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White Rose ESRC Networks
WHITE ROSE DTC ESRC NETWORKS 2012-13
White Rose ESRC Networks promote collaboration across the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.
The intention is to support interdisciplinary research excellence and develop critical mass in key areas
of research with the aim of building long-term research partnerships between the White Rose Universities.
The White Rose Doctoral Training Centre is supporting the following four WR ESRC Networks to start in 2012:
Strategic Theme 1 - Science and Technology Studies Network
Academic lead : Andrew Webster (University of York)
| STUDENTSHIP TOPIC | PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR | CO-SUPERVISOR | Web link |
| Project 1: The meaning and Practice of Translational Research in Biomedicine | Susan Molyneux-Hodgson (Sheffield) | Greg Radick (Leeds) | Sheffield Link |
| Project 2: Bioeconomies - The Political and Moral Economy of Life | Nik Brown (York) | Kate Reed (Sheffield) | York Link |
| Project 3: Bioscience and the Ageing Society | Anne Kerr (Leeds) | Andrew Webster (York) | Leeds Link |
Strategic Theme 2 - Demographic change and future challenges Network
Academic lead : Dan Vickers (University of Sheffield)
| STUDENTSHIP TOPIC | PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR | CO-SUPERVISOR | Web link |
| Project 1: The Changing Nature and Extent of Ethnic and Social Segregation within British Cities | Dan Vickers (Sheffield) | Simon Parker (York) | Sheffield Link |
| Project 2: Geographical , Social and Area Type Mobility: Trajectories of Selective Sorting Over Time by Health Status and Ethnic Group | Paul Norman (Leeds) | Dimitris Ballas (Sheffield) | Leeds Link |
| Project 3: Silver Cities: The Ageing Population of the Urban North | Rowland Atkinson (York) | John Stillwell (Leeds) | York Link |
Strategic Theme 3 - Social order and urban unrest Network
Academic lead : Alpa Parmar (University of Leeds)
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| STUDENTSHIP TOPIC | PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR | CO-SUPERVISOR | Web link |
| Project 1: Policing Social Disorder and Urban Unrest | Adam Crawford (Leeds) | Layla Skinns (Sheffield) | Leeds Link |
| Project 2: Disorderly Elites: A Profile of Inverted Social Deviance | Rowland Atkinson (York) | Alpa Parmar (Leeds) | York Link |
| Project 3: Housing Tenure and Urban Unrest | John Flint (Sheffield) | Caroline Hunter (York) | Sheffield Link |
Strategic Theme 4 - Social Work Network
Academic Lead : Ian F Shaw (University of York)
| STUDENTSHIP TOPIC | PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR | CO-SUPERVISOR | Web link |
| Project 1: Negotiating Transitions in Mental Health Social Work: Process, Outcome and Identity | Dawn Dowding (Leeds) | Mark Hardy (York) | Leeds Link |
| Project 2: Transition to Adulthood for Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking and Refugee Young People | Jim Wade (York) | Majella Kilkey (Sheffield) | York Link |
| Project 3: Working across Agency Boundaries: Parents with Learning Disabilities | Kathy Boxall (Sheffield) | Angharad Beckett (Leeds) | Sheffield Link |
Scheme Key Points
- Each of the Networks has been allocated three PhD ESRC studentships. The students will be working within a related area, and therefore will benefit from being part of an integrated community working upon a larger initiative.
- Each studentship is bilateral and involves two supervisors – the principal supervisor at the lead institution and the co-supervisor at the partner institution.
- Each Network therefore consists of six academics and three PhD students.
- One academic (either principal or co-supervisor) will act as a Network leader.
- Studentships can be on a 1+3 or a +3 basis.
- Each studentship is tenable from Session 2012/13 (start September/October 2012) and will provide Home/EU tuition fees and a maintenance grant paid at standard Research Council rates.
- The administration of the studentships, including financial payment to students is provided by the individual Universities.
- Each Network is expected to meet as a group at least three times a year. A short report on Network activities will be required each year. The academic lead for the network will be responsible for producing the report, and a form will be provided for this purpose. The Network may occasionally be asked for informal updates, e.g. for publicity purposes for the DTC.
- It is expected that the student appointed to the project will liaise with both supervisors at least 6 times a year.
- Applicants for these studentships will be expected to hold a UK Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent.
- Students appointed to the individual projects will be bound by the regulations of the lead institution, at which they will be registered.
Scheme Key Milestones
| Networks advertise studentships | Dec 2011 to Feb 2012 |
| Deadline for all student applications | 17 February 2012 (New Deadline!) |
| Schools/Departments run their own selection procedure to determine the best qualified applicant and nominate this applicant along with two reserves, clearly ranked, to their home institutions Scholarships Office | 2 March 2012 |
| Academic Quality Committee (AQC) reviews nominations | 15 March 2012 |
| DTC notifies the relevant School/Department of the outcome | w/c 26 March 2012 |
| Scholarships Office will arrange for the award letters to be sent to successful applicants | w/c 26 March 2012 |
