{"id":749,"date":"2014-07-15T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T10:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=749"},"modified":"2014-07-15T11:23:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T11:23:35","slug":"school-of-music-fine-art-phd-scholarships-for-september-2014-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2014\/07\/15\/school-of-music-fine-art-phd-scholarships-for-september-2014-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Music &amp; Fine Art &#8211; PhD Scholarships for September 2014 entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"color: #4d4d4d\"><a style=\"color: #4a7194\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/\">School of Music and Fine Art<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0celebrating our inaugural year and are delighted to announce up to\u00a0THREE fee waiver PhD scholarships\u00a0(Home\/EU rate) for PhD students.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/07\/NEW-phd-scholarships-kent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-752\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/07\/NEW-phd-scholarships-kent-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"NEW phd scholarships kent\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/07\/NEW-phd-scholarships-kent-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/07\/NEW-phd-scholarships-kent-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/07\/NEW-phd-scholarships-kent.jpg 1754w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">The Scholarships are available to UK, EU and overseas students and will cover\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4a7194\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/funding\/postgraduate\/\">tuition fees<\/a>\u00a0(at the home\/EU rate). They are offered for one year in the first instance, renewable for a maximum of three years subject to satisfactory academic performance.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #671115\">Criteria<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">In order to be eligible for these scholarships, applicants should apply for, and subsequently receive an offer of, a place at the University of Kent for one of the following PhD courses for September 2014 entry.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000\">\n<li>Fine Art (Practice as Research)<\/li>\n<li>Music and Technology*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\"><em>*\u00a0<\/em><em>Please note that new PhDs in Music (Research, Composition or Performance) are in the final stages of approval within the University and applicants for these areas are encouraged to apply for PhD Music and Technology with the understanding that they can then transfer onto the new PhDs upon arrival (subject to approval) where appropriate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">The scholarship competition is open to all doctoral research applicants who have applied or are applying to the School of Music and Fine Art for entry in the academic year starting September 2014. Please visit Kent&#8217;s<a style=\"color: #4a7194\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/postgraduate\/apply\/\">\u00a0postgraduate pages<\/a>\u00a0for comprehensive information about how to apply for postgraduate research study.\u00a0 These Scholarships are only open to applicants whose proposed first supervisor is in the School of Music and Fine Art. Please see\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4a7194\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/staff\/\">SMFA staff pages<\/a>\u00a0for further information on potential supervisors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">Please note that all of these Scholarships will be based at the University of Kent&#8217;s Medway campus.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #671115\">How to apply<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">In addition to their application for study, all new doctoral research applicants wishing to be considered for these scholarships must:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000\">\n<li>Complete a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4a7194\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/scholarships\/postgraduate\/downloads\/KentSMFAScholarshipApplicationForm2013.docx\">scholarship application form<\/a>\u00a0[Word docx, 55KB]<\/li>\n<li>Provide a copy of their CV<\/li>\n<li>Write a covering letter. Each applicant should supply the names, addresses, telephone numbers and emails of two referees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #671115\">Deadline<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">The\u00a0<strong>deadline<\/strong>\u00a0for receipt of applications is\u00a0<strong>11 August 2014<\/strong>. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a panel-led interview in early September 2014 with study to commence later that month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">Scholarships application forms, CVs and covering letters (including referee details) should be sent by post or by email to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">Email:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4a7194\" href=\"mailto:MFAadmissions@kent.ac.uk\">MFAadmissions@kent.ac.uk<\/a><br \/>\nPost: Research Scholarship Applications,<br \/>\nc\/o Recruitment &amp; Admissions Administrator,<br \/>\nSchool of Music &amp; Fine Art,<br \/>\nThe Old Surgery,<br \/>\nThe Historic Dockyard,<br \/>\nChatham Maritime,<br \/>\nKent ME4 4TE<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">Further enquiries about these scholarships should be directed to:<br \/>\nKathryn Sansom, Recruitment and Admissions Administrator, School of Music and Fine Art\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4a7194\" href=\"mailto:MFAadmissions@kent.ac.uk\">MFAadmissions@kent.ac.uk<\/a>, 01634 202962 \/ 01634 888980<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School of Music and Fine Art\u00a0are\u00a0celebrating our inaugural year and are delighted to announce up to\u00a0THREE fee waiver PhD scholarships\u00a0(Home\/EU rate) for PhD students. The Scholarships are available to UK, EU and overseas students and will cover\u00a0tuition fees\u00a0(at the home\/EU rate). They are offered for one year in the first instance, renewable for a maximum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2014\/07\/15\/school-of-music-fine-art-phd-scholarships-for-september-2014-entry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School of Music &amp; Fine Art &#8211; PhD Scholarships for September 2014 entry<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33718,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81427,24626,1252,124,70],"tags":[87374,87387,86632,8814,133918,24357,133917,996],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}