UK students squeezed out as PhD funding shrinks

Hundreds of scholars urge reversal of AHRC PhD studentship cuts

More than 1,000 signatories back petition demanding the Arts and Humanities Research Council examine how doctoral funding changes will affect disadvantaged students

By Jack Grove

4 October

UKRI rejects call to treat postgraduate researchers as staff

Funder’s ‘New Deal’ will examine welfare arrangements for PhD students but insists they are better off ‘without an employment contract’

By Jack Grove

26 September

Hundreds of science PhDs face axe as doctoral centres shuttered

Postgraduate training likely to be concentrated in larger universities as EPSRC and Wellcome make cuts

By Jack Grove

15 March

Man hanging in the balance over a log at seaside in Scotland

Longer PhD funding means UK council will support fewer students

ESRC extends PhD support to last three-and-a-half years but rejects review’s four-year recommendation

By Chris Havergal

6 December

Domestic students squeezed out as UKRI PhD support contracts

Overall decline in number of doctoral candidates winning support masks even sharper drop among UK-domiciled applicants

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Overall decline in number of doctoral candidates winning support masks even sharper drop among UK-domiciled applicants

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Longer PhD funding means UK council will support fewer students

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