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outreach at kibworthOur Outreach team takes archaeology workshops and talks out to schools and colleges in the county. It also runs Masterclasses and workshops on campus and in the department. We've also worked with the army on Project Nightingale at Caerwent. Find out more on what we do! And hear about the places we have visited last year, read some testimonials, and see what we can bring to your school to help bring the past alive!

University of Leicester Archaeological Services

ULAS is an independent professional unit whose expertise covers urban, rural and buildings archaeology of all periods across the Midlands. Find out more...

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Read about the city's archaeology in the new publication Visions of Ancient Leicester

Contact the School

School of Archaeology and Ancient History,
University of Leicester, University Road,
Leicester, LE1 7RH

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Ranked 9th in the Guardian University Guide 2013

 

Postgraduate Funding Opportunities

The 2012/13 competition has now closed. We hope to advertise late this year or early next year for funding opportunties for the academic year 2013/14

 

 

POSTGRADUATE AWARDS COMPETITION FOR 2012/13

The School of Archaeology and Ancient History is pleased to announce a variety of scholarships and bursaries on offer for postgraduate research and taught programmes commencing from October 2012:

 

Taught Postgraduate Bursary Competition

The School has a total of 7 fee bursaries of £1000 for the 2012-13 academic year. These are available to students seeking to carry out full-time campus-based study on any of the following PGT programmes:

  • Archaeology (with pathways in Prehistory, Bioarchaeology and Medieval Archaeology)

  • Archaeology of the Roman World

  • Historical Archaeology

  • Classical Mediterranean

All applications (including those that have already been submitted) will automatically be considered for bursary awards which will be judged on the basis of the quality of the application. The final deadline for applications to be considered for an award is Saturday 31st March 2012 – all successful applicants will be notified by the end of April 2012.

 

Research Postgraduate PhD Scholarships Competition

For the academic year 2012/13, we are pleased to announce an open competition for:

  • ONE fully funded AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) PhD award for three years. High quality applicants are formally asked to apply with a letter and an approved programme of (campus-based) research confirmed with a relevant supervisor within the School. While the award is available for topics relating to any of the School’s research strengths, the fields of Bioarchaeology and Ancient History may be favoured.

  • ONE fully funded Wellcome Trust Studentship PhD for three years to contribute to the 'Criminal Corpses' project.   For further details click here.

  • ONE International PhD Studentship award of £6000 for three years full-time (campus-based) or £3000 per annum part-time by distance learning (international applicants). The award is available for topics relating to any of the School’s research strengths. High quality applicants are formally asked to apply with a letter and an approved programme of research confirmed with a relevant supervisor within the School.

  • THREE individual bursaries of up to £2000 per year available to support campus-based Home/EU or international doctoral research students. The award is available for topics relating to any of the School’s research strengths. High quality applicants are formally asked to apply with a letter and an approved programme of research confirmed with a relevant supervisor within the School.


For PhD applicants, please first visit our pages related to PhD study and applications and to the pre-application stage, with details on how to prepare a proposal for discussion with relevant School staff.  This must be agreed upon before full application is made to the University. 

The deadline for the full formal application is 31st March 2012.

For other details, please consult our webpages or contact the School's Postgraduate Secretary on rem17@le.ac.uk

The details of online application following the pre-application consultation are accessed here.