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PhD Studentship in Comparative and Intercultural Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures, School of Humanities
University of Reading
Location: Reading
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 13 Feb
Closes 31 Mar
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PhD Studentship: History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the Present
Culture and Communications School
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 13 Feb
Closes 22 Mar
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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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PhD Studentships
History
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Both studentships cover full time domestic tuition fee rates for 3 years. UK Tuition Fees 2025/26: (Full-time) £6,600 for the first year (MPhil/PhD, History Research).
Date Placed: 12 Feb
Closes 11 Apr
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Hans Rausing Doctoral Scholarship: PhD in the History of Science and Technology (Home/EU/Overseas)
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - Department of History
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Funding Maximum £22,780 stipend per annum (based on UKRI 2025/26)
Date Placed: 12 Feb
Closes 17 Apr
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PhD Studentship
Department of Philosophy
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance of £20,780 per year (2025/26 rate)
Date Placed: 05 Feb
Closes 02 Mar
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PhD Studentship: AI and the question of autonomy: building the foundations for AI Scientists
HASS
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance of £20,780 per year (2025/26 rate)
Date Placed: 05 Feb
Closes 02 Mar
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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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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards Studentships
University of Hertfordshire
Location: Hatfield
Salary: £20,780 (UKRI rate: £20,780 full time for 2025/26), pro rata for part time students.
Date Placed: 04 Feb
Closes 10 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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University of Birmingham Scholarships in Arts, Humanities and Law
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Please see advert for individual details
Date Placed: 30 Jan
Closes 27 Feb
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Hans Rausing Doctoral Scholarship: PhD in the History of Science and Technology (Home/EU/Overseas)
Department of History
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: £22,780 stipend per annum (based on UKRI 2025/26) Additionally covers Home, EU and International tuition and fees, plus research stipend.
Date Placed: 28 Jan
Closes 17 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Haywood Fellowship
College of Arts and Law
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 23 Jan
Closes 29 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Sir Henry Thomas Scholarship for Postgraduate Hispanic Studies
University of Birmingham, College of Arts and Law
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £15,000 for three years
Date Placed: 23 Jan
Closes 27 Feb
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PhD Studentship: Stanley Ray Scholarship
University of Birmingham, College of Arts and Law
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £10,000 per annum for full-time students or £5,000 for part-time students.
Date Placed: 23 Jan
Closes 27 Feb
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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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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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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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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: 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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