School of Social Sciences - North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (AHRC NWCDTP) - 2023

• Tuition fees
• Stipend £17,668 per annum for 2023/24

 Students opting to study part-time will receive a pro rata maintenance grant of the equivalent of a full time award.

 Students will receive additional disability allowance where appropriate.

 Please refer to the guidance for eligibility criteria and details.

PhD Philosophy

PhD Social Anthropology with Visual Media

PhD Law

PhD Criminology

In 2023, NWCDTP is offering ring-fenced studentships* for applicants from socioeconomically unequal backgrounds in the UK via the Broken Pipeline studentship. In addition to this, NWCDTP is offering a Philosophy Pathway studentship for a female scholar (including any candidate identifying as a woman). The Philosophy Pathway studentship is open to Home and International candidates. Applicants from these groups will also be considered as part of the open competition.

* Applicants wishing to apply for one of the ring-fenced studentships will have the opportunity to identify themselves on the application form as wishing to be considered for these targeted studentships. Their applications will be considered as part of the standard award competition and will be subject to the same assessment criteria and schedule.

• 3 or 4 years full-time, depending on programme

• 6 or 8 years part-time, depending on programme

Open competition

+3 (PhD)

Bachelor's (Honours) degree (or overseas equivalent) at 2:1 level or above in a cognate subject, and normally a Master's degree at 65% overall average with minimum 65% in dissertation and with no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant cognate subject, preferably one with a substantial research methods component.

+2 (24 months for Current PGRs)

You must be enrolled upon a PhD Programme at the University of Manchester, with at least 2 years remaining, and you must meet the academic requirements for +3 funding, specified above.

1+3 (Masters followed by PhD)

UK Bachelor's degree (or overseas equivalent) at 2:1

Eligible applicants must complete and submit the AHRC NWCDTP Application Form by 5pm GMT, 3 February 2023. Please note that this is a strict deadline and applications received after 5pm will not be included in the competition. The completed AHRC NWCDTP application form, together with your transcripts and references, must be submitted to the School of Social Sciences Postgraduate Admissions Co-ordinator at pgr-soss-admissions@manchester.ac.uk.

You must also submit your  programme application by the dates specified below. This is to ensure you hold an offer of a place by the time the NWCDTP committee make their selection. Otherwise, you will not be included in the competition.

PhD Philosophy - 13 January 2023

All Other Programmes - 1 December 2022

All applicants (including +2) must submit all of the following documents to pgr-soss-admissions@manchester.ac.uk before 5pm, 3 February 2023:

- AHRC NWCDTP Application Form

- Research Proposal

- Degree Certificates and Transcripts

- CV

- Two Academic References

Academic merit/research

School of Social Sciences and AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP)

All AHRC NWCDTP Applications must be recieved by the school before 5pm, 3 February 2023. Please note that the NWCDTP application form cannot be changed after submission.

In advance of this, you must submit your completed programme application by the dates specified below to ensure you hold an offer at the time of funding selection (not applicable to +2 applicants):

Philosophy - 13 January 2023

Social Anthropology - 1 December 2022

Law - 1 December 2022

Criminology - 1 December 2022

Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Successful candidates will be notified by 5 May 2023.