Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities

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The application process is open for the SGSAH AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, a collaboration of ten Scottish HEIs offering a fully-funded PhD with stipend, a robust 3.5 year training programme and access to Scotland's resources through our strong links and national networks with our supporter organisations.

The application process is open for the SGSAH AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, a collaboration of ten Scottish HEIs offering a fully-funded PhD with stipend, a robust 3.5 year training programme and access to Scotland's resources through our strong links and national networks with our supporter organisations.

Applied Research Collaborative Studentships

Our Applied Research Collaborative Studentships are doctoral projects designed and supervised by at least two HEIs and at least one other partner. Partners work with a highly motivated doctoral researcher on the development of cutting-edge research addressed to their organisation's needs and priorities

SGSAH Research Blog

The SGSAH Research Blog, led by a current doctoral researcher, deals with life as an arts and humanities PhD researcher in Scotland. As well as insight from our resident blogger, guest bloggers will share their varied experiences of the PhD process.

Events and Training

  • 07 Nov

    CfP - iJade Conference

    Deadline 11/1/2019 A Call for Papers has been published for the iJade conference looking at inclusivity, ethics and participation in art and design education.
  • 19 Oct

    Scottish-European Parliament by Jonas Staal

    Event date 23/10/18 After a long painful period of closure, the CCA will reopen to the public this Saturday 20 October from 12 noon. Jonas Staal's The Scottish-European Parliament will reopen on Tuesday 23 October, when the CCA events programme also starts again. SGSAH doctoral intern Anika Marschall (University of Glasgow) has been working over the last year together with CCA’s Public Engagement Curator Viviana Checchia on this exhibition.
  • 02 Oct

    Heritage Careers Day

    Date: 27/11/18 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.
  • 30 Jan

    Scottish Medical Humanities Doctoral Research Network

    Published 12/9/18 The Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities has released Cohort Development Funding to launch a Medical Humanities training network for PhD students, which is holding a scoping meeting in October
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