AHRC Collaborative Studentship with TNA: Defending Modernity? Communicating With the Public about Nuclear Energy: Historical Perspectives
Defending Modernity? Communicating With the Public about Nuclear Energy: Historical Perspectives
The
National Archives and the University of Leicester are pleased to invite
applications for a three-year (or part-time equivalent) AHRC
Collaborative Doctoral Partnership PhD Studentship, available
from October 2017 tenable at the University of Leicester in close
collaboration with The National Archives. This doctoral award is funded
through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its
Collaborative Doctoral Programme. The project
will be supervised by Dr Sally Horrocks and Dr Ben Clements, at Leicester, and by Dr Stephen Twigge,
Head of Modern Collections and Dr Tim Powell, Regional and Networks Team, at The National Archives.
The Studentship
The
successful candidate will undertake a PhD thesis on how Government
departments and state agencies that supported the development of nuclear
power promoted and defended this commitment to the public
from the late 1950s. The student will explore how organisations
formulated their external communications strategies, collaborated with
(and challenged) each other, the wider industry and international
associates and how these strategies changed over time.
The project will also involve working with The National Archives’ staff
to enhance access to contemporary scientific records and improve their
archival capture. Additional funding for up to six months is available
to cover these activities.
The
student will be based in the School of History, Politics and
International Relations at the University of Leicester which has a
vibrant community of PhD students, including a number holding
collaborative
awards. They will be co-supervised by Dr Stephen Twigge from The
National Archives.
Subject
to AHRC eligibility criteria, the scholarship covers tuition fees and a
grant (stipend) towards living expenses. The national minimum doctoral
stipend for 2017/18 has been set by Research
Councils UK at £14,553, plus an additional stipend payment of £550 for
Collaborative Doctoral Students (TBC). The studentship includes an
additional six months of funding from the AHRC’s
Student Development Fund,
which can (subject to agreement) be used to support appropriate training
or a placement based on the student’s individual training needs. The
National Archives will also provide up to £1,000
per year for three years (subject to agreement) to support the
student’s research-related expenses such as travel costs. The student
will be integrated into and supported by the research community at The
National Archives, and will be able to participate in
The National Archives’ Postgraduate Archival Skills Training (PAST)
workshops, which provide archival research skills for historians based
on The National Archives’ wide range of records.
How to apply
Further
information about this collaborative research project (including
academic and eligibility criteria), and full details on how to apply can
be found in the further particulars on the University
of Leicester’s website:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/
Closing date: Monday 10 April 2017, midday
Informal Enquiries
Informal enquiries should be sent to Sally Horrocks:
smh4@le.ac.uk