Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities

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Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities

We are the world's first national graduate school in the Arts & Humanities. Our membership includes seventeen Scottish HEIs, from the oldest to the newest and including our four art schools and national conservatoire. Click here to learn more about us.

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SGSAH Open Scholarships Competition

Click here to see details and download guidelines documents for all of our 2025 Open Scholarship Competitions. Find information on our DTP, CDA, ARCS & EARTH Scholarships, including application templates and key dates. *The online application platform will open on 3 February 2025*

 

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SGSAH internship opportunities for 2025 are now open for applications

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 23:59:00 BST

SGSAH has organised 25 new Internship opportunities with over 20 partner organisations. These internships allow PhD researchers to spend up to 3 months at a partner host organisation, enabling them to enhance their research skills in a wide variety of contexts. Projects can be worked full time, part time or flexibly in blocks.

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a gold rectangle with 2 circles and the front cover of the SGSAH 10 year report on top

SGSAH 10 Year Review 2024-24

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:49:00 BST

Welcome to the 2014-24 SGSAH 10 Year Review. Take this opportunity to read about our developments, activities and achievements from over the past 10 years. These include creative & collaborative work from our doctoral community and international scholars, external partners, staff additions and an array of in-person and online events.

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SGSAH 10 Year Anniversary

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities officially turned 10 this year, and to celebrate we organised a number of exciting projects to culminate a decade's worth of events and opportunities. Click through to find details of our official Anniversary Celebration event, our PhD plaulist, SGSAH Success stories, and our 10 Year Anniversary Documentary Film!

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EARTH Scholarships 2025

EARTH Scholarships are back! This is a unique programme delivered by SGSAH & British Council Scotland that will provide scholarships for environmental Arts & Humanities researchers from around the globe to undertake research placements in Scotland for up to 3 months. Our 2025 EARTH Scholars will harness the unique power of Arts, Humanities & Science to address climate change

Our Members

Our HEI members cover the whole of Scotland, from the Highlands and Islands to the Scottish Borders. Rooted in Scotland, we are an integral part of Scottish, UK and international civil society. Click to read more about our members.

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Our Partners

We work with our core partners to plan and deliver unique training and skills development opportunities, including training, mentoring schemes, internship projects, and leadership programmes.

Strategic Themes & Priority Areas AHRC DTP 2021

Strategic Themes & Priority Areas

SGSAH supports and develops PhD research across the full range of Arts & Humanities subjects. From 2021, it has also designated a set of Strategic Themes and Priority Areas. Click to find out more

Events and Training

View a full list of upcoming SGSAH events and training workshops. Unless stated otherwise, they are open to all doctoral researchers at any SGSAH member HEI within Arts and Humanities.

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