School of Education Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Education, Childhood or Youth 2026/27 (International)

One highly competitive scholarship is available in the School of Education for academic year 2026/27 and provides full fees with a tax-free maintenance allowance that matches UKRI rates. The award is open to full-time candidates who have been offered a place on a PhD degree at the School of Education. The School invites applications that connect to core research areas of inclusion, childhood and youth, language education, digital education, curriculum, pedagogy and policy. Particular interest areas include inclusion in higher education, creativity and play in education, assessment in higher education, performing arts for inclusion, maths education, cognitive theory and language teacher, learner motivation, child and pupil wellbeing and EMI (English as medium of instruction). The School of Education is an intellectually rich and stimulating environment for postgraduate research, recognising Education as a hub for many disciplinary perspectives with challenge-led, global, and transformative research with social justice at its core. All postgraduate researchers are members of one of the Research Centres, creating a hub of internationally leading research across interdisciplinary teams. The award covers tuition fees for three years and a maintenance grant at the standard UKRI rate for 3.5 years, subject to satisfactory progress.