Welcome to SGSSS
Home of Scotland’s ESRC DTP
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is the UK's largest facilitator of funding, training and support for doctoral students in social science. By combining the expertise of sixteen universities across Scotland, the school facilitates world-class PhD research. The school is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council.
OUR FUNDERS
SGSSS is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council.
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Our Governance
SGSSS is governed and managed via inter-institutional partnerships, which fosters collaboration and co-operation across its partner institutions. The formal governance structure is comprised of the Directorate, Supervisory Board, and Student Representatives.
Training
The SGSSS is committed to providing high quality advanced training in research methods and transferable skills to postgraduate students.
Studentships
SGSSS awards ESRC-funded PhD studentships through a number of annual competitions. There are opportunities for both students and supervisors to apply for funding.
Internships
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science runs a professional internship scheme for PhD students at Scotland’s universities in their second and third years of study
Knowledge Exchange
Supporting our PhD students and early career researchers to engage with non-academic partners to create impactful research.
Events
Keep up to date with all of the events that SGSSS have planned for the future
News
Welcoming our new SGSSS Student Reps
Student Representatives have an important part to play in the SGSSS by representing the interests of social science PhD students at their own institutions and
‘Urban Life, The Untold Dimension of Happiness’
We are indeed aware of some spatial forces behind our actions, or for that matter, inactions. No one has ever doubted how doors enable us
New Doctoral Training Centre for Artificial Intelligence to enhance training opportunities for PhDs
SGSSS is thrilled to be partnering with a new Centre for Doctoral Training aimed at developing the next generation of experts in artificial social intelligence.
Business Skills Boosted
A pilot training programme designed for social science PhD students to build skills and confidence for working with and engaging industry has successfully completed. SGSSS
Call for Student Representatives
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences and Scotland’s Doctoral Training Partnership (SGSSS/DTP) is recruiting new Student Representatives to join our team.
Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange Competition 2019 – Now Live!
SGSSS are pleased to announce the 2019 Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange Competition – Enter to earn the chance to win and iPad, and £500
