Applications are now open for full time studentships, fee waivers and bursaries for postgraduate research programmes beginning at Kent Law School’s Canterbury campus in 2017.
With more than 60 postgraduate research students, Kent Law School offers a pluralistic and intellectual environment for research in which traditional and critical legal scholarship, theoretical and empirical work, and interdisciplinary studies all flourish.
Ranked 8th in the UK for research intensity in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), Kent Law School (and the University of Kent) offers a wide range of funding for postgraduate research students interesting in studying for either a PhD or an LLM by research.
PhD funding includes studentships funded through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) via the South East Network for Social Sciences, and through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South East (CHASE).
Unless otherwise indicated, successful applicants for the studentships will receive a maintenance grant equivalent to that currently offered by the ESRC (£14,296 in 2016/17) and a fee grant which will fully cover tuition fees paid at the Home/EU rate.
For those who intend to undertake an LLM by Research, Kent Law School invites applications for the Larry Grant Scholarship and also offers a number of fee waivers.
It is expected that successful applicants will undertake their studies in areas of existing research strength of the School. Research proposals in socio-legal studies, law and the humanities, and critical legal studies are particularly welcome.
Applicants should normally have obtained, or be about to obtain an undergraduate degree at a high Upper Second Class Honours level (2:1 or equivalent from other countries), or a postgraduate degree with Merit or Distinction.
Together with a high-quality research proposal, applicants are asked to submit a sample of written work (see: kls-studentships-2016-2017 PDF) and to apply online by 11 January 2017 for PhD funding or by 5 May 2017 for an LLM by research. If you have any questions, please check the School’s online guidance or email Co-Director of Postgraduate Research Dr Emily Grabham via klspgstudentships@kent.ac.uk