Vice-Chancellor's PhD Scholarships, Nottingham Law School, PhD
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As part of our commitment to investing in research that shapes lives and society, we are awarding 12 fully-funded Vice-Chancellor's PhD Scholarships for 2014.Nottingham Law School has an active, highly skilled and successful research community. Its research is both academically rigorous and directly relevant to policy-makers and practitioners in the field. The methodologies utilised range from traditional doctrinal legal scholarship to empirical socio-legal research.
The School has successfully undertaken projects for a wide range of external bodies across the public and private sectors, including government agencies and law firms. Active researchers working in the School’s acknowledged …
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Nottingham Law School has an active, highly skilled and successful research community. Its research is both academically rigorous and directly relevant to policy-makers and practitioners in the field. The methodologies utilised range from traditional doctrinal legal scholarship to empirical socio-legal research.
The School has successfully undertaken projects for a wide range of external bodies across the public and private sectors, including government agencies and law firms. Active researchers working in the School’s acknowledged areas of research excellence and expertise have national and international profiles.
Vice-Chancellor's ScholarshipsApplications are particularly invited from students who are interested in the following projects:
- Topics in Public International Law / the Law of War
- Challenges to learning to be "professional" in increasingly deregulated markets
- Human Rights and Religious Freedoms
- Topics in Environmental Law
- Aspects of corporate personality and the interface between business and society.
For further information about these projects, or to download an application pack click Order literature above.
For an informal discussion about any of the scholarship projects, prior to making a formal application, please contact Professor Rebecca Parry
Researchers in the Law School have interests in a diverse range of legal topics and use a variety of methodologies, both doctrinal and socio-legal. We have three research groups in the Law School:
- The Centre for Business and Insolvency Law
- The Centre for Legal Education
- The Centre for Conflict, Rights and Justice
Contact us using the details provided under the 'How to Apply' tab if you wish to discuss whether we could offer supervision for your topic.
Support and supervision
During your research
you will be supported by a dedicated supervision team with both
specialist knowledge in your field of activity and experience of
successful doctoral supervision. You will also have full access to
student support centres, financial advice, careers advice, language
support, disability support, counselling and an accommodation
service.
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