PhD Studentships in English Literature, Language and Linguistics

The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University is actively seeking outstanding applications to the Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership for 2020 entry.

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

The award

100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and an annual stipend at the UKRI postgraduate rate, currently £15,009. Plus additional funding to cover other study-related costs, (study abroad, presenting at conferences, etc).

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply you must:

• have a first-class or good upper-second class undergraduate degree
• perform at or around Distinction level in a Master’s degree. Candidates with lower qualifications may be considered
• apply to commence a programme of doctoral study in the 2020/21 academic year starting 1 October 2020.

The awards are available to UK/EU applicants only. EU applicants who have not been resident in the UK for the three years prior to the start of their studentship are eligible for a fees-only award from the AHRC.

Please read the full eligibility criteria for further details.

Closing date

The application deadline is Monday 13 January 2020 at 4pm.

How to apply