PhD
Enquiries
The
Psychology Department at the University of York adopts an
'apprentice'-style approach to PhD supervision. In
practical terms, this means that the student and supervisor
work closely together, with the research being
collaborative in nature. Typically, a supervisor will work
with the student to identify a topic for research and to
design a first experiment. Gradually, the student
will put more input into planning and designing subsequent
experiments.
Each student meets regularly with his or her supervisor,
and in addition, meets once a term with a research
committee that consists of the supervisor and two other
faculty members who may have overlapping interests.
The purpose of the research committee is to monitor
the student's progress and to provide both input and
support for the research.
If you are interested in coming to work in the
Psycholinguistics Research Group as a PhD student, please
contact either
Gerry Altmann,
Gareth Gaskell,
or
Silvia Gennari
in the first instance, depending on your research
interests. Formal enquiries can be addressed to the
Postgraduate Admissions Tutor, at the departmental address
shown in the sidebar. Click through to the Psychology
Department main pages to find out more about
graduate study
at the department.
The department regularly receives studentships from BBSRC
and ESRC ("1+3"), and applicants can also apply for ESRC
competition awards. For students from the European Union,
or from non-EU countries, the University occasionally makes
available University Studentships (UK and EU students are
also eligible for these).