The UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership
The UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership is an ESRC funded organisation that unites five leading social science institutions.
UBEL is a Doctoral Training Partnership between University College London, Birkbeck University of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, SOAS University of London and University of East London.
UBEL is one of the 14 Doctoral Training Partnerships across the UK funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), providing postgraduate students with high-quality social science research training.
UBEL offers fully funded and co-funded ESRC studentships cover payment of tuition fees per year to eligible students.
Find information about managing your studentship and get support with any issues that may be affecting your ability to study.
The UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership is an ESRC funded organisation that unites five leading social science institutions.
Our Vision
The DTP’s strategic vision is driven by a shared emphasis on interdisciplinary research; a multiplicity of existing connections within and across the partners; a joint apetite for engagement with non-academic partners; and a collective embedding in London, a super-diverse city with global reach and one of the largest populations of doctoral students anywhere in the world.
We are guided by a collective aim to foreground learning how to work across boundaries(disciplinary, institutional and professional) and work to produce graduates with the ability and flexibility to operate at the highest level within the London context and elsewhere, moving between local, national and international concerns.
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Meet our students
Shomo Basu
Birkbeck, University of London
Kieran Robson
University of East London
Hamda Mohamed
University of East London
Since 2017 UBEL has:
44
studentships on average per annum
284
in our community of funded students
5
partner institutions
26
research pathways
36
non academic partners
UBEL Blog
Media and Communications Workshop with Rachel Shabi – 24th January 2023
For the second time this year, Rachel Shabi will be hosting a media and communications workshop designed to ensure that, the next time you address
UBEL Conference blog post
By the UBEL Conference Committee (Laura, Shomo, Helina, and Lottie) On Friday 7th October, we hosted the UBEL Student Conference 2022 at Birkbeck. As this
Media and Communications workshop hosted by Rachel Shabi
On October 20th 2022 I attended an all-day media communications workshop arranged by UBEL. The workshop was led by award-winning journalist and broadcaster Rachel Shabi,
Get in touch
The UBEL DTP Administrative support team provide guidance to prospective and current students in relation to ESRC guidelines and internal DTP processes. The UBEL DTP support team are in regular contact with partner colleagues as well as the Director and Deputy Director.
Alison Freeman (alison.freeman@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Manager
Jamie Kozak (j.kozak@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Co-ordinator
Gita Tailor (ubel-dtp@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Administrator
Ran Xu (ubel-dtp@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Administrator