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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SGSAH Open Scholarships Competition

Click here to see details and download guidelines documents for all of our 2025 Open Scholarship Competitions. Find information on our DTP, CDA, ARCS & EARTH Scholarships, including application templates and key dates. *The online application platform will open on 3 February 2025*

 

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Spring into Methods 2025 - Workshop proposals now open

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:59:00 GMT

Workshop proposals are now open for next year's Spring into Methods programme, a collaboration between SGSAH & SGSSS which brings together arts, humanities, social science, and other doctoral researchers from across Scotland to offer sessions providing an in-depth approach to learning specific research methods. SGSAH & SGSSS invite proposals from members of staff in any of the affiliated HEIs to provide this training which will be offered with our support. Deadline: Friday 31st January 2025

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SGSAH 10 Year Anniversary

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities officially turned 10 this year, and to celebrate we organised a number of exciting projects to culminate a decade's worth of events and opportunities. Click through to find details of our official Anniversary Celebration event, our PhD plaulist, SGSAH Success stories, and our 10 Year Anniversary Documentary Film!

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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.

Strategic Themes & Priority Areas AHRC DTP 2021

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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