Scholarships in Education and Professional Development
We are delighted to offer scholarship opportunities to talented applicants for the academic years 2023/24 to support and develop outstanding academic research. A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to exceptional PhD students.
School of Education and Professional Development Open Scholarship – 2023/2024
We invite applications from exceptional candidates to apply for a School of Education and Professional Development Scholarship.
You can find out more details about the entry criteria and how to apply for the scholarship by looking at the information below.
Please note: this scholarship is only open to home students, the deadline for applications is Monday 5 June 2023. To be considered, you must have submitted all required documents by this date.
PhD Scholarship in Education, Extremism and ‘Race’
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PHD Scholarship in Youth, Ed and Marginalisation
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PhD scholarship in Education, Extremism and 'Race'
The scholarship is open to applicants engaged in research on any subject related to how education and educationalists engage with extremism and/or racism and racial conflict, and differential ethnic/racial experiences of education. Relevant topics might include but are not limited to:
- Educators 'safeguarding' against extremism
- The ‘Prevent Duty’ and its implementation within different educational sectors
- Preventing/countering violent extremism policies and their relationship to education in different national settings
- Educators and anti-extremism/anti-racism educational practice
- School choice and ethnic community cohesion
- Community cohesion and ethnic integration within student bodies
- Ethnic minority entry to and experience of initial teacher training
- Ethnic minority pupil attainment
The successful candidate’s primary affiliation will be within the Education, Extremism and ‘Race’ research node within SEPD’s Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society (HudCRES). For more information about HudCRES’s research activity and our supervision of post-graduate research students, please see our HudCRES page.
HudCRES has internationally-recognised research expertise around how educators of all types implement anti-extremism preventative policies, teach about values and implement anti-racist education, understand and implement approaches to community cohesion and ethnic integration, and the educational experiences and attainment of specific ethnic and faith groups within society.
The successful candidate can expect:
- Full waiver of tuition fees.
- An annual stipend of £17,668 in addition to a fee-waiver.
- Full-time PhD study for three years beginning in September 2023.
- Supervision from internationally renowned SEPD staff.
- Opportunities to contribute to wider research projects and activities within SEPD, and the expectation to gain teaching experience.
- Access to the Teaching Assistant Preparation Programme (TAPP), which can lead to the qualification of Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
- Access to additional financial support through the Postgraduate Support Fund of the School of Education and Professional Development.
- If not successful, consideration for a partial fee-waiver or full-fee study.
The successful candidate is normally required to be a resident in/near Huddersfield during the period of registration.
With over 87 students representing numerous fields of study and more than 10 nationalities, our postgraduate research student community is a vital, diverse and vibrant part of the School. HudCRES has an active programme of research lectures, events and seminars, some tailored specifically for PGR students. The University of Huddersfield is ranked in the top 350 institutions in the world for Education in the QS World University Subject Rankings. Huddersfield was ranked 29/83 in the Education ‘Research Power’ rankings and received 4* marks for its research environment.
Additional information can be found on our HudCRES page.
To apply please visit the How to Apply page
Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023
Applications should be accompanied by a detailed proposal outlining the project and its relevance to the scope of the scholarship. Please indicate clearly on the online application form that you are applying for the Education, Extremism and ‘Race’ PhD Scholarship.
Please note: this scholarship is only open to home students.
Enquiries:
Professor Paul Thomas: d.p.thomas@hud.ac.uk
Professor Hazel Bryan: h.bryan@hud.ac.uk
PhD scholarship in Youth, Education and Marginalisation
The School of Education and Professional Development at the University of Huddersfield is pleased to invite applications for a PhD related to Youth, Education and Marginalisation for new UK home PhD students, starting in September 2023.
The scholarship is open to applicants engaged in research on any subject related to young people, education, marginalisation and transitions to adulthood and employment. Relevant topics might include but are not limited to:
- Graduates, ‘employability’ and youth transitions
- The dynamics of the youth labour market for working-class young people
- Understanding youth ‘economic inactivity’
- Special schools, SEND and youth transitions to adulthood
- (Re)-entering the labour market after being NEET experienced
- Young people, poverty and social exclusion
The successful candidate’s primary affiliation will be with the ‘Young People and Marginalisation’ research cluster, part of SEPD’s Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society (HudCRES). For more information about HudCRES’s research activity and our supervision of post-graduate research students, please see our HudCRES page:
HudCRES has internationally-recognised and long-standing research expertise in the area of young people and marginalisation, particularly in respect of youth transitions to adulthood, youth un/ employment, young people and VET, ‘NEET’ experiences, and youth policy.
The successful candidate can expect:
- Full waiver of tuition fees.
- An annual stipend of £17,668 in addition to a fee-waiver.
- Full-time PhD study for three years beginning in September 2023.
- Supervision from internationally renowned SEPD staff.
- Opportunities to contribute to wider research projects and activities within SEPD, and the expectation to gain teaching experience.
- Access to the Teaching Assistant Preparation Programme (TAPP), which can lead to the qualification of Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
- Access to additional financial support through the Postgraduate Support Fund of the School of Education and Professional Development.
- If not successful, consideration for a partial fee-waiver or full-fee study.
The successful candidate is normally required to be a resident in/near Huddersfield during the period of registration.
With over 87 students representing numerous fields of study and more than 10 nationalities, our postgraduate research student community is a vital, diverse and vibrant part of the School. HudCRES has an active programme of research lectures, events and seminars, some tailored specifically for PGR students. The University of Huddersfield is ranked in the top 350 institutions in the world for Education in the QS World University Subject Rankings. Huddersfield was ranked 29/83 in the Education ‘Research Power’ rankings and received 4* marks for its research environment.
Additional information can be found on our HudCRES page.
To apply please visit the How to Apply page
Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023
Applications should be accompanied by a detailed proposal outlining the project and its relevance to the scope of the scholarship. Please indicate clearly on the online application form that you are applying for the ‘Youth, Education, and Marginalisation’ PhD Scholarship.
Please note: this scholarship is only open to home students.
Enquiries:
Professor Lisa Russell: l.russell@hud.ac.uk
Professor Robin Simmons: r.a.simmons@hud.ac.uk
Professor Rob MacDonald: r.f.macdonald@hud.ac.uk