See below an invitation for applications for funded research studentships at Kent Law School.
The studentships are available for any area of law. CentreLGS welcomes applications proposing research in the broad field of Law, Gender and Sexuality. For more information on being linked to CentreLGS as a postgraduate student, please see here: http://www.kent.ac.uk/clgs/training.html
PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICATIONS NEED TO BE SENT DIRECTLY TO KENT LAW SCHOOL. CentreLGS does not accept applications directly.
Anisa de Jong
Centre Coordinator
AHRC Research Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality
Kent Law School
University of Kent
Canterbury
CT2 7NS
Tel. +44 (0)1227 82 4474
Fax. +44 (0)1227 82 7831
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Kent Law School Research Studentships
Kent Law School (KLS) invites applications for two funded full time research studentships leading to the degree of PhD commencing in September 2008. Candidates will initially register for a full time MPhil research degree at the University of Kent at Canterbury. The funding will be available for one year in the first instance, extended (for registered students only) for a second year providing verifiable progress has been made (in teaching and research), and extended for a third year providing the candidate has upgraded from MPhil to PhD.
The successful applicants for the studentships will receive a maintenance grant equivalent to that offered by ESRC (£12,600 in 2007/08) and tuition fees paid at the home/EU rate (£3,350 in 2007/08).
Those awarded a studentship will normally be expected to teach a maximum of four hours per week in term time on an undergraduate English law module, at the direction of the Head of Department.
Some bursaries (for example, reducing overseas fee to home fee rate) may also be available.
Research at KLS
The quality of the Law School's research output was reflected in the 5 grade awarded in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. The Law School enjoys a pluralistic intellectual environment for research, where both traditional and critical legal scholarship, theoretical and empirical work, and interdisciplinary studies all flourish.
It would be an advantage if applicants could demonstrate how their research will contribute to existing debates in their field, as well as how the candidate will contribute to a vibrant postgraduate community at KLS. It is expected that successful applicants will undertake research in areas of research strength of the department. We particularly welcome research proposals in socio-legal and critical legal studies – that is, applicants that demonstrate a capacity to reflect on the methodology of their research from a theoretically informed perspective.
Facilities for Research Students
At present KLS has 50 postgraduate research students, comprising a lively and integrated postgraduate research community.
Those appointed to research studentships are provided with shared computing facilities (IBM compatible personal computers using Word 2003), and shared office facilities. There is substantial annual funding available, within determined limits, for PhD students, including those without studentships, to attend conferences and present their research. The community of postgraduate students are provided with a common room and a facilitator to help them present, explore and develop their research ideas within a supportive community of their peers. There is also a compulsory research methods module that all students must attend. Many students also participate in regular reading groups.
How to Apply
Applicants should normally have obtained, or be about to obtain an undergraduate degree in Law of at least Upper Second Class Honours level (2:1 or equivalent from other countries), or a postgraduate degree in Law (eg LLM).
The application procedure is conducted through and online process.
Informal enquiries may be directed to:
Professor Didi Herman, Director of Postgraduate Research, Kent Law School, Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, tel 01227 824077, e-mail
d.herman@kent.ac.ukClosing Date: Friday, 29th February, 2008. Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter
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