The scholarship covers course fees (at the Home and EU/International rate) and will provide a stipend for living costs at the UK research council rate (£16,062 2022/23 rate).
The deadline for this scholarship has now passed.
The Kent Law School Next Generation Law Doctoral Scholarships will be awarded to up to three candidates with research proposals of the highest quality. These Scholarships are designed to support research that aims to transform our understanding of law, in order to reshape its future relevance and build better legal answers to pressing questions about the theoretical, social, environmental, political, economic or technological challenges that define our times. One of these challenges is to support more students from under-represented backgrounds to undertake doctoral degrees in KLS and to enter legal academia. Accordingly, one of the KLS Next Generation Law Scholarships is reserved for a UK-based candidate of Black or mixed-Black heritage in 2022. This targeted award is a positive action measure under s. 158 of the Equality Act 2010. The other two scholarships are open to all UK and International candidates.
Proposals in sociolegal studies, law and the humanities, critical approaches to law, law and political economy, law and health, law and intellectual property, and law, science and technology are particularly welcomed.
Those awarded KLS scholarships are not required to teach. However, as part of our commitment to support the next generation of legal academics, all doctoral students have the opportunity to undertake paid teaching on an undergraduate law module, at the direction of the Head of School.
Kent Law School (KLS) is one of the UK’s leading law schools. It was the 8th ranked UK Law School for Research Intensity in the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise, with a scholarly environment judged as supporting world-leading research. Law at Kent is ranked 15th out of 101 in The Guardian University Guide 2022, 16th in The Times Good University Guide 2022, and 45th in the THE World University Rankings by Subject 2021. Our work draws upon doctrinal and interdisciplinary methodologies, diverse critical, contextual and socio-legal approaches, and a range of theoretical perspectives from the humanities and social sciences in order to contribute to a broad range of legal sub-disciplines.
Applicants to the Next Generation Law Scholarships, as well as other relevant scholars relevant to the Law PhD programme, are strongly advised to discuss their project with a prospective supervisor or with the Director of Postgraduate Research Admissions and Scholarships (Dr Luis Eslava, L.Eslava@kent.ac.uk) prior to submitting a formal application for admission. For prospective supervisors, see the list of KLS academic staff and their areas of research: https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/people/index.html. For a list of KLS research centres and groups, see: https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/research/centres-and-groups/index.html. Click here for the Kent Law School Informal Guide to Putting Together a Research Proposal: https://media.www.kent.ac.uk/se/7037/proposal-guide-2019_PGR.pdf
To apply, applicants must submit a completed PhD application (including ethnicity information) by 14 February 2022. Applicants will be shortlisted for the Next Generation Law Scholarship based on the academic and intellectual quality of their proposal, its contribution to the aims and objectives of the scholarship scheme, and its fit with the proposed or potential KLS academic supervisor(s).
All applicants for admission to the Law PhD programme (for Sep. 2022 start), including applicants for SeNSS, CHASE and Alumni scholarships, will also automatically be considered for the KLS Next Generation Law Scholarship.
The application for admission is online: https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/apply