PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Journalism in United Kingdom

The Sylvia Naish Fellowship is a short research visit fellowship hosted by the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS), part of the University of London. It supports postdoctoral researchers working in German language and literature to spend time in London and develop their research in an international scholarly setting. The fellowship is designed for a research stay of at least one month at ILCS between 1 October 2026 and 31 July 2027. Fellows are given access to a shared office w...

Henri Frankfort Fellowship at the Warburg Institute, part of the University of London, supports a two-month research visit in London for postdoctoral scholars working on the Ancient Near East. The fellowship is designed for research in the history of ideas, cultural history, and art history, and is connected to the Warburg Institute’s broader strengths in the history of ideas, visual history, and cultural history. The award honours Henri Frankfort, who directed the Institute from 1949 to 1954, a...

Pigott Scholarships at the University of Cambridge support doctoral study in the humanities and social sciences. This award is intended for students pursuing a research-based PhD at Cambridge, with two scholarships available each year. The scholarship sits within the University of Cambridge’s named scholarship offering and was established in 2008 following a £2 million donation from the Pigott family. It is aimed at high-achieving students whose research and academic interests fall within the ar...

Sheffield Hallam University’s Creative Industries Institute is offering three Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Landscape Awards for PhD study beginning in October 2027. The opportunity supports doctoral research across the arts and humanities, with the Creative Industries Institute providing the academic setting. Potential research directions may connect with creative industries, culture, media, history, literature, film, theatre, music and related humanities disciplines, sub...

The University of Oxford’s Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for its Economics, Inequality, and Opportunity team. The project is focused on advancing research into economic and social inequality. The successful researcher will contribute original ideas to inequality research and work in an interdisciplinary environment that brings together economists, sociologists, policy researchers, and related scholars. The team is committe...

The University of Birmingham is recruiting a Research Projects Portfolio Administrator for its College of Social Sciences in Edgbaston, Birmingham. This professional-services role supports the College’s post-award research function and works closely with the Head of Operations, Research and Knowledge Transfer (RKT). The postholder will provide administrative support across funded research projects and act as an important link between academic colleagues, professional services teams, Principal In...

The Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham is seeking a Research Fellow for The Shakespeare Arcade , a large-scale research project investigating how videogames can support the study of Shakespeare and engage new audiences with English literature. The project explores the artistic richness and ethical complexity of Shakespeare’s texts through the popularity, creativity and interactive possibilities of videogames. It considers how game-based approaches can strengthen critical think...

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate of £21,805 per year plus £1,000 per year enhancement, with a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] This 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester explores how soil health is sensed, interpreted, and communicated across biological, technological, and human systems. The project focuses on soil condition in urban environments, looking at how belowground life and emerging sensing approaches can be linked...

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate currently £21,805 per year, plus £1,000 per annum enhancement, and a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] Sub-cool is a 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester that explores how urban aquifers could be used as reliable, sustainable resources for geothermal cooling in a changing climate. The project brings together hydrogeology , climate change , and social science perspectives to study both the ph...