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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
Joint statement from SGSAH/SGSSS with regards to funded doctoral researchers during strikes
We write jointly as Directors of SGSAH (Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities) and SGSSS (Scottish Graduate School of Social Science) to clarify the
15 interdisciplinary PhD studentships offered by SOCIAL CDT
Up to 15 fully-funded four-year studentships for September 2020 are currently being offered within the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents (SOCIAL).
Podcast: Designing rigorous and reflexive research with Ann Cunliffe and Barbara Simpson
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SGSSS Internships now open for applications
We are now inviting applications for Spring Term internships in 2020 Paid opportunities are available with Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Scottish Government and OFCOM. Internships
Blog: Overseas Institutional Visits: I went, I saw, I conquered (my own fears) by Hazel Booth
Hazel Booth is an ERSC-funded student about to enter her final year of PhD studies with the Faculty of Social Science at Stirling University. Interested in the ways that madness has been constructed in society, her topic considers how issues of power and understanding shape the policy and practice of self-management. To the topic, she brings her training as a registered mental health nurse and her lived experience of mental difference. In Summer 2019 she was awarded funding which enabled a very exciting month-long stay in Canada where she was able to connect with some of the Canadian scholars that are conducting vital work in her field. Hazel has been keeping a blog which gives an open and personal account of this, and her continuing voyage on the choppy seas of PGR study.
Blog: Listening, learning and sharing: The impact of group facilitation in oral history by Lorna Barton, Scottish Oral History Centre (SOHC)
In May this year, Professor Arthur McIvor of the University of Strathclyde was successful in securing funding to deliver training through our Spring into Methods programme,jointly funded wit the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities. The proposal was to deliver Advanced Oral History Theory and Practice training to PhD students from both Social Science and Arts and Humanities disciplines. Here, Lorna Barton, a PGR Training Assistant and facilitator of the workshop gives a detailed account of the training.
Tweets
Happy Friday! 🎉 We've reached the final few #studentship opportunities that we'd like to share with you. Please take a look at our website for more details on these studentships and for information on all our current opportunities!👇https://sgsss.ac.uk/studentships/current-opportunities/ #phdlife #phdchat #phd
📢We have another intriguing #studentship opportunity reaching its deadline this coming Monday 06 April! Follow the link below for more details 👇 #phdchat #phdlife https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/family-complexity/
'Family Complexity and Children’s Outcomes in the UK: A Longitudinal Approach' is a fascinating #studentship opportunity for #PhD students to work with
@univofstandrews. Follow the link to to find more information on our website 👉https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/family-complexity/ #phdchat #phdlife
Our second session starts in 10 minutes! If you're an ESRC funded students with any questions, please join us. Lots of healthy discussion this morning and hopefully more of the same this afternoon. As always, if you can't join in do send us any queries to team@sgsss.ac.uk
Are you an ESRC-funded student? We'd like to invite you to join us for an online ESRC Studentship Session on Thursday 02 April. We'll be running two Q&A-type sessions throughout the day to provide an update on our FAQs and answer your questions👇 #phdchat https://gradhub.sgsss.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/7642
