Education at York is a member of the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in the Social Sciences, a major collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York. The White Rose DTC is one of the largest consortia in the country and offers a wealth of supervisory expertise across the social sciences as well as numerous training opportunities. Our students work together with others studying in their discipline from across Yorkshire and have numerous opportunities to develop their interdisciplinary networks and expertise. The DTC will award a total of 48 ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) studentships per year over 5 years. The competition for 2012/13 scholarships is now closed. Information about future competitions will be posted here. More information can be found here - The White Rose DTC

In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary  of the Department  of Education at the University  of York, the Department invites Home/EU students to apply for an anniversary PhD studentship. This will comprise a stipend of £13,500 per year, which will be payable for three years, subject to good academic progress, together with a waiver of the tuition fees.
The successful applicant will be required to do some teaching in the Department; this will involve about 100 hours of teaching and 100 hours of preparation and marking.  This equates to around 6 or 7 hours per week, or about one day a week, during term time. There will also be opportunities to become involved in staff-led research projects, depending on the interests of the successful applicant. 
 
The deadline for applications is 23rd April 2012. To be eligible for this studentship you must be a home/EU student and have applied and been offered a place on our three-year full-time PhD programme starting October 2012 before this deadline. Interviews for the award will be held in early May 2012 and the recipient of the offer of the studentship will be informed of this by 31st May 2012.
The Department has particular research strengths in three areas: research on education and social justice, research on language learning, and research on science education. A full list of members of staff and the research topics where they would welcome PhD applications can be found on the department website; some PhD supervisors are located in the Institute for Effective Education and in the Centre for English Language Teaching.  There is no restriction on the research topic which is eligible for the student ship.
In order to be considered for this student ship, you should apply for place on our PhD programme in the normal way. After you have received an offer of a place on the PhD programme, you will need to send an email to Professor Chris Kyriacou, the PhD programme leader, before 11 am on 23rd April 2012 to say you wish to be considered for this studentship.

Professor Chris Kyriacou
25th October 2012

Overseas applicants for an MA or MPhil/PhD degree may apply for a University Overseas Student Scholarship which are awarded on a competitive basis. The selection takes into account academic ability and financial need. Further particulars about the conditions of this award and the method of application may be obtained from the International Office email: international@york.ac.uk

Applicants for an MA degree may apply for an Annual Fund Award, which are awarded on a competitive basis. The total value of the award is expected to be £4500.  Preference will be given to York graduates and to those who might not otherwise be able to study at York. Further particulars about the conditions of this award and the method of application may be obtained from the Graduate Schools Office, email: graduate@york.ac.uk.

The application forms are on the web at the University Postgraduate pages.

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Details of other sources of funding can be found at the Graduate Schools Office website.