WELCOME TO THE SOUTH COAST DTP
Through an exciting collaboration between the Universities of Southampton, Brighton, Portsmouth and Chichester, the South Coast DTP aims to deliver the latest developments in training in research methods and skills to produce highly qualified and rounded social scientists, equipped to meet contemporary economic and social challenges.
Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the South Coast DTP will be awarding a minimum of 34 studentships per year to social scientists carrying out PhD studies, or Masters + PhD studies at its four partner institutions.
All four universities are home to research centres with global reputations for their expertise and excellence. The University of Southampton currently hosts ESRC centres of research excellence, including the National Centre for Research Methods and the Centre for Population Change – Connecting Generations.
The University of Portsmouth hosts the Centre for European and International Studies Research and the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology. The University of Brighton hosts the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, and the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender. The University of Chichester hosts the Centre for Health and Applied Sport and Exercise Research.
Drawing on these, and coupled with each University’s reputation for excellence in research methods and advanced methodological techniques, the South Coast DTP aims to offer a unique academic environment for doctoral training.
Driven by its focus on world leading research which makes a difference, the SCDTP has seven key strategic priorities:
- STUDENT-CENTRED POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE TRAINING AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECT EXPERTISE
- INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
- ENGAGEMENT WITH ESRC-FUNDED RESOURCES
- COLLABORATION AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE WITH PARTNERS
- PROMOTION OF EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
- FACILITATING NON-ACADEMIC IMPACT
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institutions involved The Universities of Brighton, Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton
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studentships per year to social scientists carrying out PhD studies, or Masters + PhD studies at its four partner institutions
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research centres with global reputations for their expertise and excellence across the four universities
Events
View AllDate: 26/01/2024
Final Year Conference 2024
NOC, University of Southampton
Date: 12/10/2023
Welcome Event for the new 2023-2024 SCDTP student cohort
Garden Court, Building 40, University of Southampton.
News
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Winners of the 2023-24 SCDTP Impact Prizes
Winners of the 2023-24 SCDTP Impact Prizes Dear SCDTP students, Postdoctoral Fellows...
Date: 17/10/2024
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Invitation to Sound Sparks 2.0: Listening together to seaside changes
Bethan Prosser, SCDTP Post-doctoral Fellow, is running a series of Interactive Listening...
Date: 03/10/2024
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Cohort-building with food!
The SCDTP’s meal out! Thank you to the wonderful SCDTP student representatives...
Date: 24/05/2024
Blog Posts
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Peer review: What to expect
Over the past year, I have been experiencing the peer review process with a prestigious academic journal for the first time...
Date: 03/10/2024
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Parliament, foreign policy and language: The importance of interpretivist research for...
The House of Commons, once labelled by Winston Churchill as the ‘the shrine of the world’s liberties’, has in recent years borne witness to numerous vibrant parliamentary debates ...
Date: 10/09/2024
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From fossil fuels to flexibility: A reflection on my time at...
Author: Kelly Prime Bio: Kelly Prime is an ESRC, SCDTP funded PhD...
Date: 28/07/2024