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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
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
Really lovely to hear such great feedback after our online Training & Wellbeing session! 😀Thank you so much to all those who joined in - if you couldn't make it and have suggestions as to how SGSSS could be further supporting you, email us at team@sgsss.ac.uk or comment below 👇
Really brilliant practice @SocSciScotland recognising the need to prioritise space & time for us all to chat wellbeing. Thanks so much @JoFerrie @dianecgill Rachel, & fellow PhDs @themichjam & Paul for being so supportive & fun. #phdchat #phdlife
🎉Exciting new data-related podcast now live - Edinburgh: The Space Data Capital. Take a listen on Spotify using the link below! 👇 https://anchor.fm/edinburghspacedatacapital/episodes/TRAILER-ec17jf #phdchat
🛰 🌎 BIG NEWS!🌟 ☄️
@MurrayBCollins and I, with @kri0sis, have been working on something VERY exciting 😁
On Monday - we’re launching our podcast
Edinburgh: Space Data Capital
Here’s what you can expect:
https://anchor.fm/edinburghspacedatacapital/episodes/TRAILER-ec17jf
Quick reminder that this is happening at 10.30am today! Join us for a chat about student wellbeing and the training sessions you'd like to see from your graduate school. Come co-create with SGSSS! 👉https://gradhub.sgsss.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/7641 #phdchat #phdlife
📢We'd like to invite students to join us for an online Training & Wellbeing Introductory Session next Tuesday, where we'll be asking for suggestions on how we can best support your overall wellbeing. Follow the link to discover how you can have your say 👉https://gradhub.sgsss.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/7641
