Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences secures a record eight TECHNE scholarships

The TECHNE consortium is a Doctoral Training Partnership consisting of the following seven universities in London and the South-East: Royal Holloway, University of London, Kingston University, Royal College of Art, University of Arts London, University of Brighton, University of Roehampton and the University of Surrey.

TECHNE is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and has approximately 50 AHRC scholarships to award each year across a range of arts and humanities disciplines. Each year the consortium run a competitive process where doctoral candidates apply for funding for their PhD. This funding is very prestigious and 2018 marks a record year for Surrey students working across a variety of subjects in FASS. The faculty is proud to bring together scholars and students from across an extraordinary range of academic disciplines in a learning community dedicated to the discovery and enrichment of the arts, humanities and social sciences.

The university’s Doctoral College supports academic and professional development of postgraduate and early career researchers and the team will work closely with the new scholarship students.

Shane Dowle, Doctoral College Manager, said: “We are delighted with Surrey’s outstanding performance in the TECHNE studentship competition this year. It is an extremely competitive process and our success is a testament to the hard work that colleagues and students have put into developing novel and exciting research agendas. We look forward to welcoming our TECHNE students in October and seeing how their projects unfold.”

The eight scholarships cover a range of diverse topics, from pre-Raphaelite art to deterministic memory. Five of the scholarships were awarded to students studying literature and languages, two to music and media and one to Guildford School of Acting (GSA).