Dear colleagues,

Applications are invited for PhD studentships in all areas of Linguistics, English language, Applied Linguistics, Modern Languages and Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University. These are open to UK and international students. Students can be based in any of the following Schools at Newcastle: Education, Communication, and Language Sciences; English Literature, Language and Linguistics; Modern Languages.

Studentships, to start in October 2024, will be awarded via open competition for two doctoral training partnerships:

• AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium, full documentation to be available here soon: http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastudentship/theopenstudentshipcompetition/
• ESRC Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINEDTP), subject to ESRC funding confirmation. Full documentation to be available here soon: https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/the-application-process/

We particularly welcome applicants whose research interest fit within those of the research groups below:

• Acquired Speech and Language Disorders: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/research-themes/language-disorders/
• Child Language and Language Evolution: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/research-themes/childrens-speech/ and https://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/research/linguistics/lead/
• Experimental Phonetics and Phonology: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phonphon/
• Intercultural Communication: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/research-themes/intercultural-communication/
• Language Education https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/research-themes/language-education/
• Language and Technology: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/research-themes/technology-education/
• Language Variation and Change: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/research/linguistics/variation/
• Linguistic Theory: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/research/linguistics/theory/
• Social Interaction and Professional Communication: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/research-themes/social-interaction/

For any queries about these studentships please contact Ghada Khattab  ghada.khattab@newcastle.ac.uk or Niamh Kelly Niamh.Kelly@newcastle.ac.uk

Best wishes,

Ghada