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PhD studentships available

Posted on 12 November 2013

Seven studentships covering home fees and a stipend are available for for 2014

Our faculty can offer supervision within any of these key areas of Psychological research: Adult cognitive processes, Cognitive development, Comparative Psychology, Perception and Attention, Social and Personality Psychology and Applications of Psychology.

The department of Psychology at the University of York is a leading research (6th in RAE 2008) and teaching (TQA 24/24) department with 36 faculty and a lively community of researchers and PhD students. The department offers a vibrant research environment and first-class facilities, including the York Neuroimaging Centre and the Henry Wellcome Building for Cognition.

Funding for 2014

This year we have seven full studentships available (cover home/EU fees and provide a stipend of £12-13000/year):

  • 3 x 40th Anniversary studentships in Psychology and Neuroscience (open to all students)
  • 2 x departmental teaching studentships (open to all students).
  • 1 x University teaching studentship (open to students who apply for the PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging)
  • 1 x ESRC 1+3 studentship (open to home students with research within ESRC remit)

Our faculty can offer supervision within any of these key areas of Psychological research:

Cognition and communication (including language, memory, spatial and numerical processing)
Developmental psychology (including typical and atypical development of language, literacy and memory in children)
Social interaction and forensic psychology
Perception and action (including fundamental neuroscience and significant applied research)

How to apply 

Please look at our website to explore our active research areas that link to staff profiles in order to find a potential supervisor with research interests that match yours. We encourage you to then contact the member of staff directly and discuss potential research projects. With guidance from your potential supervisor you should then complete the online application form, which includes a research proposal. 

To be considered for a studentship we must receive your application by January 13th 2014. Initial interviews will be completed before the 27th January. The strongest candidates will then be shortlisted for a second interview between 10th and 21st February 2011 and funding offered to successful candidates by the end of February. 
For more information on how to apply for a place please see further details.

Facilities

The department is in an attractive location on the main University campus and occupies modern purpose-built accommodation and is furnished with state-of-the-art research and computer equipment. All our research postgraduates are provided with their own desk and computer and have full access to laboratory facilities. 
Details of our research facilities are on our research webapges, and some of our more specialised research facilities include:

  • York Neuroimaging Centre (provides 3T MRI, whole-head MEG, high density EEG and TMS plus high-performance computing facilities for image analysis)
  • Sleep laboratory with EEG
  • Hearing and speech laboratory with a large-scale sound-attenuating environment 
  • Eye movement laboratory 
  • Video analysis suite 

The department maintains excellent contact with local schools and hospitals for work in developmental psychology and neuropsychology. There are also close links with the Home Office, the Prison and Probation Services, the Police and several zoos that allow behavioural animal research.