University of Kent

Pathways, Academic Schools and Contacts

Any candidate wishing to be considered for an ESRC studentship award should contact the academic school for further information (see contacts listed below).  Before doing so, candidates should first consider information about PhD programmes on offer within these social science areas and identify a potential supervisor.  The contacts listed below will be able to advise applicants on the PhD routes available and the ideal route for each candidate based on their previous experience.

ESRC DTC Pathway	Academic Schools	Academic School Contact for Candidate  Queries
Economics	School of Economics	Professor Hans-Martin Krolzig Email: HM.Krolzig@kent.ac.uk   Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/economics/prospective/research/index.html
Management and Business Studies	Kent Business School	Professor John Mingers, Management and Business Studies Pathway Coordinator   First point of contact for all queries: Claire Baldock, Research Secretary Email: C.A.Baldock@kent.ac.uk   Website: www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/programmes/research/index.html
Political Science and International Studies	School of Politics and International Relations	Dr Ruth Blakeley, Political Science and International Relations Pathway Coordinator Email: R.J.Blakeley@kent.ac.uk    Website: www.kent.ac.uk/politics/postgraduates/research-programmes/index.html
Psychology	School of Psychology	Professor Robert Johnston, Psychology Pathway Coordinator Email: R.A.Johnston@kent.ac.uk and Lizanne Allcock, School Administration Manager Email: L.Allcock@kent.ac.uk   Website: www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/phd/research.html
Social Anthropology	School of Anthropology and Conservation	Glenn Bowman, Social Anthropology Pathway Coordinator Email: G.W.Bowman@kent.ac.uk and Shelley Malekia, PG Recruitment Secretary Email: S.Malekia@kent.ac.uk   Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/studying/pg_index.html
Social Work and Social Policy	School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research	Professor Chris Hale, Social Work and Social Policy Pathway Coordinator Email: C.Hale@kent.ac.uk   Website: www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/postgraduate/research/index.html
Socio-legal Studies	Kent Law School	Maria Drakopoulou, Socio-legal Studies Pathway Coordinator Email: M.Drakopoulou@kent.ac.uk (from January 2012) and Emilie Cloatre Email: E.Cloatre@kent.ac.uk (until December 2011)   Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/research/degrees_by_research.html
Sociology	School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research	Professor Chris Shilling, Sociology Pathway Coordinator Email: C.Shilling@kent.ac.uk   Website: www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/postgraduate/research/index.html
Environment, Energy and Resilience (interdisciplinary pathway)	School of Economics School of Anthropology and Conservation	Professor Stuart Harrop Email: S.R.Harrop@kent.ac.uk and Shelley Malekia, PG Recruitment Secretary Email: S.Malekia@kent.ac.uk   School of Economics Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/economics/prospective/research/index.html   School of Anthropology and Conservation Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/studying/pg_index.html

 

Eligibility

Home and EU candidates are eligible to make applications for ESRC studentship funding; please see guidance on residency requirements outlined in the ESRC’s Postgraduate Funding Guide.

Application Process

For +3 ESRC awards, candidates must:

• Have made an application to study for a PhD at the University of Kent.  Please indicate on the application form that you are seeking ESRC funding.  Applications to Kent are made online.  Please consider the application checklist carefully before completing the online application form
• Have worked with his/her proposed supervisor and academic school to ensure that a completed ESRC DTC application form, equal opportunities form and two references are submitted to Suzie Morris, Graduate School Administration Manager (graduateschool@kent.ac.uk) by 10 February 2012.  These forms can be found HERE. Before completing the form, you should read the Guidance Notes on completing the ESRC DTC application form carefully.

For 1+3 ESRC awards, candidates must:

• Have made an application to study for a Master’s (starting in 2012) and a PhD (starting in 2013) at the University of Kent.  Please indicate on the application form that you are seeking ESRC funding.  Applications to Kent are made online.  Please consider the application checklist carefully before completing the online application form.
• Have worked with his/her proposed supervisor and academic school to ensure that a completed ESRC DTC application form, equal opportunities form and two references are submitted to Suzie Morris, Graduate School Administration Manager (graduateschool@kent.ac.uk) by Friday 10 February 2012.  These forms can be found HERE. Before completing the form, you should read the Guidance Notes on completing the ESRC DTC application form carefully.

 

PLEASE NOTE

If you have previously applied for a postgraduate research degree programme at the University of Kent in one of the areas listed above and have been made an offer, there is  no need to apply to Kent a second time.

In order to be considered for the ESRC DTC studentship competition:

• You must meet the entry requirements for the postgraduate research degree programme for which you are applying.  Only candidates with the minimum of a 2.1 at undergraduate level will be considered eligible for consideration in the ESRC DTC studentship competition.
• You must have submitted all the required supporting documentation with your completed ESRC DTC application form and have provided the details of two academic referees to Suzie Morris (Graduate School Administration Manager) by the deadline of Friday 10 February 2012. See the Guidance Notes on completing the ESRC DTC application form.
• You must have applied for a place at Kent and meet the eligibility requirements for an ESRC DTC studentship award.

You will be required to work with your supervisor and academic school to complete an ESRC DTC application form plus supporting documents.  You would need to be easily contactable in the period up to 27th March 2012  in case  any queries arise with your application.

Further information

ESRC Postgraduate Training Framework

The ESRC has changed the funding allocation for 2011 onwards which involves the establishment of a network of institutional or consortia level Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs) funded by the ESRC.  The new framework strengthens provision for postgraduate training in the UK by building upon the considerable strengths already in existence across the social science research base and encouraging institutions to collaborate to provide the highest quality training to their students.  Further information is available HERE.

South East Doctoral Training Centre Website:  http://southeastdtc.surrey.ac.uk/

The South-East ESRC DTC partners make major contributions to social science research regionally, nationally and internationally, and this collaboration places our social scientists at the centre of inter-institutional research and training activities.  This partnership will enhance the doctoral experience of our social science postgraduate researchers who will benefit from training, development and networking opportunities offered across the DTC including access to advanced training offered by the consortium partners.

If you have any questions, email scholarships@kent.ac.uk