The decision about whether we will be offering an award for the October 2017 entry has not yet been made. In the meantime you might like to look at the information below that was posted regarding the award for October 2015 entry.

The Department of Education at the University of York invites Home/EU students to apply for a Departmental PhD studentship. The studentship comprises a stipend of £14,100 per year, payable for three years, together with a waiver of the tuition fees. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to some teaching activities in the Department, such as leading seminars with groups of undergraduate students as a follow up to their lectures.

In order to be considered for the studentship, you first need to apply for a place on the PhD programme and upload a research proposal of approximately 1,500 words in length outlining your proposed research study.

We have particular research strengths in our four research centres: the University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG); the Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice (CRESJ); the Centre for Research in Language Learning and Use (CReLLU); and the Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC). Applicants must locate their proposed research study in one of these four research centres, however joint supervision involving staff in another department may be possible. Please also note that we offer a PhD in Education and a PhD in TESOL.

If you are successful in being offered a PhD place, you should inform Professor Chris Kyriacou that you wish to be considered for the studentship award. Only those who have been offered a place and applied for a studentship award by 1 August 2015 will be considered.

The Department of Education at the University of York invites Home/EU students to apply for a White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) ESRC PhD studentship. In order to be considered for an ESRC studentship you need to have:

1. applied to the department for a place on our PhD programme using the university’s online application form: https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/. This will involve including a research proposal about 1,500 words in length outlining your proposed research study.  We offer three PhD programmes: a PhD in Education; a PhD in TESOL; and a PhD in Applied Linguistics. Please make sure you indicate which of these three PhD programmes you are applying for.  We have particular research strengths in our four research centres: the University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG); the Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice (CRESJ); the Centre for Research in Language Learning and Use (CReLLU); and the Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC). Applicants must locate their proposed research study in one of these four research centres.
2. completed the WRDTP ESRC PhD Studentship Application by 1 February 2017. Details regarding WRDTP ESRC PhD studentships and the online application are available at:  https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-funding/research/esrc/

In order to be eligible for consideration for an ESRC PhD studentship award, you need to have received the offer of a PhD place with us by 1 February 2017. As such, you are advised to submit an application for a place on our PhD programme no later than 15 January 2017 and at the same time inform Professor Chris Kyriacou (Director for Research Degrees) that you wish to apply for an ESRC studentship.

We expect successful applicants will be informed in early May 2017 if the department is able to nominate them for an ESRC studentship.

Please note that applicants wishing to apply for a +3 WRDTP ESRC PhD studentship need to have completed a masters degree that contains research training in social science research methodology (e.g. covering research design, data collection, data analysis, ethics, qualitative and quantitative approaches) that the ESRC requires as an adequate preparation for a +3 ESRC PhD studentship. We expect that most masters degrees in social science research methodology will be acceptable, but final decision on whether your masters degree is adequate will rest with the ESRC if/when you are nominated by the university for an award. In this regard, you might care to note that the the WRDTP offers a high quality masters programme in social research that has been developed to align with these ESRC expectations; please see the following webpage for further information: https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/ma-social-research/

There are three types of scholarships available to students paying fees at the overseas rate.  Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and the selection takes into account academic ability and financial need. Further particulars about the conditions of the awards and the application process are available from the International Office.

Details of other sources of funding can be found at the Student Recruitment and Admissions website.