QMUL London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Studentship

QMUL London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Studentship:  The London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) is offering a number of Studentships for the next academic year (2025-23) and applicants to the Queen Mary School of Law PhD programme are eligible to apply for these awards.

The Studentship comprises a full fee waiver at Home/EU rates and an annual stipend of around £17,000 per year.

The selection process will take place in early 2025 following the deadlines in January / February, and candidates will have the selection decision confirmed in April 2025. Selection is made via a competitive process, with candidates from the Queen Mary doctoral programme competing with applicants from the various other institutes linked to the LAHP scheme.

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QMUL London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Studentship.

As applicants must have a primary supervisor organised by the time of the funding deadline, we recommend that they submit a PhD application to the School of Law as the first step of the application process. Once this has been submitted then the School of Law can appoint a supervisor with relevant expertise as part of our application review process.

How to Apply for QMUL London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Studentship

Applicants should only then prepare and submit their LAHP application form and Supervisor Statement form once they have spoken to their appointed supervisor. However, if the deadline is approaching and applicants haven’t submitted a main PhD application, the School advises that applicants should both organise submission of their PhD and LAHP applications simultaneously – meaning they should arrange supervision directly with a supervisor.

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Queen Mary uses an online application system. View the Queen Mary law PhD programme page for information on how to apply, what our entry requirements are, what documentation is required, and for a link to the online application system.

Applicants should indicate on the Queen Mary PhD Online Application Form, in the ‘Other information’ section, that they wish to be considered for LAHP Studentship funding. In response to the question – ‘Are you applying for a Doctoral Training Programme (DTP)? you need to confirm ‘Yes’ from the drop-down menu. Then, from the next question ‘Which Doctoral Training Programme are you applying for?’, you need to select ‘LAHP’.

If you wish to apply for other Queen Mary funding awards, you may do so. If you are unable to indicate this on the on-line application form, please e-mail g.skehan@qmul.ac.uk with notification by the time of the relevant funding deadline

The LAHP funding application form can be found here.

Finally, applicants are responsible for ensuring their proposed doctoral supervisor has completed and submitted the ‘LAHP Supervisor Statement Form’ document prior to the 28 January 2025 deadline.

How to apply for an open studentship – LAHP.

Important – The main LAHP application form can only be submitted once the Supervisors Statement has been submitted by the first supervisor named on your LAHP application form.  You must let your first named supervisor know that you will be notifying them via the LAHP online application portal. This notification will include a link for your supervisor to submit their statement as part of your application to LAHP.  You will not be able to submit your application without the Supervisor statement having already been submitted. Please see the ‘Contacting Supervisors’ section below for more information.

The LAHP webpage mentioned above should also include a blank PDF version of the application form that applicants can print off to practice completing and drafting their answers. Please note, this isn’t the actual application form – that can only be completed via the online portal given above.

The LAHP application form

Please note, the LAHP application form requires applicants to submit specific information about their proposed research. This information is therefore in addition to that, such as the Research Proposal, provided as part of the main Queen Mary PhD application form and supporting documentation.

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Eligibility | QueenMary University of London Arts and Humanities Partnership Studentship.

School of Law PhD programme entry requirements

Applicants are expected to meet the entry requirements of the Queen Mary School of Law PhD programme – these require applicants to gain a ‘Pass with Distinction’ on an LLM or equivalent post-graduate qualification in Law, such as an MA. For degrees taken outside of the UK, the applicant must obtain the grade equivalent to a UK ‘Pass with Distinction’. For applicants from non-English speaking countries, proof of English language competency may be required. While these requirements are higher than the general requirements the LAHP has, applicants should note that the higher requirements of the School of Law’s PhD programme take precedence.

Residency Requirements

The LAHP award is available for both Home and International applicants.

LAHP Black and Global Majority studentships

LAHP will be funding a minimum number of studentships to UK Black and Global Majority students in its open studentship competition for entry in October 2025. Whilst the application process is the same, further details can be found on the how to apply webpage.

Area of research

Your proposed topic of research, as outlined in your research proposal submitted with your main application, must be within the subject areas covered by the AHRC.

The School of Law would generally come under the area of ‘Law and Legal Studies’ as the AHRC defines it, which incorporates the following specific areas of legal research:

  • Jurisprudence/Philosophy of Law
  • Human Rights
  • Criminal Law and Criminology
  • International Law
  • EU Law
  • Public Law
  • Comparative Law
  • Common Law, including Commercial Law
  • Law Regulated by Statute
  • Law Relating to Property
  • Legal History

Contacting supervisors – Completing the ‘LAHP Supervisor Statement Form’

*Important Note*

  • If a PhD application from an LAHP applicant is received early enough, we will try to appoint a supervisor as part of our PhD application review process. If an application is successful, once we have appointed a staff member as an applicant’s primary supervisor, we will confirm this to the applicant. At that point applicants should contact their proposed supervisor directly to work on the main LAHP application form with them. However, if the LAHP deadline is approaching, applicants must directly approach academic staff at Queen Mary (who must be full-time, permanent staff members at the School of Law – Visiting Scholars cannot supervise), and organise completion of the Supervisor Statement form directly with that staff member.
  • Without submission of this ‘LAHP Supervisor Statement Form’ prior to the 28 Januaryy 2025 deadline, the funding application cannot be submitted or considered.
  • Current First year PhD students should arrange for their current primary supervisor to provide this Statement of Support
  • Please note, in addition, you will be required to name a 2nd supervisor on your LAHP application form as well.
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General – QMUL London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Studentship

The award is open both to applicants wishing to commence their doctoral studies in September 2025, and to existing first year PhD students, who wish to apply for funding in their 2nd and 3rd year of study – applicants must have at least 50% of their doctorate to complete to be eligible.

The award is open to applicant’s wishing to study on either a part-time or full-time basis (although the School of Law would prefer applications for full-time study). In both cases, a fee waiver is provided – for part-time students, the stipend is provided on a pro-rata basis.

For information about the LAHP scheme’s own eligibility criteria, please see how to apply for an open studentship – LAHP.

Deadlines and the application process

Please note, the LAHP funding scheme will open for applications on 29 November 2025.

LAHP requirements are that applicants must have completed and submitted their main Queen Mary PhD application (and all required supporting documents) by 5pm 28 January 2025.

Contact Information

For further information about how to apply for the LAHP award, and to download the appropriate application form, visit how to apply for an open studentship – LAHP

For any queries relating to eligibility for the funding scheme, please contact info.lahp@london.ac.uk

If you require any further information about applying to the PhD programmes, please contact the Admissions Administrator, Mr Gareth Skehan by email on g.skehan@qmul.ac.uk.

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