Funded Doctoral Scholarships in Law/Criminology/Sociology/Psychology in the School of Law at Royal Holloway, University of London

The School of Law is pleased to announce funded studentships for doctoral research in any area of Law, Criminology, Sociology or Forensic Psychology. We welcome all proposals but are especially interested in applications aligned withinthe following areas (which represent our primary research themes):

• Crime, Law and Justice


• Children, Young People and Families


• Health, Medicine and Risk


• Risk, Security and Technology


• Social Divisions and Social Identity

The Studentship
Studentships cover a fee waiver (home or overseas) and an £8,000 per annum bursary to assist with living expenses for 3 years, together with additional departmental research/conference funding support. In return successful applicants will be expected to undertake seminar teaching and/or adminstrative tasks for up to 4 hours per week across 20 teaching weeks.

Successful applicants will also be expected to contribute to the activities of the postgraduate research community in our multidisciplinary School of Law.

Detials of our academic staff can be found here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/criminologyandsociology/staffdirectory/home.aspx

For further information about postgraduate research in the School of Law at Royal Holloway, please see:  https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/criminologyandsociology/prospectivestudents/postgraduate/home.aspx

Qualifications and Eligibility
Candidates must:

• Have a first or good upper-second class honours degree or equivalent


• Have (or be near completion of) a Masters qualification (distinction or merit) which includes research training


• Excellent communication skills

Start Date
The preferred start date is October 2016.

Application Procedure
Informal enquiries can be made to Director of Graduate Studies Professor Jonathan Gabe (j.gabe@rhul.ac.uk) or Head of School Professor Rosie Meek (r.meek@rhul.ac.uk).

Your application should include:

• A research proposal (6 pages max), which includes a brief literature review, resulting research questions, and proposed methods to answering these questions, together with a statement about how you meet the eligibility criteria


• A current CV


• A sample of your written work

The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 1^st June.

Please submit your application electronicailly to Vicky Titchmarsh, Law administrator: Vicky.Titchmarsh@royalholloway.ac.uk who will confirm receipt of your application

Please also make a formal application via Royal Holloway’s online application system, which can be accessed at: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/postgraduate/applying/howtoapply.aspx