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.  There are two types of award available:

• 1+3 programme:  this award funds a Masters in Social Research followed by a PhD programme; or
• +3 programme:  this award funds a PhD programme only.

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. 1+3 awards only: applied for a place on the MA in Social Research.
3. Completed the WRDTP ESRC PhD Studentship Application by 23 January 2019. 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 23 January 2019. As such, you are advised to submit an application for a place on our PhD programme no later than 11 January 2019 and at the same time inform Professor Leah Roberts (Director for Research Degrees) that you wish to apply for an ESRC studentship.

We expect successful applicants will be informed at the end of April 2019 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.