Job description: Unit : Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) Salary : Stipend: Approx £18,622 per annum for 3 years & 3 months Location : Please quote reference : PhDStudentships/WELS/PlanInternational Project: Creative, arts-based, psychosocial approaches within international development contexts Closing Date : 9 January, 2024 – 12:00

The Open University is pleased to offer Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding through the Open-Oxford-Cambridge (OOC) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) in partnership with Plan International, UK . Collaborative Doctoral Awards offer an opportunity for students to gain professional experience outside the university environment and to develop and enhance their skill set.

The Open University is internationally recognised for innovative research across the Arts and Humanities. We host a number of major AHRC- and ESRC-funded research projects. We have a strong commitment to cross-disciplinary work, to national and international public engagement, and to creative partnerships with a range of non-university partners.

Project Overview

Please visit for project details and supervision team.

Eligibility

We invite applications from candidates from all backgrounds and ethnicities. Plan has offices which can support the research in ninety countries. Applicants will ideally have extensive lived experience in one of these countries; preferably the country context in which they would like to base the research. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a commitment to arts-based research approaches, and a co-creative research ethos. Applicants should meet the for Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC studentships and eligibility criteria mentioned in

Value of award

Successful doctoral students are eligible for a full award, which includes both a stipend to support living costs and coverage of tuition fees.

Funding is adjusted on a pro-rata basis for part-time students and where the award is for a period of less than 12 months in any year.

Those in receipt of studentships will be eligible for the same benefits as other UKRI-funded students, including additional support for research expenses and individual skills training, funded sick leave (up to 13 weeks in any 12-month period), funded maternity leave, and Disability Support Allowance (DSA).

How to apply

In making an application you are applying to both the OOC DTP and to the OU. This means you will need to complete two application forms. Please read all sections of before completing the application forms
– this includes and to undertake the proposed research project. and the documents listed at the end of the application from * You are reminded that you must sign the form and should give the names and addresses of two academic referees and their institutional email addresses who are willing to comment on your academic achievements to date and on your potential for undertaking research. (Please check that your referees will be available to be contacted during the application period.)

• For general enquiries relating to doctoral study at The Open University, please contact
• For an informal discussion about the opportunity and how you might frame your approach to the CDA project, please contact Dr Alison Buckler

in the first instance. * Please send completed applications to

We recommend that you make contact/apply at the earliest stage so that we can work with you to maximise your potential for a successful application. Please note you are responsible for making sure that all required documents, including references, are submitted in time for your chosen deadline and meet the University’s requirements. If your application is submitted late, and/or it is incomplete, it will not normally be assessed.

Closing date: noon 9th January 2024

Interview date: Early February 2024

Equal opportunity is University Policy.

Posting Date : 26 October, 2023 – 15:15

Contact us

If you have any queries or questions about the recruitment process, or regarding your application, please contact: .

If you have any non-urgent feedback regarding the recruitment process, please contact:

Expected salary: £18622 per year

Location: Oxford – Cambridge

Job date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 03:33:02 GMT

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Job description: Applications are invited for an AHRC CDA doctoral studentship offered by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, to start in October 2024.

The studentship will be based in the Faculty of English. The successful applicant will work on a collaborative project co-led by Dr Jessica Berenbeim ( ), University of Cambridge, and Dr Eleanor Jackson, Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts, The British Library.

This PhD studentship offers an opportunity to investigate the culture of female religious communities in the Middle Ages, through a study of their surviving manuscripts. We are inviting applicants to propose a project that explores any aspect of women’s conventual life, with the specific aim of bringing together kinds of sources that have rarely been discussed in combination. The themes and structure of the project are entirely open, provided the proposal is interdisciplinary and combines different types of manuscripts in novel, creative, and productive ways. At least some element of your research should concern institutions in the British Isles, and in your proposal, you would aim to draw principally on The British Library’s collections:

• Manuscripts and Archives Collections Guides
• Digitised Manuscripts
• Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
• Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

In your research for this project, you would work on collections alongside the BL’s curatorial staff and undertake specialised training at both the BL and at Cambridge, where you would be part of a large and collegial community of medievalists in a wide range of fields. The British Library is currently developing a major exhibition, Medieval Women, which is due to open in October 2024.

