The Faculty welcomes applications for 7 full-time PhD studentships.
For further information, please contact a member of the administrative team on SShresearch@uwe.ac.uk or by telephone 0117 32 84412.
They will be able to answer any general queries and also to put you in touch with the relevant subject specialists if you have an academic query or wish to discuss your proposal in more detail.
We will expect proposals to have a clear outcome in terms of impact, whether this be social, economic, intellectual or cultural. To this end it is expected that projects will involve a clear dissemination strategy.
At least one studentship will be appointed in Education, History, Law and Linguistics
Applications are also invited from students with an interest in Social policy, Criminal justice, Psycho-social studies, Philosophy, English or Human rights
These are fully funded, three year full-time studentships. Students will receive the standard Research Council rate which will be £13,290 in 2009/10. In exceptional circumstances it may be possible to award a bursary on a part-time basis. The duration of the full-time studentship will normally be for 3 years, subject to satisfactory annual progress reports. The starting date of the studentships will be between October and January, depending on individual circumstances of the successful candidates.
You should complete the application form for Postgraduate Research Programmes in the Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities (word, 467k) and return to Lesley Brock (Lesley.brock@uwe.ac.uk) by the closing date of 24th July 2009. It is intended that interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in the week of 24th August.
Please follow the web links below for more information on staff research interests and where possible expertise to supervise your research project is most likely to lie.
* School of Education
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/ssh/education/research/people.aspx
* Department of English
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/english/staff.shtml
* Department of History
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/history/staff.shtml
* Department of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/staff.shtml
* Department of Law
http://law.uwe.ac.uk/bristol-law-school-staff/department-of-law/index.cfm
* Department of Politics, Philosophy and International Relations
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/politics/staff.shtml
* Department of Sociology and Criminology
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/sociology/staff.shtml
