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PhD Studentship: PhD Opportunity Title Philosophy of Automated Science
HASS
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: Home (UK) tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance at current Research Council rate.
Date Placed: 27 Apr
Closes 26 May
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UWS Vice-Chancellor & Match-Funded Studentships 2026
University of the West of Scotland
Location: Glasgow
Salary: UK fees Annual stipend currently £21,805
Date Placed: 24 Apr
Closes 15 Jun
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PhD Studentship on Justice and Energy Transitions with Emphasis on Critical Minerals
African Leadership Centre
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Stipend: £23,805 per year (paid at UKRI rate). Tuition fees: Full home tuition fees. Other: Research allowance of £1350 per year
Date Placed: 23 Apr
Closes 17 May
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PhD Studentship: Tourism Skills for Growth: Developing an Evidence Base for the United Kingdom
Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM)
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Partially & directly funded for this project only. Funding is for 36 months. Fee waiver covering home or international fees for 36 months. Please note this offer does not include a monthly stipend, visa or accommodation fees
Date Placed: 21 Apr
Closes 08 Jun
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PhD Studentship: The Formation, Governance and Business Models of Fair Trade: Managing North-South Relationships in Commodity Markets
School for Business and Society
University of York
Location: York
Salary: £21,805 per annum
Date Placed: 21 Apr
Closes 15 May
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PhD Studentships 2026
Graduate School
Birmingham Newman University
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 15 Apr
Closes 31 May
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PhD Studentship: King’s College London’s Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) Doctoral Studentships
Department of War Studies
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Stipend: full UKRI stipend (£21,805p.a. in 2026-27, plus London Weighting of £2000 p.a.) Tuition fees: Home tuition fees.
Date Placed: 08 Apr
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentship: King’s College London’s Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) AHRC Doctoral Studentships
Department of War Studies
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Stipend: full UKRI stipend (£21,805p.a. in 2026-27, plus London Weighting of £2000 p.a.). Tuition fees: Home tuition fees. CRSW can appoint and fund one Overseas fee-paying student across the three opportunities.
Date Placed: 08 Apr
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentship: Interrogating British South Asian Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s
Film and Television Studies
University of Warwick
Location: University of Warwick
Salary: The studentship covers full tuition fees (with the fee difference waived for international award holders) and provides a four‑year UKRI level stipend. It also includes additional maintenance, annual allowances, and support for research and travel costs.
Date Placed: 07 Apr
Closes 05 May
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PhD Studentship: From the Frontline: Witnesses to War – Exploring the role, perspectives and impact of war correspondents during the Cold War and late 20th century
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: The award pays an annual stipend for all students, both home and international students; The stipend is tax free, & is the equivalent of an annual salary, enabling the student to pay living costs (UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2026/2027 is £21,805)
Date Placed: 02 Apr
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentship: Politics and Mythmaking: Disentangling Myth from Ideology
Sociology, Politics and International Relations, School of Society and the Environment
Queen Mary University of London
Location: London
Salary: Home tuition fees + annual stipend at QMUL rate (£21,874 for 2025/26)
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 30 Apr
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Spaces of Health: Connecting Past and Present Experiences of Health and Wellbeing in Heritage
School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 31 Mar
Closes 01 May
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Intimate Energies: How Do Museum Collections Help Us See Unrecognised Actors in the History and Future of Energy?
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 31 Mar
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentships in the History of International Development in the Global South
School of Global Affairs
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Full tuition and fees (Home, EU or Overseas rates) + PhD stipend (equivalent to the UKRI rate): £23,805 per annum
Date Placed: 27 Mar
Closes 29 Apr
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Milsom PhD Studentship in English Legal History 2026
Selden Society
Location: London
Salary: Up to £30,000 Maintenance allowance
Date Placed: 25 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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EUARTHURS: European Arthurs, Medieval to Modern Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Network
Bangor University
Location: Bangor
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 20 Mar
Closes 04 May
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Early Notice of Forthcoming Call for Applications for the Doctoral Programs (2026/27)
Scuola Superiore Meridionale
Location: Naples
Salary: £16,526.12 p.a.
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Expires 17 Jun
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PhD Studentship: Floral Materials and Objects from the 2nd Millennium BCE East Mediterranean
Faculty of Arts
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Location: Belgium, Greece
Salary: Competitive
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship - Faunal Materials and Objects from the 2nd Millennium BCE East Mediterranean
Faculty of Arts
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Location: Leuven
Salary: Competitive
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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Layered Histories in the Global South City PhD Studentship (Fixed Term)
Faculty of History
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £21,805 per year
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 03 May
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PhD studentship: Histories of Pollution in the Urban Art Museum
(UCL and The National Gallery
UCL
Location: London
Salary: £21,805 pa + £2,000 pa + £600 pa (See advert)
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 04 May
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PhD Studentship: Take One Picture (1995-present): children’s art, creativity and learning, and the future of museum education
School of Humanities
University of Westminster
Location: London
Salary: From £21,805 per annum plus London Weighting of £2000/year and a CDP maintenance payment of £600/year.
Date Placed: 13 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship - One Health and Public Health History in West Africa, c.1850-2000
UCD School of History - College of Arts and Humanities
University College Dublin
Location: Dublin
Salary: £21,744.90 - please see advert
Date Placed: 12 Feb
Closes 01 May
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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards – 3 Collaborative Doctoral Awards
Graduate School
University of Westminster
Location: Westminster
Salary: UKRI Rate, for 25/26 £22,780 (inclusive of London Weighting)
Date Placed: 04 Feb
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Automated Methods for Digitisation of Historical Railway Timetables
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: A fully funded studentship is available for UK applicants covering fees and stipend.
Date Placed: 02 Feb
Closes 30 Apr
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