Research Scholarships

PhD fee waiver opportunities in the School of Education and Professional Development

The School has a well-established research culture and is keen to recruit high quality full-time PhD candidates in its areas of special expertise. To this end we offer a maximum of 3 full-fee waivers for full-time PhD candidates per academic year. The criteria on which these are awarded are:

-          Excellence of candidates evidenced through previous academic achievements (eg 1^st class honours degree; distinction at Master’s level) together with quality of proposal;

-          The topic must be in an area identified by one of our leading researchers, and that researcher must be able and willing to act as first supervisor;

-          The application (research proposal) must be viewed and deemed worthy of support by the Director of Graduate Education and another leading researcher in addition to the potential supervisor / sponsor.

Please contact the individual professors if you want to discuss any possible application.

Professor Kevin Orr

• Vocational education and training experience, policy and practice, including vocational pedagogy.
• Work-based learning.
• Education and training for the professions.
• Teacher education in the further education/learning and skills sectors.

Professor Lyn Tett

• The cultural, class and identity factors that contribute to literacy and numeracy difficulties experienced by adults and the forms of education and learning that are most effective in empowering individuals and communities experiencing educational disadvantage.
• An investigation of the factors that encourage or prevent access to higher education for, and retention of, educationally disadvantaged adults.
• An analysis of how international policy discourses on inequalities impact on UK national and local policies for adult education and lifelong learning.

Professor Robin Simmons

• The changing nature of post-compulsory education, particularly staff and student experiences of vocational education and training – either historically or in contemporary settings.
• Young people’s transitions into adulthood, especially their experiences of education and work. I am particularly interested in those wishing to research the lives of young people classified as NEET or at risk of becoming NEET, or those of those engaged in provision designed to prepare marginalised youth for the world of work. 

Professor Paul Thomas

• Youth, extremism and education - how and why young people become attracted towards extremist groups and ideologies, the role of education and educators in preventing and countering extremism, the Prevent strategy.
• Youth people, ethnic segregation and community cohesion – young peoples’ experiences of ethnic identity and ethnic tensions, the role of education and educators in addressing ethnic tensions and contributing to community cohesion, policy approaches to cohesion and integration.

Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme

At the University of Huddersfield, we’re passionate about research; seeking to solve the problems and answer the questions posed by industry, science and society. To help us make this difference, we seek the very best Huddersfield graduates to participate in our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme, which gives those selected access to a full tuition fee waiver on their research degree.

Details

Our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme provides a full fee waiver on either full-time or part-time research degrees, meaning the recipient will not be charged tuition fees for their research degree. This waiver applies to eligible research degrees starting from September 2020 and is open to home, EU and international candidates.

Eligibility criteria

Our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is a competitive application process and to be eligible you must have achieved one of the following:

- A first class honours degree
- A distinction at taught Master’s

or

- Have been recommended on the basis of your Master’s by Research by your supervisor and academic school

and

- Have graduated from the University of Huddersfield in the last three years. If you are due to graduate in the current academic year, then any offer will be conditional on your degree outcome

General

- Our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is available for research undertaken on either a full-time or part-time basis.

- Research degrees include the following awards; PhD, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Doctor of Education (EdD), Doctor of Enterprise (EntD), Doctor of Public Administration (DPA), Master of Arts by Research, Master of Science by Research and Master of Enterprise.

- Our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is available for the standard registration period only; for doctoral awards this will be either 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time and for Master’s by Research awards this will be either 1 year full time or 2 years part time. The fee waiver will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period, including any write up period.

- The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the waiver at any point in future academic years.

If you have any queries or require further information please contact study@hud.ac.uk

How to apply?

To apply, complete our online research degree application form. Please make clear on your application that you wish to be considered for our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme.

Applications must be submitted as follows to be considered for our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme:

Research start date	Application deadline
September 2020	04 June 2020
January 2021	23 October 2020
April 2021	29 January 2021
September 2021	04 June 2021

Selection process

All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.

Academic bursaries

In addition to our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme, academic bursaries to support research studies may also be available. Academic bursaries are only available to exceptional candidates who have already successfully secured a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship.

Academic bursaries up to the value of £3,000 per year for full-time or £1,500 for part-time research may be awarded at the academic schools’ discretion once a candidate has successfully secured a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship.