Further details of the project and its aims can be found on the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP website: .

Funding:

The DTP studentships will provide an annual maintenance grant to cover living costs (£18,622 stipend + £550 CDA allowance pa at current rates) and university tuition fees at home fee level. The fee gap between the home and overseas fee rates will be covered by the University through internal co-funding for international candidates.

For more details, see: .

Application process:

All applications will need to be made through the University Graduate Application Portal:

Whilst making your online application, please make it clear that you are applying for the project ‘Reading and Writing in Medieval Women’s Religious Communities’ and indicate the supervisor leading the project (Dr Jessica Berenbeim). When applying for study through the Postgraduate Applicant Portal, you must indicate that you would like to be considered for funding, complete the AHRC section under ‘Funding’ and upload the OOC DTP Application Form as an additional document when completing the application through the portal.

We want to encourage the widest range of potential students to study for this studentship and are committed to welcoming students from different backgrounds to apply. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Informal enquiries about the project should be directed to the University supervisor ( ). If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please visit .

The deadline for applications is 04 January 2024.

Please quote reference GA38798 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Expected salary:

Location: Cambridge

Job date: Sat, 07 Oct 2023 23:36:06 GMT

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Job description: Applications are invited for an AHRC CDA doctoral studentship offered by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, to start in October 2024.

The studentship will be based in the Faculty of English. The successful applicant will work on a collaborative project co-led by Dr Jessica Berenbeim ( ), University of Cambridge, and Dr Eleanor Jackson, Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts, The British Library.

This PhD studentship offers an opportunity to investigate the culture of female religious communities in the Middle Ages, through a study of their surviving manuscripts. We are inviting applicants to propose a project that explores any aspect of women’s conventual life, with the specific aim of bringing together kinds of sources that have rarely been discussed in combination. The themes and structure of the project are entirely open, provided the proposal is interdisciplinary and combines different types of manuscripts in novel, creative, and productive ways. At least some element of your research should concern institutions in the British Isles, and in your proposal, you would aim to draw principally on The British Library’s collections:

• Manuscripts and Archives Collections Guides
• Digitised Manuscripts
• Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
• Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

In your research for this project, you would work on collections alongside the BL’s curatorial staff and undertake specialised training at both the BL and at Cambridge, where you would be part of a large and collegial community of medievalists in a wide range of fields. The British Library is currently developing a major exhibition, Medieval Women, which is due to open in October 2024.

Further details of the project and its aims can be found on the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP website by clicking the ‘Apply’ button above.

Funding:

The DTP studentships will provide an annual maintenance grant to cover living costs (£18,622 stipend + £550 CDA allowance pa at current rates) and university tuition fees at home fee level. The fee gap between the home and overseas fee rates will be covered by the University through internal co-funding for international candidates.

For more details, see: .

Application process:

All applications will need to be made through the University Graduate Application Portal:

Whilst making your online application, please make it clear that you are applying for the project ‘Reading and Writing in Medieval Women’s Religious Communities’ and indicate the supervisor leading the project (Dr Jessica Berenbeim). When applying for study through the Postgraduate Applicant Portal, you must indicate that you would like to be considered for funding, complete the AHRC section under ‘Funding’ and upload the OOC DTP Application Form as an additional document when completing the application through the portal.

We want to encourage the widest range of potential students to study for this studentship and are committed to welcoming students from different backgrounds to apply. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Informal enquiries about the project should be directed to the University supervisor ( ). If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please visit

The deadline for applications is 04 January 2024.

Please quote reference GA38798 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

See advert for details

Expected salary:

Location: Cambridge

Job date: Sun, 08 Oct 2023 05:36:20 GMT

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