second language acquisition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 14 second language acquisition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Language and Communication Studies at UEA

University of East Anglia Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Language and Communication Studies came fifth in the UK with 74 per cent of its research rated 4* (world leading) or 3* (internationally excellent) in The Research Excellence Framework (REF2014), a major Government analysis of university research quality. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

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Language, Policy and Planning

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Welsh

This PhD is lead by the Language, Policy and Planning Research Unit in the School of Welsh. Projects include international research on language policy and planning, language rights and politics, language variation and change, sociolinguistics of bilingualism and multilingualism, and sociology of language. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Arts Research Programme

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English Language and Applied Linguistics - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

University of Birmingham School of English, Drama and Creative Studies

Carry out your research with one of the UK’s leading English Language departments, renowned for our expertise in Corpus Research, Cognitive Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, and Discourse Analysis and Stylistics. Read more

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding Arts Research Programme

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Bilingual Language Processing: Comparing First and Second Language Comprehension

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

A considerable literature has investigated how different populations of monolingual and bilingual speakers acquire and process language in real-time. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Cunnings

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Large Language models for Maintenance Optimisation

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

The University of York is embarking on transformative research in data-centric engineering, digital twins, and AI, revolutionizing the way systems are designed and operated. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Perin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Data-centric Natural Language Processing for improved model efficiency, reliability, and interpretability

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

Natural Language Processing (NLP) models, including Large Language Models (LLMs), are becoming increasingly popular and are adopted for many practical applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V K Kovatchev

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Mind your language: the development of gender stereotypes

Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Applications are invited for Psychology Demonstratorships in the department of Psychology, Sociology, and Politics, commencing October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DR Reynolds, Dr JAO Aguado-Orea

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Security and Privacy in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The great leap forward in wireless communications technology drives the recent advancements of Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs). Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Tan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Attosecond physics in solids

King’s College London Department of Physics

High Harmonic Generation in Solids (HHG-S) was first observed in ZnO crystal [1] and GaSe semi-conductor [2]. Recent results show that HHG-S can reach XUV range [3] towards the production attosecond pulses from solids. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Zair

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Artificial Robotic skin – Large scale array

University of Bath Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath is inviting applications for the following project from self-funded or externally funded applicants. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Assaf

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Smart nutrient sensor networks using miniaturised optical and electrochemical detection

University of Plymouth Faculty of Science and Engineering

Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship within the Environmental Intelligence doctoral training programme at the University of Plymouth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Ussher

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Monitoring morphological variability of different gravel barrier typologies

University of Plymouth Faculty of Science and Engineering

Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship within the Environmental Intelligence doctoral training programme at the University of Plymouth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NG Valiente

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Machine learning to predict blood function – towards better haematology analysis

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Blood represents a complex mixture of blood cells, plasma proteins, hormones, lipids, salts and water. Blood is good indicator of health, and clinically, blood samples are taken frequently to monitor health, risk of disease or success of treatments. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Holderbaum, Prof J M Gibbins

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Bioinspired drones’ perception

University of Bath Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath is inviting applications for the following project from self-funded or externally funded applicants. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Assaf

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 14 second language acquisition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

second language acquisition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 14 second language acquisition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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