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Open Call: Internships and Artist Residencies

SGSAH organises paid internships and artistic residencies for PhD students to spend up to three months at partner host organisations. Connect your research skills with external organisations to create impact and make a difference. Full details of the projects and how to apply are now available.

SGSAH organises paid internships and artistic residencies for PhD students to spend up to three months at partner host organisations. Connect your research skills with external organisations to create impact and make a difference. Full details of the projects and how to apply are now available.

Case Study - Working without distraction: the sound of silence at Cove

As part of SGSAH's 2017 residency programme, Cove Park, an artist centre on Scotland’s west coast, hosted artist and PhD candidate at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) Daphne de Sonneville.

As part of SGSAH's 2017 residency programme, Cove Park, an artist centre on Scotland’s west coast, hosted artist and PhD candidate at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) Daphne de Sonneville.

AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

SGSAH and the AHRC offer funded studentships in the Scottish Doctoral Training Partnership. Click here to learn more about the opportunities SGSAH and the AHRC can offer to those funded through the studentship.

SGSAH Research Blog

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities is thrilled to introduce our blog. Regular weekly posts will deal with the trials & triumphs of life as a doctoral researcher within the Arts & Humanities in Scotland.

Cohort Development Funding

There are now three main types of SGSAH Cohort Development Funding that you can apply for: Innovative Doctoral Training Events, Collaborative Doctoral Training Networks & Student-led Inter/Multi Disciplinary Conferences. Check out the new application forms & guidelines.

Applied Research Collaborative Studentships

Applied Research Collaborative Studentships have been announced give you the opportunity to receive funding for a doctoral project which will operate across multiple HEIs as well as an external partner.

Training and Events

  • 14 Sep

    CfP: New Perspectives on Country House Communities

    This two-day conference seeks to bring together historians and heritage professionals to explore experiences of daily life and work in an extraordinary setting: the country house estate.
  • 26 Jul

    Heritage Careers Day

    This one-day seminar for arts and humanities PhD students will help you plan for a variety of job roles in this wide ranging sector, which covers museums, galleries, historic buildings, archaeology, archives and conservation.
  • 25 Aug

    Humanities Poster Workshop

    University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Academic Development is hosting a poster workshop for graduate students working in the Humanities.
  • 28 Jul

    New Generation Thinkers 2018

    Applications have opened for New Generation Thinkers 2018, the pioneering scheme from the AHRC and the BBC which looks to bring the best of university research to a broad audience through working with the media.
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