7 Race XChange Scholarships, awarded to PhD applicants developing leading research on improving access and participation for minority ethnic students in postgraduate research in the UK. 

These studentships will enable successful applicants to develop leading research on improving access and participation for minority ethnic students in postgraduate research in the UK. Our aim is to build and sustain an innovative research cluster comprising doctoral students who are developing their own individual research into broadly related themes, including: 

1. What supports people from racially minoritized backgrounds to apply to PGR study and what barriers do they face? Structural racism? Socio-cultural, economic factors? Family, peer, societal and media messages? academic representation/messaging?
2. How do PGR students from racially minoritized backgrounds experience universities as institutions and as places for study? – what are the challenges and opportunities? What helps and what hinders progression, attainment, student experience and overall success?
3. What are minority ethnic postdoctoral destinations? Moving beyond university – post PhD – career progression, employment, etc?

These are broad themes that can encompass diverse and innovative individual doctoral research projects. The cluster’s research will address gaps in current knowledge, test interventions and develop theories of change. The aim is to have sustainable practical impact on minority ethnic students in postgraduate research, improvements from HEIs on how to better support Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority postgraduate researchers and dismantle institutional racial barriers and to lead to future research. There is an expectation that all proposals will include some element of an intersectional analysis within the application, hence an incorporation of structural analysis as well as lived experience as a primary focus.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

Apply for a Race XChange joint PhD to begin in May 2023.

Be assessed as 'home' for fees purposes.

Be researching in a Race XChange-aligned area.

We particularly welcome applications from people of colour.

Award Details

Awards made for entry in May 2023 will include the following:

The full payment of tuition fees;

A maintenance stipend paid at the prevailing UKRI rate for 3.5 years;

A unique opportunity to spend time at both Warwick University and Coventry University and receive support from research supervisors at each institution.

How to Apply

For more information about the studying for a PhD, the Race XChange project, your ideas for a proposal and submitting your application please contact collaborative.phd@coventry.ac.uk.

We strongly advise preparing applications well in advance.

Read the Applicant Guidance Notes.

Submit your course application to Coventry University and upload supporting documents.

Application Deadline - 28 February 2023

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