Academic bursaries are available for the standard registration period only; for doctoral awards this will be either 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time and for Master’s by Research awards this will be either 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time. The bursary will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period.

Further information

School of Art, Design and Architecture sadapgradmin@hud.ac.uk 
School of Applied Sciences SASResearchAdmin@hud.ac.uk 
Business School sbuspgrsupport@hud.ac.uk
School of Computing and Engineering sce.research.admin@hud.ac.uk
School of Education and Professional Development sepdresearch@hud.ac.uk 
School of Music, Humanities and Media MHMpostgrad@hud.ac.uk
School of Human and Health Science HHSPhDApps@hud.ac.uk

PhD Studentships in Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Pharmacy

Scholarships available in the School of Applied Sciences coming soon.

Applications are invited for a fully funded EPSRC Industrial Case PhD studentship in the area of reality capture of infrastructure assets at the University of Huddersfield supported by Network Rail. Applicants should be of outstanding quality and exceptionally motivated. The studentships are renewable for up to 4 years, subject to satisfactory annual performance and progression review, and will provide for tuition fees, a tax-free stipend and research cost.

Please note that this is a competitive application process which including interviews.  Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview in person or via Skype. The most outstanding applicants will be offered the studentship.

The application form is available here: Studentship Application Form 

Queries about the application process are welcome and should be directed by email to Julie Tierney J.Tierney@hud.ac.uk Informal enquiries about individual projects should be directed to the lead supervisor, Professor Song Wu (s.wu@hud.ac.uk).

 

Summary of Award

Type of Award	Industrial Case PhD Research Studentship
Eligibility	UK/EU applicants only; First Class or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area (civil engineering, construction and computer science). If you are an international applicant, please contact directly to the lead supervisor, Professor Song Wu (s.wu@hud.ac.uk)
Location	Huddersfield
Details	4 years full time research covering tuition fees and a stipend of funding up to four years at £15,009 per annum for 2019-2020 and increasing in line with EPSRC guidelines for subsequent years Additional funding up to £28,600 is available to cover research cost. Funded via the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Industrial Case Account and Network Rail
Closing Date	TBC
Start Date	January 2020 or April 2020

Candidate requirements

Applicants should hold or expect to obtain a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area.

Applicants will, normally, have no restrictions on how long they can stay in the UK and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years prior to the start of the studentship. See https://epsrc.ukri.org/skills/students/help/eligibility/ for details.

Application details

• Complete the Studentship Application Form, save the file in format ProjectReferenceSurname.doc, where ProjectReference = EPSRC_Hud_Icase, Surname = your family name.
• Provide a current detailed CV, identifying any research employment or experience and, where applicable, details of research conference presentations or publications.
• Provide copies of transcripts and certificates of all relevant academic and/or any professional qualifications.
• Provide references from two individuals, at least one of whom should be able to comment on your suitability for postgraduate research. Referees named on this application who are submitting references separately should send them to J.Tierney@hud.ac.uk  and include the Project Reference in the subject of their email.

Completed applications, including all relevant documents should be submitted via-email to J.Tierney@hud.ac.uk and should include the Project Reference in the subject of the email. Please note: if you do not attach all the relevant documentation prior to the closing date of 12 April 2019 your application will not be considered.

Project Description

PhD Title

Discovering and assessing buried infrastructure elements with advanced sensing technology

Project Summary

The performance of buried structures such as tunnels, retaining walls relies on their material and structural integrity and their ability to resist external forces. They can be damaged by impacts, traffic and other structural loads, ground movements, scour, seismic activity and corrosion. Therefore, it is critical to have a good understanding of their condition through regular inspection. However, at present, it is extremely challenging to acquire meaningful condition data for the buried aging infrastructure elements due to lack of the basic design information and practical investigation method. This research aims to develop a method and related technologies to rapidly construct the Building Information Model (BIM) of the aging infrastructure elements and assess their condition through the use of data fusion concept with reality capture technologies and underground sensing technologies. The key objectives of the research are:

• Review the existing buried structure condition assessment requirement and related method
• Review the existing underground sensing technologies to detect and assess buried structure
• Develop a rapid 3D BIM reconstruction method with reality capture technologies (laser scanning and photogrammetry)
• Develop a data fusion technology to integrate data from reality capture technology and underground sensing technology for BIM reconstruction and condition assessment
• Establish a practical method and workflow for buried structure condition assessment