LDOC AHRC Studentships
The LDOC is an AHRC-funded centre for doctoral training, collaboration
between the University of the Arts London, Kingston University and the
Royal College of Art. The Centre will offer both full-time and part-time
AHRC-funded PhD with a focus on practice-led Design research.
LDOC is one of seven new AHRC Centres for Doctoral Training
<http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-Opportunities/Pages/EPSRC-Centres-for-Doctor
al-Training.aspx> , which are consortia awards offering training and
skills in specific disciplinary areas, such as Design.
The LDOC partners build on their commitment to developing Design
researchers at the highest level in this exciting new initiative. The
Centre will offer enhanced doctoral training drawing on the expertise of
the three world-leading partners.
The LDOC programme will also benefit from the contributions of creative
industry partners:
AEDAS, British Fashion Council, BT, London Borough of Camden Communities
Division, Camira, Creativeworks London, Design Council, Designing Out
Crime Association (DOCA), Ford Motor Company, Ian Ritchie Architects
Limited, International Flavours and Fragrances, Microsoft Research
Cambridge, Sense, Sorrell Foundation, Textile Institute, Topshop, TFL, the
United Nations/UNCTAD Responsible Ecosystems Sourcing Platform and the V&A
Museum.
Students may apply to LDOC for a doctoral award by submitting an LDOC
application through the University of the Arts London. The deadline for
applications is 5 pm Wednesday 19 February 2014.
If you are interested in applying for an LDOC award through the University
of the Arts London, the first step is to consult the University¹s staff
research profile pages <http://
<http:/>www.arts.ac.uk/research/research-staff/a-z/> to identify and
contact potential supervisors from the University¹s world class
researchers or contact the Academic Research Contact in the relevant
College <http://
<http:/>www.arts.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/apply-for-a-research-degre
e/> to discuss your proposal.
It is not possible to submit an application directly to LDOC: you must
apply through one of the three universities. Please note that you can only
submit an LDOC application to one of the three member institutions.
Overseas students are not eligible for AHRC awards, and EU students need
to carefully read the eligibility criteria to assess whether they are
eligible for fees and maintenance or fees only.
Doctoral Awards the awards are for students who are applying to
undertake PhD study. This includes those who are applying initially as an
MPhil student with the intention to upgrade to PhD study. The fees and
maintenance rates for 2014/15 have not yet been announced by the AHRC, but
for comparison, for 2013/14 maintenance is £15,726 and fees £3,900 (the
shortfall between AHRC rates and University fees is covered by the
University).
Students who apply for an LDOC award will be considered automatically for
a College Scholarship.
All AHRC awards are subject to the AHRC Terms and Conditions. Please
ensure to familiarise yourself with them before applying: they are
available in the AHRC Student Funding Guide
<http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Student-Funding-Guide.pdf>
. Note that overseas students are not eligible for AHRC awards and EU
students need to carefully read the eligibility criteria to assess whether
they are eligible for fees and maintenance or fees only. You can find
current maintenance and fee rates on the AHRC's page for Current Research
Students
<http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-Opportunities/Postgraduate-funding/Pages/Cur
rent-award-holders.aspx> .
To contact your prospective academic department, please consult our list
of Academic Contacts <http://
<http:/>www.arts.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/apply-for-a-research-degre
e/> at the University of the Arts London.
Application Process
Please see below for a brief description of the application process for an
LDOC AHRC award. Further details can be found from www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc
<http://www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc> <http://www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc> .
Students need to submit both a UAL standard application form for a place
on the Research Degrees course and an LDOC application form for the
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The LDOC application form is included in the LDOC Application Pack which
can be downloaded from www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc <http://www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc>
<http://www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc> . Once completed return the application to
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Assessment process
Your application is first considered by internal Panels of subject experts
at UAL. You should hear in early April whether UAL will forward your
application to the LDOC Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will
confirm the awards by the end of May 2014. Unsuccessful applicants from
both stages will be considered automatically for College scholarships by
the Director of Doctoral Programmes and you should hear the outcome by
late May.
Links to application documents
* LDOC application pack: www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc <http://www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc>
<http://www.rca.ac.uk/ldoc>
* UAL Application Form (Word, 192 KB)
<http://www.arts.ac.uk/media/arts/research/research-degrees/ApplicationForm
1314_09December2013.doc>
Please note that candidates must make an application to one of the three
partner institutions before submitting an LDOC application. You will be
asked which institution you have applied to in your LDOC application form.
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