The University of Brighton fosters research careers and will provide doctoral training, attentive and expert supervision and access to all the requirements you need to develop an internationally-worthy research project.
We are renowned as a leading applied university, with pioneer academics in disciplines from sport science to design history. Our strategy of 'practical wisdom' leads to real-world partnerships and beneficiaries across all disciplines from civil engineering to applied philosophy. The development of community-university partnership practices have placed us among the best universities for many aspects of co-produced research and innovation.
We pride ourselves on the ways we work in partnership with those outside higher education, across the European Union and internationally. Through our research collaborations we work with a wide range of universities, both internationally and with universities in the UK. We are also founding members of two UKRI Doctoral Training Partnerships. We learn constantly from our involvement in these, and our rich resources are offered across all doctoral research programmes.
Earlier this year, the University of Brighton celebrated its performance in the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). Following the assessment of scores of research outputs and research impact case studies, we had research rated as 'world-leading' in all ten units of assessment we entered, covering a diverse range of subject areas, while over 87 per cent of our submitted impact case studies were rated as having 'outstanding' or 'very considerable' impact beyond academia. We are dedicated to developing this quality work with new students. Read more about the review of our research and knowledge exchange performance in REF2021.
The funding for the PhD will cover the full fee and a stipend at the UKRI rate plus an allowance for researcher training for three years (or part-time equivalent).
Successful candidates will benefit from expert supervisory teams, a programme of postgraduate researcher development workshops and membership of specialist, interdisciplinary research centres and groups. There will be introductions to a network of relevant researchers, careers advice and opportunities for interaction within and beyond the university. Through this, our PhD students have the best start possible towards ambitious careers that make use of their research degrees.
How will you build a relationship with your supervisor? Professor Annebella Pollen and Dr Tom Ainsworth are among those offering advice. This film was made by the University of Brighton for UKRI and also features academics from other institutions.