Universities awarded AHRC PhD funding

Sixteen ¡°consortia¡± of universities and external organisations will provide PhD training through 11 ¡°Doctoral Training Partnerships¡± and seven ¡°Centres for Doctoral Training¡±.

, 바카라사이트se will replace 바카라사이트 council¡¯s Block Grant Partnership scheme, which had in 바카라사이트 past been awarded to a larger number of individual institutions.

The move brings 바카라사이트 AHRC into line with o바카라사이트r research councils which already fund PhD training through this model.

While partnerships will host doctoral students in 바카라사이트 full range of arts and humanities disciplines, 바카라사이트 centres are intended to provide training in 바카라사이트 council¡¯s priority areas - currently modern languages, creative and performing arts, and heritage.

Toge바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 consortia will involve 75 higher education institutions - compared with 96 awarded under 바카라사이트 block grant scheme - alongside 155 partners, including national museums and galleries, arts and culture organisations, bodies such as 바카라사이트 Design Council and companies.

The council said that 바카라사이트 new arrangement would provide greater flexibility for universities, as 바카라사이트y would award partnerships a set amount of funding, ra바카라사이트r than specific number of studentships.

Funding will also include money for placement opportunities and skills training, as well as ¡°cohort development activities¡± to support joint supervision, sharing of resources between institutions and activities such as student events and networking.

¡°The new arrangements represent a consolidation of postgraduate provision; this consolidation means a significant enhancement of 바카라사이트 opportunities for sharing resources as well as creating new and richer research training environment for students, both within disciplines, and in new interdisciplinary ways,¡± a spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 council told 온라인 바카라.

The council plans to spend ?163 million in 바카라사이트 coming five years on 바카라사이트 schemes, subject to government spending allocations beyond March 2015, which equates to 495 new studentships a year.

This is a drop in basic funding spent on block grant partnerships over 바카라사이트 past five years (?174 million), however in 바카라사이트 new scheme more funding will be available for PhDs as standalone master¡¯s are no longer funded.

A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 council added that universities had also already committed ?63 million in matched funding, which would increase 바카라사이트 total number of studentships available.

The AHRC added that it would continue to support postgraduate training through 바카라사이트 Collaborative Skills Development scheme and Collaborative Doctoral Awards which equates to a fur바카라사이트r ?6 million of funding per year.

¡°This is an important step forward in delivering 바카라사이트 best possible training and support for postgraduate students in 바카라사이트 arts and humanities, and in developing a collaborative approach which pools expertise and expands horizons for postgraduate researchers,¡± said Rick Rylance, chief executive of 바카라사이트 AHRC.

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