PhD Studentships in Humanities and Social Sciences Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London -Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was created in September 2010 to support and enhance the work of its constituent Schools, ensuring that they would be able to work effectively together to generate excellent research, teaching and learning across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

The Faculty is committed to innovation in both research and teaching. It recognises the value of strategic collaborations and partnerships, and seeks to develop these across Queen Mary, as well as nationally and internationally.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has inherited an excellent track record in research, in learning and teaching, and in public engagement, and will continue to develop and promote its international reputation for these activities.

The Faculty will also continue to work in collaboration with a range of external partners to maximise the impact of its work. The Faculty can be confident in its past achievements and in its future potential for success because:

• In the Research Assessment Exercise 2008, nine Faculty research areas (out of
  thirteen) were judged to be in the top 10 nationally on the basis of the percentage
  of 4* and 3* grades, with three coming top in their discipline.
• In the 2010 National Student Survey, more than 50% of Schools had ratings over 90% for overall student satisfaction.
• In national university guides for 2011, seven disciplines in the Faculty are judged to be in the top ten nationally.
• Applications to programmes across the Faculty have grown consistently and
  significantly over the past five years.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is offering up to 40 fully funded research studentships in 2013 and invites applications from excellent candidates in the areas detailed below.

• Business and Management
• Drama
• Economics
• English
• Geography
• History
• Law
• Languages, Linguistics and Film
• Politics and International Relations

For further details of the Schools within the Faculty and their research interests please see the respective School websites.