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PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship
Southampton Law School
University of Southampton
Location: Southampton
Salary: The annual stipend for this PhD will be at the UKRI stipend rate (£19,237 for 2024/25, updated annually) & tuition fees at UK or overseas levels as applicable.
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 28 Feb
PhD Studentship: Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality & Law
Southampton Law School
University of Southampton
Location: Southampton
Salary: The studentship runs for a period of three years and includes a stipend of in line with UKRI levels (which was £19,237 in 2024/25, updated annually) & tuition fees at UK or overseas levels as applicable.
Date Placed: 18 Dec
Closes 28 Feb
PhD Studentships
University of Portsmouth
Location: Portsmouth
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 18 Dec
Closes 17 Jan
Funded Supervisor-led Collaborative Studentships Starting in October 2025
South and East Network for Social Sciences
Location: Colchester, Lincoln, London, Norwich
Salary: £20,000
Date Placed: 16 Dec
Closes 24 Feb
Doctoral studentships in Research at the Frontier of Practice
City St George’s, University of London
Location: London
Salary: £21,237 also see advert text
Date Placed: 11 Dec
Closes 31 Jan
PhD Studentships - School of Social Sciences
(Law, Sociology, and Politics)
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Fee waiver covering home or international fees for 36 months. Please note that this offer does not include a monthly stipend, visa or accommodation fees. Fully funded in competition with multiple projects
Date Placed: 06 Dec
Closes 19 Jan
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD Studentship - Law and Criminal Justice
Graduate School
Edge Hill University
Location: Ormskirk
Salary: A package worth £28,000. See advert for details
Date Placed: 04 Dec
Closes 17 Jan
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD Studentship - Social Sciences & Criminology
Graduate School
Edge Hill University
Location: Ormskirk
Salary: A package worth £28,000. See advert for details
Date Placed: 04 Dec
Closes 17 Jan
Postgraduate Research Opportunities - Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training on “Partnerships for Sustainable Innovation”
University of Strathclyde
Location: Glasgow
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 05 Jan
PhD Studentship in Law
Law and Criminology
Royal Holloway, University of London
Location: Egham
Salary: UK home fee rate + stipend, for 42 months of funding
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 15 Jan
PhD Studentship: Addressing the Place of Microorganisms in the Nagoya Protocol: Microbial Biogeography, Genomics and Taxonomy
Life Sciences / Law
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 TBA.
Date Placed: 21 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
PhD Studentship: Towards a Praxis of a Just Transition in Developing Economies: Beyond Counter Accounts and Regulatory Frameworks to Action
Business / Law
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 TBA.
Date Placed: 21 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
PhD Studentship: Unilateralism v Multilateralism: Harnessing International Economic Policy for Sustainable Transitions
Law / Business
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 TBA.
Date Placed: 21 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Legal and Social Emergence of Rights of Nature as a Form of Environmental Protection
Law / Sociology
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 TBA.
Date Placed: 21 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
PhD Studentship: The Role of Directors’ Duties and Their Relationship With Non-financial Reporting in Achieving Environmental Sustainability
Law / Business
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 TBA.
Date Placed: 21 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
PhD Studentship: From Global Promise to Local Impact: Evaluating Climate Funding at the Local Level
Business / Law
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 TBA.
Date Placed: 21 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
MPhil/PhD Studentships in the School of Social Science
School of Social Sciences
University of Westminster
Location: London
Salary: A fee waiver and an annual stipend of £21,237 (24/25 rate, raising each year in line with UKRI increases) for three years. This includes London weighting.
Date Placed: 20 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
10 Quintin Hogg Trust PhD Studentships at the University of the Westminster
Graduate School
University of Westminster
Location: London
Salary: A fee waiver (at home fee level) and an annual stipend which will match UKRI stipend levels and will include London weighting
Date Placed: 15 Nov
Closes 07 Feb
University of Bristol Studentships
Social Sciences and Law within the Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Please refer to advert.
Date Placed: 12 Nov
Closes 25 Jan
PhD Scholarship for Black British Applicants
The City Law School
City St George’s, University of London
Location: London
Salary: An annual bursary (currently £21,237 subject to change in line with Research Councils UK’s recommendation on the national min. stipend); full tuition fee waiver.
Date Placed: 11 Nov
Closes 06 Jan
Grand Union ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FASS)
The Open University
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: Stipend: Approximately £19,237 per annum
Date Placed: 06 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
PhD Studentship in Criminology
Department of Law
University of Reading
Location: Reading
Salary: Please refer to advert.
Date Placed: 06 Nov
Closes 17 Jan
PhD Scholarships in Economics, History, Law and Political and Social Sciences
European University Institute
Location: Fiesole
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 Nov
Closes 31 Jan
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
School of Law
City University of Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
Salary: HK$ 28,100 (~ US$ 3,602.5) per month
Date Placed: 22 Oct
Closes 01 Dec
PhD Opportunities in the Faculty of Business and Law
Faculty of Business and Law
The Open University
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: £19,237 (circa) per annum
Date Placed: 17 Oct
Closes 07 Jan

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