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PhD Studentship in the Ideas of Anti-Autocratic Movements in Africa (2026)
University of Sussex
Location: Falmer, Hybrid
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 13 Jan
Closes 06 Mar
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PhD Studentship: Norwich UNESCO City of Literature Creative Writing in the Community PhD
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 12 Jan
Closes 06 Feb
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Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Digital Art History and Digital-born Art
School of Art History
University of St Andrews
Location: St Andrews
Salary: The scholarship covers tuition fees at the home rate and a stipend for the 3 years
Date Placed: 09 Jan
Closes 30 Mar
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PhD Scholarship: The Wheeler History of Travel Writing
History
University of Warwick
Location: Coventry, University of Warwick
Salary: UKRI rate for 3.5 years
Date Placed: 23 Dec
Closes 15 Jan
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Arts & Humanities Studentships
Arts & Humanities
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Funding will be for 3.5 years (full-time) or 7 years (part-time) Full tuition fees covered, including international fees Annual stipend (UKRI rate: £22,780 (including LWA) full time for 2025/26) Research training and support
Date Placed: 19 Dec
Closes 13 Feb
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PhD Studentship: Knowledge Orders before Modernity
History
King's College London
Location: Canterbury, London
Salary: Fully funded PhD Studentships
Date Placed: 18 Dec
Closes 13 Feb
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship: Shape the Future of Audiences, AI, and Creative Technologies
ADAPT-AI
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Full tuition fees covered; Annual stipend (UKRI rate: £22,780 (inc LWA) full time for 2025/26)*; Research training and support; Access to state-of-the-art facilities; Opportunities to attend conferences and workshops
Date Placed: 18 Dec
Closes 13 Feb
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Kingston University PhD Studentships
Graduate Research School
Kingston University
Location: Kingston upon Thames
Salary: £22,780
Date Placed: 16 Dec
Closes 05 Mar
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PhD Studentship - Flooded Futures: Exploring Sci-Fi Imaginings to Develop Future Flood Resilient Communities
University of Hull
Location: Kingston upon Hull
Salary: £21,196
Date Placed: 12 Dec
Closes 01 Feb
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PhD Studentship - Chronicle to Core: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Flood Histories, Societal Resilience and Community Engagement
University of Hull
Location: Kingston upon Hull
Salary: £21,196
Date Placed: 12 Dec
Closes 01 Feb
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10 Quintin Hogg Trust PhD Studentships
Graduate School
University of Westminster
Location: London
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 05 Dec
Closes 06 Feb
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PhD Studentship: Al and Behavioral Modelling - Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Underwater Archaeology
University of Bradford
Location: Bradford
Salary: £20,780 annual tax-free stipend
Date Placed: 02 Dec
Closes 28 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Hong Kong History Centre Studentship
Arts / Department of History / Humanities
University of Bristol
Location: London
Salary: Tuition fees; and maintenance stipend of £22,303.50 per annum (subject to review and rising in alignment with UKRI rates)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 23 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Hong Kong History Centre Studentship (Pre-1950 History)
Arts / Department of History / Humanities
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Full tuition fee bursary, a maintenance stipend of £22,303.50 per annum (rising in alignment with UKRI rates), a Research Training Support Grant, and generous relocation support if moving from overseas
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 23 Jan
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PhD Studentship: National Resources and Infrastructure: Mapping the Socio-technical Burden of Energy Transitions
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: This project is jointly funded by the MTC and the University of Birmingham.
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 27 Feb
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PhD Studentship: AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award Studentships
Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FASS)
The Open University
Location: South East
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 26 Nov
Closes 13 Feb
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PhD Research Scholar Positions
NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Location: Bergen
Salary: £42,987.46 Annual
Date Placed: 21 Nov
Closes 15 Jan
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PhD in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Department of Historical Studies
Central European University
Location: Vienna
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 18 Nov
Closes 04 Feb
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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards
Birmingham City University
Location: Birmingham
Salary: A full tuition fee waiver and a living-cost stipend at the UKRI rate
Date Placed: 11 Nov
Closes 27 Jan
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PhD Scholarships in Economics, History, Law and Political and Social Sciences
European University Institute
Location: Fiesole
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 Nov
Closes 15 Jan
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LSE PhD Studentships for 2026
London School of Economics and Political Science
Location: London
Salary: The studentships will be awarded across the School, providing full fees plus an annual stipend
Date Placed: 24 Oct
Closes 14 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Award: Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) 25/26
Research Studentships
Royal College of Art
Location: London
Salary: Full tuition fees (UK, EU, and International) ; Annual stipend of £23,121.70 (full-time equivalent)
Date Placed: 22 Oct
Closes 19 Jan
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Full-Time PhD Studentship - Daphne and her Sisters: Framing Gendered Violence
The School of Modern Languages and Cultures and the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS)
Durham University
Location: Durham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 21 Oct
Closes 16 Jan
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Full-Time PhD Studentship - Imagining Alternatives: Utopia in the World
Durham University
Location: Durham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 21 Oct
Closes 16 Jan
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Fully Funded SEDarc ESRC PhD Studentships
South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc)
Royal Holloway, University of London
Location: Canterbury, Egham, Falmer, Guildford, Kingston upon Thames, Reading
Salary: UK tuition fees and provide a stipend at the UKRI home rate on a full-time and part-time basis
Date Placed: 15 Sep
Closes 30 Jan
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