The University will offer up to 30 Enlightenment Scholarships for students starting their PhD research at the University in the 2018-2019 academic session.
Award
Each Enlightenment Scholarship will cover full tuition fees, a living cost award, equivalent to the current UK research council rates and subject to satisfactory progress the scholarship are awarded for up to 4 years for full-time PhD study, pro-rata for part-time study.
UK Research Council – indicative rates
Background
In order to attract the best and brightest PhD students, the University seeks to offer not only unparalleled research facilities and supervision, but also to provide development opportunities which will support our research students as they progress beyond their PhD, through an innovative programme which will include career-development activity and possibly some paid employment.
This exciting scholarship scheme provides a valuable opportunity for postgraduate research students to undertake a package of training and development which will help them to develop the necessary skills required to meet their career choices and offer them a breadth of development opportunities.
There are two career development tracks for scholars to choose from:
Teaching
Scholars will be enrolled on the Edinburgh Teaching Award and work towards this qualification through a range of theoretical and experiential training activities, which may include paid employment. Availability of opportunities for paid teaching varies widely between schools but, in addition to traditional face-to-face teaching, may also include on-line tutoring, and preparation on on-line teaching material, for example. Wherever possible, cross-school teaching will be used to broaden the teaching experience of the scholars. Oversight of the scholars on the Teaching Track will be coordinated by the Enlightenment Scholarships Management Group and, while studying for the Edinburgh Teaching Award, mentorship will be provided by the Institute for Academic Development (IAD).
Professional Development
Scholars on this track will be enrolled on the Edinburgh Award. Experiential learning activities may include activities such as public engagement or policy work, impact training, international experiences, external placements, and paid placements or internships with student services. For example, Information Services will offer a variety of sustained employment opportunities, allowing the scholar to gain in-depth practical experience in information technology, one of the largest employment sectors in the UK. Oversight of scholars on the Professional Development track will be coordinated by the Enlightenment Scholarship Management Group.
Enlightenment scholars will be required to engage in a programme of developmental activity. This activity, comprising training and experiential learning (including paid employment) will approximate to the equivalent of one day per week. For some scholars, this will operate as “day release”, with a regular pattern of one day per week away from the research project. For others, such as language students or students who spend extended periods of time away from Edinburgh at central research facilities, an equivalent volume of career development activity would have to coalesce into intensive periods, interspersed throughout the scholarship.
Oversight of the career development tracks and each scholar’s participation will be entirely separate from their PhD programme.
In consultation with the scholar, a bespoke package of developmental activity will be agreed to build a framework for development, encouraging individual goal setting and providing support. The framework may include elements delivered by the Institute for Academic Development (IAD), training and support delivered by schools and/or colleges, and paid employment.
Eligibility
The awards are open to UK, EU and overseas students applying to an eligible PhD programme commencing their research degree in the between August 2018 and December 2018 of the 2018-2019 academic session.
Eligible participating Schools and criteria:
School of Biological Sciences
Full-time or part time study on the following eligible programmes will be considered:
- PhD Cell and Molecular Biology (Cell Biology)
- PhD Cell and Molecular Biology (Plant Sciences)
- PhD Evolutionary Biology, Immunology and Infection Research (Evolutionary Biology)
- PhD Evolutionary Biology, Immunology and Infection Research (Immunology and Infection Research)
- PhD Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
- PhD Stem Cell Research
School of Geosciences
Full-time study only on the teaching developmental track will be considered on the following eligible programme:
- PhD Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
School of Informatics
Full-time study only within the following programmes with be considered:
- PhD Informatics: ANC: Machine Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Biology
- PhD Informatics: ICSA: Comp. Architecture, Compilation & System Software, Networks & Communication
- PhD Informatics: LFCS: Foundations of Computer Science, Databases, Software & Systems Modelling
- PhD Informatics: CISA: Automated Reasoning, Agents, Data Intensive Research, Knowledge Management
- PhD Informatics: IPAB: Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics and Animation
- PhD Informatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition
School of Mathematics
Full-time or part time study on the teaching developmental track will be considered on the following eligible programme:
- PhD Mathematics Education (programme information will be available online shortly) – for further information please contact Prof Chris Sangwin – C.J.Sangwin@ed.ac.uk
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Full-time or part time study on the following eligible programmes will be considered:
- PhD Clinical Veterinary Sciences
- PhD Developmental Biology
- PhD Genetics and Genomics
- PhD Infection and Immunity
Applicants must have already applied for admission for an eligible PhD research programme of study at the University. We encourage applicants who wish to apply for this scholarship to make contact with their academic school regarding any admission deadlines.
Candidates are required to have good English Language skills with scholarship applicants normally requiring a minimum IELTS of 7.0 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each section) achieved within the past two years. Please check the Entry Requirements for your proposed programme of study for details of other acceptable English language qualifications. The requirement for an IELTS score of 7.0 (or equivalent) may be higher than the level required for admissions purposes.
Applying
For both tracks, student selection and admission processes will include appraisal of a personal statement and the applicant’s suitability for their proposed career development routes.
Deadline date – 1st February 2018
Selection
All short-listed applicants will be interviewed (this may be by video-conference, if necessary). Participating schools will conduct the interviews with a format and guidance determined by the Enlightenment Scholarship Management Group.
While the selection process is intended to match each scholar to one track or the other, students who prove unsuitable for their allocated track may apply to the Enlightenment Scholarship Management Group to transfer to the other track, during their first year.
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