Inclusive PhD scholarships programme
New for 2024, our inclusive scholarships programme will promote the benefits of SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy) researcher careers to more diverse communities.
We recognise the need to accelerate support, and enhance opportunities, for under-represented groups. This scholarship programme seeks to develop a more inclusive research community at Cardiff University and enable scholarship awardees to achieve their full potential and benefit from a postgraduate qualification and experience.
It also aims to make a difference to external communities and the experiences of people from minority or marginalised groups through the research projects it will fund.
Options
There are 2 routes to apply for.
Pre-determined projects
First, we’re offering the opportunity to apply for a scholarship associated with one of 10 pre-determined projects on themes from mental health diagnostic injustices to deaf citizenship in Wales and diversity and inclusion in the creative industries.
Explore the pre-determined project options.
Intersecting Injustices: Race, Class, Gender and the Criminalisation of Young People in South Wales
This project inherently addresses equality and diversity. It is designed to advance understandings of minoritised young people’s experiences with, and opinions of, criminalisation, policing and the criminal justice system.
The Loss of Innocence: Resistance and Rebellion in the Multimedia Poetry of Caleb Femi and William Blake
This project offers you an opportunity to explore the multimedia work of one of the most important contemporary Black British poets—and to reimagine the canon of Romantic poetry for artists, readers and students today.
Injustices in Mental Health Diagnoses and Treatment
Mental health diagnoses are not equally distributed across the population, let alone across different countries and cultures.
Inclusive spaces for future generations: Co-producing urban spaces and plans with children and young people from ethnic minority communities in Cardiff
This project offers an exciting opportunity to work at the interface between the everyday lives of excluded children and young people, those who make decisions at the city level, and more widely.
Alternative ownership forms and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: the experiences of Black, Asian and minority ethnic heritage employees in employee-owned firms
Employee ownership (EO) of firms is an exciting development for ethical business, as EO spreads rapidly across the UK.
Diversity and Inclusion in the Creative Industries: The Case of Craft Workers in Wales
This project centres on the experience of workers in craft jobs within the screen and theatre sectors in Wales. Most of what we know about working in the creative industries relates to on-screen, visible talent or the experience of those in prominent production roles.
The paradox of charity and racial concerns: a critical examination
Charitable organisations serve as spaces for moral action where selfless acts of kindness and generosity of benefactors are interwoven with the pro-social behaviours of workers and managers for societal benefit.
Welsh Woollens and Transnational Anti-Slavery Radicalism after Abolition
This project explores the connections between the decline of the woollen industry in Wales after the abolition of slavery (1833-38), rural worker movements in Wales (e.g., the Swing Riots of the 1830s, Chartism in the 1840s) and wider abolitionist and anti-slavery movements in the UK and the Caribbean.
Translating Race and Revolution: Frantz Fanon’s Writings in Japan
In this project, you’ll examine the Japanese translation and reception of the writings of the Martinique-born psychiatrist and intellectual Frantz Fanon, whose texts were crucial in shaping Japanese intellectuals’ understanding of race and colonialism.
Decolonising Cardiff University? Analysing colonial and postcolonial institutional geographies, relations, practices and legacies
Decolonisation has grabbed national media attention but efforts in institutions like universities often fail to address the challenges it poses.
Open competition
The second option is an open competition, where you can propose a research project of your own.
Funding
The scholarship will cover fees and provide a stipend in line with UKRI rates up to 4 years of funding. You’ll also be eligible for a research training and support grant in line with the mean grant provided across the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (£1300).
We will also support you in applying for an internship to gain valuable employability skills, with an additional £2000 available to support uptake of an any unpaid/modestly paid internship.
Eligibility
The scholarships programme is open to Black, Asian, or people of a minority ethnic heritage, including people of a mixed race/ethnic background, who are British nationals and domiciled in the UK. This includes those granted refugee status. Applicants cannot have attended fee paying secondary schools unless on a merit based, means-tested, full academic scholarship or bursary.
Application process
To apply please complete one of the following forms:
Deadline
The deadline for applications to both routes is Thursday 28 March 2024.
Contact us
Dr Elizabeth Wren-Owens
Dean of Postgraduate Education for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Reader in Italian and Translation Studies
Join our online briefing on Wednesday 28 February 2024 for a presentation and Q&A on our inclusive PhD scholarships programme.