One-week residential Summer School for Arts and Humanities Undergraduates

Details of the Midlands4cities Residential Summer School programme, eligibility and how to apply are below: Monday 9 September until Friday 13 September 2024 College Court Conference Centre, University of Leicester, Knighton Road, Leicester, LE2 3UF. We are offering this event as fully paid residential at College Court, Leicester, to enable extended and less formal engagement between participants and mentors. Bed, breakfast, some lunches and evening meals will be provided. However, if your circumstances mean that a residential is not possible or appropriate for you, overnight stays are not compulsory. We will however expect attendance in Leicester across the five days of the summer school.

What is Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)?

Midlands4Cities is a partnership of eight universities in the Midlands funded by the Arts and Humanities Research council to offer funding and support PhD research:  https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/  

What does the Summer School offer?

 

1. 1. The 2024 Midlands4Cities Summer School is able to offer 16 undergraduates from underrepresented ethnic minority groups the opportunity to join a small cohort for one week with the aim of exploring what arts and humanities research is and how research findings can be applied and communicated.

 

1. 1. The Summer School is offered as a one-week residential course in Leicester from Monday 9 until Friday 13 September. If your circumstances mean that being in residence is not suitable for you, it is not a compulsory requirement, but you will need to be commit to being in attendance for all five days. In addition to residence (bed, breakfast, some lunches and evening meals) successful applicants will be paid the Living Wage for 35 hours for the week via Unitemps.

 

1. 1. During the week you will be partnered with a mentor from the current M4C PhD community, and have the opportunity to learn a range of research skills and design a poster to present at the final session. You will also have the opportunity to hear from current students on the tools and skills required to work through the challenges of becoming a research student, and find out about the breadth of Arts and Humanities disciplines, topics and methodologies.

 

1. 1. Over the course of the summer school, we want to provide the information, examples and space to think about what research is, what skills are needed to carry out successful research with some information to think about the career opportunities research can offer.

 

1. 1. Full details of the weeklong programme can be found here: M4C Summer School 2024 Programme

 

1. 1. To apply for a place at the summer school you will need to complete the online application form: Apply link here

 

1. 1. Guidance to help you plan and think about your application before entering and submitting your application using the online form. Midlands4Cities-Summer-School-Application-Guidance_2024

 

1. Closing date for applications is 12noon on 8th July.

Application details:

 

Eligibility

Before you apply, please ensure you are eligible and meet the criteria here:

1. You should be registered as a UK (United Kingdom) (home) student on an arts or humanities undergraduate course at one of the Midlands4Cities universities: University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, De Montfort University, University of Leicester, Nottingham Trent University, or University of Nottingham.
2. You should be entering your final year of Undergraduate study or about to start Masters level study in autumn 2024.
3. Identify as being from a Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic background.

You will not be eligible if:

1. You are in your first or second year of your undergraduate degree.
2. Are registered on your undergraduate University course on a ‘Student Visa’

The deadline for application is 12:00 noon Monday 8th July. It will not be possible to submit your application after the deadline.

Post application details:

All applications will be read by a small panel and shortlisted for interview. All outcomes will be communicated to you by email from enquiries@midlands4cities.ac.uk Interviews will be held online via Teams and will take no more than 20 minutes.  The interview panel will be no more than 3 people. Interview questions will be circulated to shortlisted candidates before the interview. The interviews are intended to give you more space to talk about your interest in Arts and Humanities research and the Summer School and to answer any questions you might have.

Timeline:

Application Deadline: 12 noon Monday 8 July 2024 Shortlisting for interviews: By 12 July 2024 Unsuccessful candidates informed: w/c 15 July 2024 Interviews to take place: w/c 15 July 2024 Successful candidates informed: w/c 22 July 2024 Your data will be processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act (2018). After you have applied, all information from your application will be stored securely and access limited to university employees essential to administering the scholarship. All your responses will be deleted from our records in line with the M4C University’s published records and information retention schedules.