About the Studentship
The University of Roehampton is pleased to make its annual Jacqueline Wilson Studentship open to a general call for research topics in the field of children’s literature. This fully-funded scholarship (tuition fee waiver at Home/EU rate, and £16,296 annual stipend) will be awarded to a postgraduate PhD student working in the field of children’s literature or creative writing for children. The Jacqueline Wilson Scholar will be based in the award-winning National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL) with access to the Children’s Literature Collection and archives, and will join a lively community of researchers, writers and students. For further information, please click the link in the title above or contact Professor David Rudd(david.rudd@roehampton.ac.uk). Applications are due on Thursday, 30 June 2016.
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About the Jacqueline Wilson Scholarship
The University of Roehampton is pleased to make its annual Jacqueline Wilson Scholarship open to a general call for research topics in the field of children’s literature. This will be awarded to a postgraduate PhD student working in the field of children’s literature or creative writing for children. The Jacqueline Wilson Scholar will be based in the award-winning National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL) with access to the Children’s Literature Collection and archives, and will join a lively community of researchers, writers and students. This fully funded scholarship will cover home/EU fees of £4,121 for Home/EU students and maintenance of £16,296 p.a. in 2016/17 for 3 years full-time subject to satisfactory progress.
The scholarship is open to new students only and preference may be given to proposals that build on the research interests of the NCRCL. These include, but are not limited to: philosophy; theory; historical fiction; landscape; domestic spaces; memory; reading. Applicants are encouraged to identify potential supervisors as part of their application.
The Department of English and Creative Writing with over 600 students and 33 academic staff, has a growing international reputation for its research and teaching excellence. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), 80% of all our research publications were ranked as "world leading" or "internationally excellent" for their impact. The successful candidate will become part of an active and growing community of postgraduate scholars in a vibrant research culture, established external collaborations with London institutions and a very good track record of student success.
Application packs can be found here: http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/Courses/Graduate-School/Application-Packs/
To apply, please complete a PhD Application Form and email your application, along with transcripts and letters of reference, to PGresearch@roehampton.ac.uk. Please mention in your covering email that you are applying for the Jacqueline Wilson Scholarship.
Please visit http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/Courses/Graduate-School to find out more about postgraduate research at Roehampton. For all non-academic queries relating to the studentships, please contact Graduate School Admissions on 020 8392 3848, email PGresearch@roehampton.ac.uk
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