[ecrea] PhD studentships and funding opportunities at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds.

PhD studentships and funding opportunities at the School of Media and 
Communication, University of Leeds.

Dear Colleagues,

The School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds is 
currently inviting applications for our PhD programme and is delighted 
to offer a record number of scholarships for PhD study in the School.

The School is one of the top departments in the country for the study of 
communication, media and culture, with research expertise clustered 
around research groups in cultural production and media policy; 
international communication; journalism studies; political 
communication; and visual and digital cultures.  We welcome applications 
in any of these areas and invite applicants to consult the School 
website for details of the research groups and individual staff 
expertise http://media.leeds.ac.uk/ In addition, this year the School 
also welcomes subject specific applications for research aligned with 
the aims of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded 
Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) 
http://www.cusp.ac.uk/ which will launch in January 2016. See 
http://media.leeds.ac.uk/pg/phd/ for details.

A range of PhD Scholarships are available to those who intend to begin 
PhD study in any of the School’s areas of research expertise in 
September/October 2016. All scholarships will cover the cost of academic 
fees at the University’s standard UK/EU rate, and some will also cover 
the cost of academic fees at the University’s international rate. All 
scholarships run for three years and provide an annual maintenance at 
the UK Research Council rate (£14,057 per year in 15/16). The total 
value of a Scholarship in Session 2015/16 was £18,157 (the total value 
for those funding international fees was £29,557).

Deadlines for most of the scholarships fall on 2nd February 2016. 
Applicants are strongly advised to make informal enquiries to the School 
or an individual supervisor by 10th December this year, and to have a 
proposal ready by 10th January 2016.

Why Leeds?  Our PhD candidates are fully engaged in the School’s vibrant 
research culture and are strongly supported throughout their study with 
training and supervision. The most recent REF review (2014) placed the 
School of Media and Communication in the top ten of all UK departments 
in our subject area, and ranked us third when taking into account the 
size of submissions (a measure called ‘research power’). Of the research 
submitted by the School to the REF 2014, 82% was judged by experts to be 
either ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ and 100% was 
judged to be ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in terms of 
impact.

We are currently home to over 50 research students and our students 
appreciate the quality of the experience provided by the School. In the 
2015 Postgraduate Research Experience Survey our students ranked the 
School higher than the Russell Group average in terms of overall 
satisfaction with the research degree programme (School 87%, Russell 
Group average 83%) and expressed 100% satisfaction with supervisors’ 
feedback, contact and subject knowledge.

If you would like more information please see 
http://media.leeds.ac.uk/pg/phd/ or contact the School’s Postgraduate 
Administrator by emailing (mediaphd /at/ leeds.ac.uk)

Dr Julie Firmstone
Lecturer in Media and Communication and Postgraduate Research Tutor (PGRT)
School of Media and Communication
University of Leeds,
LS2 9JT.

http://media.leeds.ac.uk/people/julie-firmstone/


For PhD admissions please contact (mediaphd /at/ leeds.ac.ukor) see 
http://media.leeds.ac.uk/pg/phd/








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