The (ESRC) has announced new investment in 15 doctoral training partnerships (DTPs) spanning 89 institutions over the next five years, providing professional development and training opportunities to enhance the capabilities of doctoral candidates.
菠萝视频 (BU) was part of a successful 拢15.3m bid which now enables colleagues to bid for prestigious ESRC-funded doctoral studentships.
BU has partnered with the University of Bristol, University of Bath, Bath Spa University, University of Exeter, University of Plymouth, University of St Mark and St John (Marjon), and University of the West of England as part of the (SWDTP).
The partnership will cover the breadth of social sciences, as well as areas of interdisciplinary research.聽The ESRC awards cover five years of PhD studentships, with the first intake beginning in October 2024. The ESRC aims to support 500 students a year nationwide across the partnerships.
The DTPs will also develop tailored training programmes for students and staff and support a wide variety of collaborative activities, including events and placement opportunities.
Professor Mike Silk, Institutional Lead for BU and a member of the SWDTP Management Board, said: 鈥淭his is a prestigious award which will fund over 170 studentships across the consortium of SWDTP partners and provides us with an exciting opportunity to further elevate our postgraduate provision in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary pathways aligned with the ESRC.
鈥淚t allows 菠萝视频 staff and students to benefit from the leadership and research knowledge across all eight institutions and for 菠萝视频 to enhance and extend its research environment, promote and support excellent, innovative, diverse and interdisciplinary research, and foster transferable research skills and the career development of our postgraduate researchers.鈥�
He added that the partnership will also bring additional benefits, with all registered postgraduate research students at BU now having access to opportunities for additional training across partner institutions, sharing best practice, resources and academic knowledge, placements, and funding for staff projects and events.
Fiona Knight, Head of The Doctoral College at BU, said: 鈥淭he Doctoral College is excited to be collaborating with our partners in the SWDTP and the opportunity to share best practice, resources and academic knowledge.
鈥淭his partnership will strengthen our support for all of our social science postgraduate researchers and enable access to a network of social scientists across the DTP.鈥�
The funding means that BU will now be able to bid for ESRC-funded doctoral studentships across several areas of excellence that align to the ESRC鈥檚 funding priorities 鈥� including Health, Wellbeing, and Society; Psychology; and Climate change, Sustainability, and Society.
Stian Westlake, ESRC Executive Chair, said:聽鈥淥ur vision for postgraduate training is that it will develop globally competitive social science researchers who can operate in interdisciplinary, collaborative, and challenge-led environments across a range of sectors and who have a diversity of backgrounds and experiences.聽
鈥淭his redesigned and expanded doctoral training opportunity will enhance the experience for PhD students and boost the UK鈥檚 capability.鈥澛�
Find out more about 菠萝视频 studentships and opportunities through the SWDTP
