School of Law PhD Scholarship

School of Law PhD Scholarship

We are delighted to announce the availability of a number of School of Law funded PhD scholarships for full-time and part-time students from both the UK and overseas. We welcome suitably qualified applicants in the field of law and criminology for study commencing from 1 February 2022.

The scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis. Applications are assessed on academic success and qualifications, experience, research background, a clear well-articulated, fully-developed research proposal, the potential impact of the research and a good match with supervisor expertise.

We particularly welcome applicants in the following subfields of law and criminology:

• Law and technology
• Public international law
• Family law
• Children and the law
• Public law
• IP law
• Wellbeing and the legal system
• Policing
• Probation and non-custodial punishment
• Gender and criminal justice
• Criminology of war
• Colonial and post-colonial law and justice

What is included in the scholarship

This scholarship will fund the following:

• Fees: Full payment of tuition fees across the course of study at the Home rate. For international students, the residual fee must be met by the individual.
• Maintenance/stipend: £9000 per year for full-time students with payments being made to the individual in quarterly instalments for three and a half years after the start of the course.
• Research Training Support Grant: Up to £500 per year for 3 years with the balance of unspent funds rolling forward each year. Restrictions apply to the use of these funds and there must be a clear connection to supporting the research project. Any unspent funds at the end of the project will be retained by the School. 

The above will be pro-rated for part-time students.

How to apply

• In order to be considered for a scholarship you must firstly apply for a place to study, via the Postgraduate Online Application System .
• Submit the scholarship application: Once you have completed step 1, or if you already have an offer to study with us, you should log into your postgraduate application and complete the additional scholarship section.
• The deadline for applications is 26 November 2021.

For further information or support with your application, please contact [email protected] .