Dear All,

I had a few emails about different opportunities that study group members might be interested in, so I have complied these into one email. 

UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership

There will be more than 40 PhD studentships available yearly across the UBEL DTP. For more details of the 2017 UBEL PhD scholarship programme at UEL, please see the DTP UEL PhD Studentships page: https://www.uel.ac.uk/Discover/Academic-Schools/Graduate-School/UBEL-Doctoral-Training-Partnership/ESRC-Studentships

The new Doctoral Training Partnership is a great new opportunity.  For potential projects and supervisors at UEL you can find recommended contacts on this page: https://www.uel.ac.uk/Discover/Academic-Schools/Graduate-School/UBEL-Doctoral-Training-Partnership. 

Professor Derek Robbins ([log in to unmask]) welcomes informal inquiries from PhD candidates who might be interested in several particular projects related to Bourdieu, including:

a.  the social historical development of Bourdieu's thought. 
b.  the development of the reception of Bourdieu's work in England by one illustrative English intellectual (me).
c.  the influence of the work of Bourdieu on the sociology of higher education in England and on the development of the English system of higher education 1970- the present.

Please note that the deadline for initial applications and expressions of interest is Friday 2 December 2016 at 16.00 and the deadline for full applications is Friday 3 February 2017 at 16.00.


Early Career Researchers Conference funding

Since 2015 the Sociological Review have been running an annual competition to provide funds of up to £1000 per applicant for unfunded PhD students and postdocs (within 3 years of completion) to facilitate their attendance and participation of conferences. This was in recognition of the fact that at this early career stage it can be quite difficult to raise the funds required to take part in these events.

The Sociological Review welcome applications from early career scholars based all over the world working in disciplines across the social sciences to facilitate their attendance and participation of conferences. Applications are evaluated by a team of reviewers drawn from The Sociological Review editorial board.
The competition is ordinarily announced in the autumn to support conference attendance in the following year.
2017 Applications

The latest round of funding, to support ECR attendance at conferences taking place between 1st March 2017 and 31st December 2017.

Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must demonstrate that they plan to give a paper at the conference;
Applicants must not be in receipt of other funds e.g. DTC, University and ESRC scholarships; postdoctoral funding with specific allowance for conference attendance; permanent academic position;
Postdoctoral applicants must be within 3 years of the award of their PhD.
You will be expected to provide a 750 word report – of the event or of your paper – for The Sociological Review blog – within one month of the event.

If you meet the criteria and would like to apply, please complete our application form.

The deadline for the 2017 round of funding is 31st January 2017 and all applicants will be informed of the outcome by the end of February.

If you have any queries, please email [log in to unmask]
https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/early-career-researchers/conference-funding.html 



The Sociological Review Seminar Series Competition 2017

The Sociological Review Foundation makes available up to £10,000 each year to fund the organisation of scholarly seminars on any subject broadly within the publishing interests of the journal. It particularly supports research seminar series and/or research symposia that bring together established and new researchers to share and produce imaginative cutting-edge work of cultural and social significance. They seek proposals that involve collaborations across institutions and disciplines and welcome those that connect to wider communities and the arts.

As part of the foundation’s mission to serve and enhance the future sociological community, seminars and symposia should be open to members of sociological teaching groups in colleges and schools. For example, a number of places could either be made available to local colleges / 6th forms or sessions could be video recorded and offered to these audiences.
For more information and details about how to apply, please see the Seminar Series page: 
https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/events/seminarseries/ 


  
The Practice of Public Sociology: Sociological Review Early Career Event

I’ve recently had some cancellations for the forthcoming event, The Practice of Public Sociology: Sociological Review Early Career Event. 

If you would like one of these places, please email Jenny Thatcher: [log in to unmask]

More details on this event can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-practice-of-public-sociology-sociological-review-early-career-event-tickets-28652394082