Administrative Data Research Studentship Competition

Administrative Data Research UK Studentship Competition

Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) Studentships are fully funded, covering full payment of tuition fees per year, an enhanced maintenance stipend and 3 month placement.

What’s on offer

ADR studentships cover tuition fees at the UKRI rate and an enhanced annual maintenance stipend. For 2022/23 an UBEL studentship will cover tuition fees of £4596 and an enhanced stipend of £20,668. This figure includes the London Allowance.
ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK) is a partnership transforming the
way researchers access the UK’s wealth of public sector data, to enable better
informed policy decisions that improve lives.
These PhD studentships will use ADR UK’s new linked flagship datasets to answer policy relevant questions.
Successful students will start their programme of study in October 2023.

Academic qualifications

You should normally have (or expect to achieve by 30 September 2023) an upper second or first class honours degree or a Master’s degree from a recognised UK university, or the equivalent qualification if gained outside the UK.

Eligibility criteria

All UKRI studentships are open to both home and international students.
To be classed as a home student, candidates must meet the following criteria:
- Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or Have settled status, or
- Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements), or
- Have indefinite leave to remain or enter
If a candidate does not meet the criteria above, they would be classified as an International student. Please read the UKRI Eligibility guidance document (pdf) for full details on residency requirements. Further information is also available in the Application Guidance for 2023 Entry.

Guidance for applying

Candidates will need to complete an online application form via Survey Monkey Apply. Applications will be sent directly to UBEL DTP.

The application includes a preliminary form, CV, covering letter, references and equal opportunities monitoring.

There are two studentship opportunities available. Follow the links below for the advertisements. At the top of the application form candidates should select which project they are applying to.

School attendance problems and educational attainment in children with neurodevelopmental conditions (intellectual disability and/or autism) DEADLINE 8TH MARCH (23.59) Dr Vaso Totsika, Dr Gemma Lewis (Division of Psychiatry, UCL)
An examination of the relationship between engagement in criminal activity and educational attainment Prof Emla Fitzsimons, Dr Asma Benehnda, Dr Claire Crawford (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Social Research Institute, UCL)

Deadlines for 2023

8 March 2023	Deadline for student applications to School attendance problems and educational attainment in children with neurodevelopmental conditions (intellectual disability and/or autism)
15 March 2023	Deadline for student applications to An examination of the relationship between engagement in criminal activity and educational attainment
Late March 2023	Interviews with supervisors
April 2023	Studentship awards made