Scholarship for PhD in Social Sciences at University of Leicester

The Department of Sociology at the University of Leicester has a long and well-respected tradition in both teaching and research. We have ESRC 1+3 and CASE recognition for full and part time awards, and in the 2008 research assessment exercise 75% of what we submitted is judged as internationally recognised, which reflects our strengths in social theory, sport, language and interaction, gender and sexuality, health and illness, migration, political sociology and social movements and social simulation.

The department is offering one three year PhD Scholarship which provides £3,000 per annum towards fees and an annual stipend of £9,000. In order to be eligible, candidates must meet the following criteria:
Home/EU fee status.
Intending to start their PhD in July or October 2009. For each intended start date, in order to be considered for the scholarship the candidate must have provided all relevant documentation to satisfy conditions of offer (and otherwise completed all application procedures) by a date approximately two months prior to arrival. These deadline dates are therefore 1st May and 1st August 2009. There is no separate application process for the scholarship and all candidates who satisfy these conditions will be considered.

Submission of a two A4 page research proposal providing as much detail as possible about the intended research (summary of existing knowledge, research question, intended methods and so on). This proposal will form a key part of the assessment process for the scholarship and the topic of the research must be clearly relevant to the expertise of one or more members of the department who will be asked to supervise the successful applicant.

Good Masters level qualification in a relevant social science with a recognisable research methods component.

In order to be considered for this scholarship, please apply in the normal way to the university (http://www.le.ac.uk/pgprospectus/, general postgraduate enquiries can be made via pgadmissions@le.ac.uk) for one of the start dates above, providing all material requested by the department (including a research proposal) by the relevant deadline.

The department will consider all eligible candidates as soon as possible after each deadline and inform the successful candidate. The department reserves the right not to award the scholarship if no sufficiently well qualified candidate presents themselves.

For further information on the scholarship or postgraduate study please visit the Department of Sociology at http://www.le.ac.uk/sociology/ (with postgraduate information at http://www.le.ac.uk/sociology/pg/pg.html) or contact the Director of Postgraduate Studies at pgradsoc@le.ac.uk if the information you need is not available on the web.