The document provides information about the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH), a collaborative doctoral training partnership between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. It details the funding opportunities for PhD students through WRoCAH, including fees and stipend awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) worth over £19 million. Students accepted into WRoCAH receive membership in a cohort, access to training programs, and additional funding for research support and mobility. The training involves events and colloquiums over the three years to facilitate learning and skills development.

1. A PhD with the White Rose
College of Arts &
Humanities
Caryn Douglas,
WRoCAH Manager

2. What
is
WRoCAH?
How
do
you
apply
for
funding?
What
do
you
get?

3. A mature collaborative
research community
Ranked 1st in AHRC DTP competition
A&H research collaboration
Breadth of research capacity
Three active cohorts of WRoCAH
doctoral researchers
£19.2M funding from the
AHRC on Scholarships

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Creative Arts and Media
English and Cultural Studies
Heritage and Material Culture
History
Modern Languages and
Thought
182
29
18
6
16
AHRC
Compe**on
AHRC
CDA/CDP
Networks
AHRC
Project
Wolfson
Other
Who are we? … in numbers
Leeds
74
York
98
Sheffield
81

5. What
is
WRoCAH?
How
do
you
apply
for
funding?
What
do
you
get?

6. Show me the money…
Either … Fees only award
§ Fees paid for 3 years at UK/EU research rate
OR … Fees plus stipend award
§ Fees paid for 3 years at UK/EU research rate
§ A tax-free maintenance grant (£14,296 in
2016/7)
Questions about eligibility should be directed to the relevant
Scholarships Office at the University where you want to study.
+ Membership of WRoCAH Cohort, WRoCAH training
programme, and additional funding for training and
Research Support (all students)

7. 3 years with WRoCAH |Being Together |
Learning Together | Thinking Together
Welcome
Event
Colloquium
1:
What
Now?
Colloquium
2:
Who
With?
Colloquium
3:
What
Next?
WRoCAH
PGR
Conference
‘PuOng
Your
Training
Plan
to
Work’
Student
Led
Forums
Researcher
Training
Mobility
Fund
(Large
and
Small
Awards)
Wider
Opportunity
|
Bespoke
cohort
training
Y1
October
(month
1)
Y1
October
(month
1)
Y1
November
(month
2)
Throughout
Y1
February
(month
5)
Y2
December
(month
15)
Y3
May
(month
32)
Researcher
Employability
Project
During
Y2
(month
15-­‐24)

8. Research organisations are expected to provide
an environment where research students have
the opportunity to widen their horizons as part of
their training. Experiences outside the "home”
Research Organisation, for example with other
academic collaborators, in non-academic
environments or overseas are encouraged
where it fits with the individual and scope of the
project. These should be well planned to ensure
the student gains maximum benefit.
RCUK – Statement of Expectations for
Postgraduate Training, January 2015
Focus on post-PhD employability

9. Structured funding opportunities to extend
students as a cohort and as individuals
Cohort
Development Fund
Whole cohort
events
Student Led
Forums
Collective
Training
Individual training
and research
support
Training
Research
Support
Researcher
Employability
Projects
Knowledge
Exchange

10. What
is
WRoCAH?
How
do
you
apply
for
funding?
What
do
you
get?

11. First, get your place of study at sorted,
THEN apply for funding - TIMELINE
Nov
2016
• Competition opens in November 2016
• Open competition across the three Universities
• Student-led projects + partners where appropriate
1 Feb
2017
• Closing deadline for student applications
3 March
2017
• Students will be informed if they have made the first cut
12 April
2017
• Students who made the first cut will be informed if their
applications have been successful

12. You can see studentship availability via
the WRoCAH website
www.wrocah.ac.uk

13. AHRC Competition Studentships: read the
guidance notes for applicants
§ Don’t try filling in the
application until you
have read it
§ Familiarise yourself with
the WRoCAH offer
§ Show that you’re familiar
with the opportunities
available in your
application
§ Find a current WRoCAH
student and talk to them
§ Write, rewrite etc.

14. Your application will be evaluated
against 3 criteria
§ Academic excellence
§ Upward trajectory
§ Contextualised for subject area
§ Relevant work experience
§ Significant non-academic achievements
§ Awards, presentations, papers etc
§ Progress in initial research for existing students
1. Quality of
Applicant
Your application will get two independent reviews
from academics at the other two Universities

15. Your application will be evaluated
against 3 criteria
Your project in context of the existing
body of knowledge in this research area
§ Your understanding of your research area
§ Originality of the contribution to knowledge
§ Proposed methodology
§ How you communicate in your proposal (to non-
specialists)
2. Quality of
Project
Your independent reviewers may be non-specialists in
your area

16. Your application will be evaluated
against 3 criteria
§ Your Fit with your prospective school or
department and its wider cross-White Rose
activities
§ Your Training – what training will you need to
take your research forward?
§ What you will bring to and gain from being part
of WRoCAH?
3. Fit with
WRoCAH
Your application will get two independent reviews
from academics at the other two Universities

17. Tips for success
§ Engage EARLY with your prospective
supervisor
§ Project proposal – 4,000 characters
§ Get feedback on your project proposal
§ Write for non-specialist academics
§ Draft > edit > feedback > edit > redraft
§ Spend some serious time on your application
– you’re asking for £55K+
CRITICAL DATES: 1 Feb | 3 Mar |12 Apr

18. “The additional support (both
developmental and
financial) from WRoCAH has
been excellent and really
means I can maximise
additional training and
development opportunities”
“WRoCAH’s input has really
enhance my PhD experience
so far”
“WRoCAH have been brilliant
at communicating and
explaining issues and
opportunities”
“…the blended support of
both WRoCAH and my
supervisor/department - both
have played complimentary
roles in ensuring I felt
equipped to progress”
“being a WRoCAH student
offered me the means to
achieve many of the things
that I was aspiring to do in my
life”