Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Egham |
Funding for: | UK Students |
Funding amount: | UK Home fee rate + stipend, for 42 months of funding |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 28th November 2024 |
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Closes: | 7th January 2025 |
The Studentship
The Department of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy (PIRP) at Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL) offers a fully-funded studentship in philosophy, awarded on a competitive basis, via the Techne Doctoral Training Partnership. Techne is funded by the arts and Humanities Research Council. We welcome applicants interested in proposing that fit TECHNE’s remit to support innovative, interdisciplinary and creative approaches across the arts and humanities. The project is open to specific research focuses and may be co-developed between the student and the academic supervisor.
The Department
The Department of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy is an established centre of teaching and research excellence. The 2021 Research Excellence Framework ranked the department as #2 in the UK for studying politics. Our academic staff in Philosophy have expertise spanning ancient, continental, modern, and contemporary philosophy. Our department houses the Contemporary Political Theory Research Group and a unit on Contemporary Political Thought. Read more about our academic staff in Philosophy here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/philosophy/philosophy-staff/?department=philosophy/.
The PhD programme
PIRP has an active PhD programme with several dozen students. Entering first-year students form a cohort and together take a professional development module that covers all aspects of progressing through the PhD programme alongside preparing for careers in academia and beyond.
To apply
To enter the TECHNE competition, you must apply for the PhD Programme in Philosophy and TECHNE simultaneously. Applicants should contact members of our academic staff about potential projects and work to develop their applications. A full application guide is available here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/politics-and-international-relations/studying-here/research-degrees/applying/.
The deadline for the PIRP PhD Programme admission and the first round of TECHNE applications is 7 January 2025 at 17.00 (5.00 pm).
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