This scholarship responds to a recent report, Leading Route's The Broken Pipeline, which reveals that inequalities and bias within higher education are substantially disadvantaging Black students and impacting their access to the funding required to support their further education. We are offering a funded place to a UK or EU Black student wishing to launch their postgraduate career via any of the School's research or taught Masters programmes:

• MLitt (Masters by Research) in Literature
• MLitt (Masters by Research) in English Language and/or Linguistics
• MA in English Literature
• MA in Linguistics
• MA in Creative Writing
• MA in Writing Poetry

For full details on the eligibity criteria and how to apply please see our postgraduate funding website.

Applications Deadline for 2020/21 entry is 1 May 2020.

General enquiries should be directed to Scott Burdon.
Prospective Research Masters (MLitt) applicants should discuss their application with Ella Dzelzainis.
Prospective Taught Masters (MA) applicants should discuss their application with Robert McLaughlan.

The Northern Bridge Consortium is a Doctoral Training Partnership funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

It brings together the cutting-edge expertise and exceptional resources of Durham University, Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Queen’s University Belfast, Sunderland University, Teesside University and Ulster University and their strategic partners.

They offer up to 67 fully funded studentships per year to outstanding postgraduate researchers across the full range of Arts and Humanities subjects, including Creative Practice disciplines.

Northern Bridge students benefit from supervision, training and development of the highest quality, tailored to the needs of 21st-century researchers.

The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics seek outstanding applicants for studentships on our PhD programmes in Literature, Creative Writing or Linguistics.

We invite applications in any area of literary study, from medieval literature to contemporary culture, as well as in a number of areas of Linguistics. We offer a world-leading research environment for doctoral projects in:

• American and African American Literature
• Children's Literature
• Creative Writing (poetry, prose or script)
• 18th Century and Romantic Studies
• Language Acquisition
• Language Variation and Change
• Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture
• Postcolonial Literature
• Renaissance and Early Modern Literature and Culture
• Syntax, Phonology, Morphology
• Theatre Studies
• Victorian Literature

We also invite student-led applications for Collaborative Doctoral Awards with our partner organisations. 

We value equality and diversity and strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

The competition for 2020-21 entry has now closed – further details can be found at:

Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership (NBDTP).

Prospective Northern Bridge applicants should discuss their applications with the appropriate academic contact in their subject area:

• English Language and Literature: Ella Dzelzainis
• Creative Writing: Bill Herbert
• Drama and Theatre Studies: Ros Haslett
• Linguistics: Cristina Dye

 General queries should be directed to Scott Burdon

There are also opportunities for Linguistics applicants via the ESRC funded NINE Doctoral Training Partnership

The Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP) is an exciting collaborative enterprise between seven Universities across Northern Ireland and the North East of England.  Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), with support from the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland (DfENI), they provide outstanding students with fantastic opportunities to conduct their Doctoral studies and develop core research skills in an exciting and creative environment.

Each year, they award in excess of 50 studentships to exceptional social scientists across the seven partner Universities, providing funding to support Doctoral studies on three year (PhD), three-and-a-half year (PhD with Research Methods) or four year (Masters and PhD) programmes.

They are committed to working with award-holders, partners and collaborators to deliver an innovative and engaging experience, allowing students to deliver real-world impact whilst developing into the next generation of social scientists.

The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics seeks outstanding applicants for studentships on our PhD programmes in Linguistics.

We offer a world-leading research environment for doctoral projects in:

• Language Acquisition, Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics
• Language Variation and Change
• Syntax, Phonology, Morphology

For further information on our staff research areas click here.

The competition for 2020-21 entry is now closed – further details can be found at:

NINE Doctoral Training Partnership.

Prospective NINE applicants should discuss their applications with Anders Holmberg