Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | London |
Funding for: | UK Students |
Funding amount: | From £20,622 annual bursary (current award); full tuition fee waiver; research expenses (up to £1000 over three years) |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 14th February 2024 |
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Closes: | 1st April 2024 |
The City Law School is offering 1 full-time, three-year doctoral scholarships (entry in September 2024) specifically addressed to Black British applicants.
Applications are invited from exceptional and ambitious graduates wishing to pursue cutting-edge research in any of the School's key research areas.
WHO ARE WE
We are a vibrant and dynamic community of scholars and students with considerable strengths in teaching and research. Our research expertise straddles different areas and approaches. We are committed to academic excellence and have an enviable central London location. We are a leader in legal education and seek to ensure that our academic profile reflects our local population and students.
You may find more about us here: https://www.city.ac.uk/law (@CityLawSchool)
WHAT IS OFFERED
A doctoral scholarship will provide:
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
Applications are sought from UK-permanent residents (UK fee-paying students) from the following ethnic group: Black (Black or Black British African, Black or Black British Caribbean, Black or Black British other or Mixed Black or Black British).
The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic achievement and the potential to produce cutting edge-research. Applicants should have a track record of high academic achievement, demonstrated by an LLB degree with at least a second class (upper division) or equivalent, and normally a Master's degree (in law or a related discipline) with at least a merit or equivalent. Applicants should demonstrate a suitable aptitude to undertake a course of independent research.
Applications on any topic are eligible.
HOW TO APPLY
Please make an online application for this studentship here
We encourage applicants to have a look at our website, so that they consider the research undertaken in our School and identify an area in which they can make a contribution and a supervisor or Research Centre/Group with whom they could work.
Guidance on how to write a research proposal can be found here.
Applicants are welcome to discuss their ideas for research by contacting relevant members of the School of Law. Details are found on the website.
Selection process
Candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted by the School. If you do not receive a communication from the School within six weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
Deadline for applications: 12 noon on Monday 1 April 2024
Contact us: Law.PhD.Administration@city.ac.uk
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