Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities

Stirling Castle

Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities

We are the world's first national graduate school in the Arts & Humanities. Our membership includes seventeen Scottish HEIs, from the oldest to the newest and including our four art schools and national conservatoire. Click here to learn more about us.

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WE ARE HIRING for our next SGSAH Blogger and Digital Curator

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:15:00 GMT

2 Vacancies are now LIVE and OPEN for applications. We're offering positions to become our new Digital Curators and SGSAH Bloggers for 2025/26. These roles would demand 5hrs/ week for 6 months and are excellent paid opportunities for PhD researchers who enjoy blog writing, web editing and creative tasks. Deadline: 23 February 2025

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Meet our 2025 EARTH Scholars

The British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarships programme enables international research collaborations thematically focused on environmental arts & humanities and their interdisciplinary connections. Our 10 successful applicants based outside the UK will come to Scotland to undertake research exchanges with academic mentors in Scottish HEIs for up to 3 months. They will be joined by 10 Scotland-based scholars during a 2-week cohort-building programme. Click here to meet them.

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Summer School 2025 - Workshop Proposals now open

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:59:00 GMT

Workshop proposals are now open for this year's SGSAH Summer School (19-20 & 24-25 June 2025), a 4 day event bringing together researchers and external partners from all over Scotland and beyond. Fill out our online form to offer a session or workshop which you will be paid to deliver, either in-person in sunny Glasgow or online for doctoral researchers in the arts & humanities. Deadline for applications: 7 March 2025

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EARTH Scholarships 2025

EARTH Scholarships are back! This is a unique programme delivered by SGSAH & British Council Scotland that will provide scholarships for environmental Arts & Humanities researchers from around the globe to undertake research placements in Scotland for up to 3 months. Our 2025 EARTH Scholars will harness the unique power of Arts, Humanities & Science to address climate change

Our Members

Our HEI members cover the whole of Scotland, from the Highlands and Islands to the Scottish Borders. Rooted in Scotland, we are an integral part of Scottish, UK and international civil society. Click to read more about our members.

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Our Partners

We work with our core partners to plan and deliver unique training and skills development opportunities, including training, mentoring schemes, internship projects, and leadership programmes.

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Strategic Themes & Priority Areas

SGSAH supports and develops PhD research across the full range of Arts & Humanities subjects. From 2021, it has also designated a set of Strategic Themes and Priority Areas. Click to find out more

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Events and Training

View a full list of upcoming SGSAH events and training workshops. Unless stated otherwise, they are open to all doctoral researchers at any SGSAH member HEI within Arts and Humanities.

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Discipline+ Catalysts

Through our Discipline+ Catalysts, SGSAH delivers training events from academic, industry and third sector experts designed specifically for doctoral researchers in the arts and humanities in 11 core subject areas

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