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PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate, which is £20,780 for the 2025/26 academic year; and full-time Home tuition fees for 3 years. An additional £8000 is available specifically to cover research costs over the duration of the award.
Date Placed: 07 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Understanding the landscape, sustainability and impact of Meals on Wheels services in the UK
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate, which is £20,780 for the 2025/26 academic year, and full-time Home tuition fees for 3 years. An additional £8000 is available specifically to cover research costs over the duration of the award.
Date Placed: 07 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability
SHS
University of Salford
Location: Manchester, Salford
Salary: See advert
Date Placed: 07 Apr
Closes 12 Apr
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Disruption and Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Alexander the Great Through the Material Culture of the Hellenistic World
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 04 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Co-Production, Climate Resilience, and Accountability: A Pathway to Localising Sustainable Agendas
Business / 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 is £20,780.
Date Placed: 02 Apr
Closes 28 May
PhD Studentship: Digital Technologies of Farming: Analysing and Communicating Its Impact on Farmers and The Environment
Sociology / Mathematics
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 is £20,780.
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 28 May
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 is £20,780.
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 28 May
PhD Studentship: Transitions to Sustainable Wildlife Harvest: Evidence Based Management and The Social Licence to Hunt
Life Sciences / 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 is £20,780.
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 28 May
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’
History
University of London
Location: London
Salary: The award pays an annual tax free stipend for all students, both home and international students; This stipend is the equivalent of an annual salary, enabling the student to pay living costs; the UKRI National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2025/6 is £20780
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 26 May
PhD Studentship: Examining the Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Consequences of Encephalitis Occurring in Childhood and How These Consequences Compare to Those Associated With Other Acquired Brain Injuries.
HLS
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: The studentship will cover Home fees plus an annual tax-free stipend of at least £20,780 for 3 years full-time, or pro rata for part-time study
Date Placed: 26 Mar
Closes 06 May
PhD Studentship in Reimagining Caribbean Collections (Fixed Term)
Department of Archaeology
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 25 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
PhD Studentship – Air Power
Freeman Air and Space Institute, School of Security Studies
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Stipend: full UKRI stipend (£21,237 p.a. in 2024-25, including London Weighting of £2000 p.a.) Tuition fees: three years Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 21 Mar
Closes 09 Apr
PhD Studentship: Implementation of Standing Frame Provision Across the NHS; A Mixed Methods, Co-Design Project
Health Studies
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3 years and includes Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £18,655 per annum 2024/25 rate (2025/26 rate TBC).
Date Placed: 21 Mar
Closes 10 Apr
Sigrid Rausing MIASU PhD Studentship in the Social Anthropology of Inner Asia
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: University Composition Fee (tuition fees) and maintenance at the home fee rate
Date Placed: 20 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
PhD Studentship: Stakeholder Approach to the Pedagogical Possibilities and Practices of the Mindsport Bridge
University of Stirling
Location: Stirling
Salary: £20,780 ESRC PhD stipend rate plus fees
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 10 Apr
PhD Studentship: A Qualitative Intersectional Investigation Into the Experiences and Consequences of Whistleblowing for Women Nurses.
School of Health Sciences
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford, Hybrid
Salary: £20,780 pro rata if applicable
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 11 May
Closes 11 May
PhD Studentship - Legal Pathways to Equitable Energy Access
Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 30 May
Midwifery and Public Health: Fully Funded PhD in Developing Digital Innovations for Autism-Informed Maternity Care
Midwifery and Public Health
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £19,237 for 2024/25
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 21 Apr
PhD Studentship: Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: Loughborough University, Loughborough
Salary: Please refer to the advert text
Date Placed: 14 Mar
Closes 23 Apr
PhD Studentship: Comparative Studies of Flevoland
Faculty of Life Sciences
University of Bradford
Location: Bradford
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 03 Mar
Closes 19 May
125th Anniversary Scholarship for Black British Researchers - Stuart Hall, Racism and Capitalism in Postcolonial Britain
School of Government and Society
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: 3.5-year scholarships
Date Placed: 27 Feb
Closes 30 Apr
125th Anniversary Scholarship for Black British Researchers - Decolonising the Mind: Self-Care Practices and Anti-Racism
School of Social Policy
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: 3.5-year scholarships
Date Placed: 25 Feb
Closes 30 Apr
PhD Studentship in the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease Transmission and Control
Mathematics
University of Sussex
Location: Sussex, Falmer
Salary: Fully-paid tuition fees for 3½ years at the home fee status. A tax-free bursary for living costs for 3½ years (£19,237 per annum in 2024/25). Additional financial support is provided to cover short-term and long-term travel.
Date Placed: 19 Feb
Closes 01 May
125th Anniversary Scholarship for Black British Researchers - African Feminisms
Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA)
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: 3.5-year scholarships
Date Placed: 18 Feb
Closes 30 Apr

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