Unit : Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FASS) Salary : Stipend: circa £18,622 per annum Location : Milton Keynes Please quote reference : Project - Psychology – Online gendered violence against women and girls on Social Media 3 year, fully funded Studentship Closing Date : 25 October, 2024 - 17:00
The Centre for Protecting Women Online is inviting applications to join our PhD programme beginning February 2025. Your application will need to be based on the advertised project below.
A second cohort will start in October 2025. Any applications received after the 22 October 2024 deadline will be considered for the October 2025 cohort. The deadline for applications to this cohort will be in January 2025.
Psychology – Online gendered violence against women and girls on Social Media
If your application is successful, you will join the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Psychology of Counselling, where the Human Behaviour Stream of the Centre for Protecting Women Online is based. You will work with subject specialists to develop an original contribution to knowledge as well as your skills in research, communication, engagement and impact.
PhD studentships are based on full-time study for three years at the Milton Keynes campus. Full-time students are expected to live within an easily commutable distance of Milton Keynes, meet their supervisors face-to-face on a monthly basis, and are advised to be on campus or another site of research a minimum of two days per week. Part-time students are expected to live within the UK and attend campus when required. Please note that our PhD and MPhil degrees cannot be studied online or via distance learning.
Fully-funded studentships cover tuition fees, and a stipend (circa £18,622 per annum) for 36 months. A generous research training support grant is allocated to all students accepted into the programme to cover research-related costs including fieldwork and conferences.
Applicants for the PhD programme should have minimum qualifications of an upper second class honours degree (2:1 or an equivalent) or usually a specialist masters in a subject relevant to the intended study with a strong research element.
Your application must include:
The deadline to submit your application is 25th October 2024 at 23:59 (GMT). Your proposal, covering letter, fully-completed application form, and copies of certificates and transcripts including IELTS certificate should be emailed to protecting-women-online@open.ac.uk by the closing date and time.
Interviews will form part of the selection process and will be held in November 2024 either in person or remotely via videoconference. Applicants are expected to give a 10 minute presentation about their proposal, followed by a question and answer session lasting up to 45 minutes.
Please ensure to thoroughly check your application before submission as incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please send queries about this opportunity to protecting-women-online@open.ac.uk.
Posting Date : 15 October, 2024 - 11:15
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