2015 Graduate Research Assistantship in Sociology at University of Leicester in UK

Application are on-going for the 2015 Graduate Research Assistantship in Sociology at University of Leicester in UK. The Department of Sociology is pleased to offer a funded Graduate Research Assistantship for September 2015 entry to its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme. This Graduate Research Assistantship is available for full-time registration. The successful applicant will receive a full UK/EU tuition fee waiver for four years subject to annual progress review. 

The successful applicant will receive an annual stipend of £9,901 and salary of approximately £4,156. The successful applicant will also have access to a Research Training Support Grant worth £750 each year to help cover costs associated with their research work.

Study Subject(s)

: This Graduate Research Assistantship is open to applicants wishing to pursue doctoral research in any area of sociology that can be supervised by our academic staff. However, applicants with a research proposal in any of the following areas will also be considered: 
Advanced Research Methods (Conversation Analysis and Computer Simulation), Drugs and Society, Gender, Sexuality, and the Body, Language and Interaction, Social Theory, Racism, Ethnicity and Social Movements and Education Policy and Inequalities.

Scholarship Value

The successful applicant will receive an annual stipend of £9,901 and salary of approximately £4,156. The successful applicant will also have access to a Research Training Support Grant worth £750 each year to help cover costs associated with their research work.

Graduate Research Assistantship is offered for four years subject to annual progress review.

Eligibility:

• First class or upper second class undergraduate degree or an equivalent overseas qualification in sociology or a relevant subject*
• A Masters degree in sociology or a relevant subject is desirable*
• Standard English language requirements-Available to suitable UK/EU and International (i.e., outside the EU) applicants – please note though that the award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only;
• international applicants (and those not eligible to pay UK/EU tuition fees) must demonstrate at the time of their application that they can fund the difference in tuition fee rates
• Available for full-time registration only
• Applicants must be able to start in September 2015
• Previous applicants need not apply or show evidence of achieving this by September 2015

UK/EU and International Applicants can apply for these Graduate Research Assistantship.

Application Procedure and Deadline

Applicants should take not of the following when applying:

• Draft a research proposal that tells us what you want to research, how you intend to do it, and why it is worth doing.
• Prepare your supporting documents – with your application you need to include proof that you meet the academic and English language entry requirements.
• You must also provide contact details for two academic (not personal) referees who can comment on your suitability for the research degree programme.
• Submit your online application or apply by post.

The application deadline is 30 June 2015.

Official Scholarship Website – http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/sociology-gra2015