School of Social Sciences and Humanities Positive Action Studentship to Support Racialised Minority Groups

The School is committed to undertaking initiatives which support under-represented groups to pursue educational and research opportunities across our disciplines. Analysis has shown that only small numbers of UK racialised minority students are undertaking postgraduate research degrees within the School. To take steps to address this structural inequality, a School-funded studentship has been ring-fenced for UK applicants who identify as being from a Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic background* as part of our wider work to support underrepresented groups within our disciplines.

Applications are invited from outstanding scholars working within and across any of the school's main research themes:

• Challenges to Democracy and the Public Sphere
• Dimensions of Inequality
• Hidden Voices, Contested Pasts
• Successful transitions under environmental change

We are keen to receive proposals in the following areas:

• Communication and Media
• Creative Writing
• Criminology
• Cultural Studies
• English
• Geography (Human and Physical)
• History
• International Relations
• Politics
• Social Policy
• Sociology
• Visual Culture

You are strongly advised to discuss your research proposal with an academic member of staff before applying.  If you require advice about this, please contact [email protected] .

Find out more about the different departments within the School:

* The University is referring, at this stage of our race equity work, to Black groupings of ethnicities, Asian groupings, other groupings and mixed groupings. The University has not included white racialised minority groups.

Apply online via the above ‘Apply’ button. Under programme name, select the relevant department name.  (Communication and Media, English, Geography, Social Sciences or Politics and International Relations).

Please quote the reference SSH-RMS-2024 in the application.  Failure to include this reference with the application will result in the application not being considered for this studentship competition.

For your application to be considered please ensure that you submit the minimum supporting documents  including a 3000 word research proposal before the deadline.

The following selection criteria  will be used to help make a decision on your application.

Due to the number of applications received it is not always possible to provide feedback.