Key contact name: Toni Jenkins
Key contact email: [email protected]
Deadline: Thursday 31 March 2022 at 23:59 GMT
Potential applicants are advised to look at the profiles of staff within the social work subject area and to make an initial approach to a staff member about their proposed research project. Recent Macqueen awards include:
- Lone refugee women and integration in Scotland: Exploring how refugees build long-lasting bonds in Glasgow
- Encouraging parental separation in response to domestic abuse: An exploration of the place of ethics in local authority social worker's practice when asking mothers to become lone parents as a safety strategy in response to domestic abuse
- Parenting Alone: The journey of care-experienced young women
- Communities of Resistance? The Impact of and Responses to Post-2010 Austerity on Lone Parent Families in North Edinburgh
Eligibility
This award is available to a student intending to commence the PhD in Social Work in September 2022 on either a full-time or part-time basis.
Award details
One award covering tuition fees for a PhD in Social Work (UK, EU or Overseas level), a maintenance stipend of £15,700, and a £750 annual research grant.
The award is made for three years for full time students or six years pro-rata for part-time students.
How to apply
The closing date for this scholarship is Thursday 31 March 2022 at 23:59 GMT.
Applicants must submit two separate applications by this deadline (further information about both is given below):
- Application for admission to the PhD in Social Work degree (must be submitted at least 10 working days before the scholarship deadline)
- Macqueen Scholarship PhD Award application
Ensure you visit the Important Information and Recommendations section before you apply.
Application for the PhD Social Work
You will only be able to apply for a scholarship after you have submitted an application to study for the PhD in Social Work programme.
You must submit a complete application for admission to the PhD in Social Work research degree by the awards deadline. For further information on the application process, please see our how to apply page.
The application to study is made via the University's online applications system EUCLID. The application to study must be submitted at least 10 working days prior to the scholarship application deadline. This allows your University Username (UUN eg s1234567) to be activated in time for you to submit your scholarship application before its deadline.
Macqueen Scholarship application
Application to the Macqueen Scholarship is via the University's online scholarships application form located within the EUCLID applicant hub.
After submitting your application for the PhD Social Work programme, you will receive a University Username (UUN) and access toMyEd where you can reach the scholarship application system.
Selection process
The Macqueen selection panel will meet to assess the shortlisted candidates in Spring 2022, and results will be communicated to candidates by email shortly thereafter.