24 January 2012
The School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol is pleased to be able to offer PhD studentships in Social Policy or Social Work. Studentships cover maintenance and fees for UK residents for full-time or part-time beginning in October 2012.
The School also leads the following Interdisciplinary pathways: Security, Conflict and Justice and Health and Wellbeing. See further details about these here: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/fssl/swdtc.html
The School for Policy Studies is committed to providing the highest standards of social policy and social work research. Applications will be considered in any of the areas of the Schools’ national and international research expertise. Further information about the School is available at: www.bris.ac.uk/sps
All candidates must fulfil relevant ESRC academic and residential eligibility criteria. Candidates who have already completed a programme of research training at Masters Level are eligible for a 3 year award (PhD only). Candidates who have not completed a programme of research training at Masters Level are eligible for a 4 year award (1 year MSC in Policy Research/Social Work Research + 3 year PhD). Further information about the DTC is available at: http://www.bris.ac.uk/fssl/swdtc.html
Further details and application forms are available at: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/studying/doctoral/phd/applying
Application forms for Social Policy and Social Work pathways should be clearly marked ‘SPS ESRC Studentship’ (Section 6).
Application deadlines for 2012 are 17 February 2012.