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Job Offer: PhD Studentship - Historic Landscape Character and Climate Change Adaptation: Modelling I:Job description:Qualification Type: PhD Award Summary Four years (full-time, or pro rata part-time). Stipend funded by UKRI (AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership) at 2024/25 rate (currently £19,237); annual training and research allowance with £1,000 per year from Historic England; tuition fees (UK Home rate, £4,786 per year). Overview Newcastle University and Historic England are pleased a fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) The project will examine how cutting-edge methods could help us use significant historic landscape characteristics to address risks connected with increasingly intense rainfall, focussing on soil erosion and flood risk. The project is original because it will use specific case-studies to develop a new methodology and create expertise about the long-term environmental value of key historic character types in the UK. It is important because this expertise has the potential to underpin strategies which use historic character in climate change adaptation. The project includes the opportunity for a placement with Historic England during the fourth year of the research. Increasing equality, diversity and inclusion is a priority for Newcastle University and Historic England. We welcome applications from all interested candidates and we do not expect that candidates will have practice of all the techniques that may be used during the project. Full training will be provided. The prosperous candidate will become part of the wider cohort of students funded by the CDP across the UK. Number Of Awards One Start Date 01/10/2024 Award Duration 48 months Sponsor Arts and Humanities Research Council managers Professor Sam Turner (Newcastle University) Dr Louise Rayne (Newcastle University) Dr Jonathan Last (Historic England) Mr Matthew Oakey (Historic England) Eligibility Criteria Minimum 2:1 honours degree and Master's degree at Merit level, or international equivalent, in Archaeology, Geography, Geosciences, or a related subject. Specific consideration will be given to appropriate professional practice and/or independent research, which can be accepted in lieu of a Masters degree. There are no fees to apply. This studentship is open to both Home and International candidates (see guidance information ) International students are eligible to receive the full award for maintenance. They will need to pay the difference the Home tuition fee and the International fee (£22,800 per year) for Archaeology PhD students. NB. All candidates must meet UKRI terms and conditions for funding ( see guidance information ). How To Apply You must apply through the University's? Apply to Newcastle Portal Once registered select? ?Create a Postgraduate Application'. Use ?Course Search' to identify your programme of study: » Search for the ?Course Title' using the programme code:? 8210F » Research Area:? Archaeology » Select? ?PhD School of History, Classic and Archaeology (full time)'? as the programme of study You will then need to provide the following information in the ?Further Questions' section: » A ?Personal Statement' (this is a mandatory field) - upload a document or write a statement. » Include code ?ARCH24CDP? in the ?Studentship/Partnership Reference' field. » When prompted for how you are providing your research proposal - select ?Write Proposal'. You should type the title of the research project from this advert. You do not need to upload a research proposal. Contact Details For informal questions about this PhD position, Contact Us by: Professor Sam Turner:sam.turner@newcastle.ac.uk or Dr Louise Rayne:louise.rayne@newcastle.ac.uk Skills:
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