Bangor University Scholarship - The College of Arts and Humanities
Research Areas
The College welcomes applications from all its disciplines, but will use these studentships to enhance its areas of research excellence. Successful candidates will be supervised by the leaders in these fields and - whilst spending the majority of their time pursuing their studies – successful studentship applicants will also work with these leaders to support projects in the areas by acting as assistants in research, teaching, or project management.
The areas of excellence are:
Scholarship Information
The College is offering 5 studentships and 5 bursaries. We welcome applications from Home/EU and International students.
Studentships
Each holder of a PhD studentship receives an annual maintenance grant of £12,500 (for 2009/10) and an annual research allowance of up to £1,500 (for approved expenditure) with the core grant rising by £500 p.a. Studentship holders do not pay fees. No additional allowances are payable. Successful studentship applicants will be expected to supply around 100 hours per year of teaching/Research Assistance focused on a superviser / research team as part of their development as an academic of the future.
Bursaries
Each PhD bursary provides an annual allowance of £5,000 and an annual research allowance of up to £1,500 (for approved expenditure). Fees are payable. Applicants are not expected to teach or act as Research Assistants, but may apply to do so if vacancies occur.
125th Anniversary Scholarships Application Procedure
Please submit a CV with the names of 2 academic referees. You must also submit a copy of an official transcript of your academic results for first degrees and masters where applicable. You should state the nature and extent of your linguistic abilities and qualifications if your first language is not English or Welsh.
We also require a summary explaining your proposed research project or area of expertise and describing how it relates to the areas of excellence above. In the summary, please also state briefly if you wish to be considered for the studentships AND the bursaries, or the studentships only.
Please mark your application 'Bangor University 125th Anniversary Research Scholarships'.
The summary should be no longer than 1 side of A4, with normal margins and a font size of at least 11pt Arial.
These documents should be submitted electronically to:
Dr Suan Lee
Postgraduate Administrator
College of Arts and Humanities
Bangor University
E-mail: s.lee@bangor.ac.uk
by 5pm on 12 June 2009.
The e-mail subject should be titled ‘125 Scholarships.’
Decisions will be made by 6 July 2009.
Back to How to Apply page
Bangor University Admissions Procedure
In addition to the College’s application requirements, if you are offered a scholarship you will need to complete a University application form and satisfy its general requirements before taking up a place.
The College welcomes applications from all its disciplines, but will use these studentships to enhance its areas of research excellence. Successful candidates will be supervised by the leaders in these fields and - whilst spending the majority of their time pursuing their studies – successful studentship applicants will also work with these leaders to support projects in the areas by acting as assistants in research, teaching, or project management.
The areas of excellence are:
- Cultural exchange - particularly issues surrounding the formation of national and other identities, minority cultures, or globalisation.
- Multilingualism
- Creativity and study of the creative process - in music, film, literature, other written text, and contemporary or new media.
- Prehistoric, medieval and early modern Wales - and/or the parallel Celtic, English or European societies and contexts.
- Twentieth century and contemporary Wales - and/or twentieth century and contemporary Britain or European Societies and contexts.
Scholarship Information
The College is offering 5 studentships and 5 bursaries. We welcome applications from Home/EU and International students.
Studentships
Each holder of a PhD studentship receives an annual maintenance grant of £12,500 (for 2009/10) and an annual research allowance of up to £1,500 (for approved expenditure) with the core grant rising by £500 p.a. Studentship holders do not pay fees. No additional allowances are payable. Successful studentship applicants will be expected to supply around 100 hours per year of teaching/Research Assistance focused on a superviser / research team as part of their development as an academic of the future.
Bursaries
Each PhD bursary provides an annual allowance of £5,000 and an annual research allowance of up to £1,500 (for approved expenditure). Fees are payable. Applicants are not expected to teach or act as Research Assistants, but may apply to do so if vacancies occur.
125th Anniversary Scholarships Application Procedure
Please submit a CV with the names of 2 academic referees. You must also submit a copy of an official transcript of your academic results for first degrees and masters where applicable. You should state the nature and extent of your linguistic abilities and qualifications if your first language is not English or Welsh.
We also require a summary explaining your proposed research project or area of expertise and describing how it relates to the areas of excellence above. In the summary, please also state briefly if you wish to be considered for the studentships AND the bursaries, or the studentships only.
Please mark your application 'Bangor University 125th Anniversary Research Scholarships'.
The summary should be no longer than 1 side of A4, with normal margins and a font size of at least 11pt Arial.
These documents should be submitted electronically to:
Dr Suan Lee
Postgraduate Administrator
College of Arts and Humanities
Bangor University
E-mail: s.lee@bangor.ac.uk
by 5pm on 12 June 2009.
The e-mail subject should be titled ‘125 Scholarships.’
Decisions will be made by 6 July 2009.
Back to How to Apply page
Bangor University Admissions Procedure
In addition to the College’s application requirements, if you are offered a scholarship you will need to complete a University application form and satisfy its general requirements before taking up a place.
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