Feminism, Law and Gender | Research Degrees

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Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available)	Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years	February and October February and October	March to June (February start) October to January (October start) March to June (February start) October to January (October start)

This cluster provides an intellectual and collaborative space for academics, visiting researchers and PhD students interested in gender-focused and feminist analysis of the law.

The cluster brings together an array of expertise as well as cutting-edge and impactful research on a variety of topics, including (but not limited to): gender, sexuality & criminal law; first women lawyers; violence against women and girls (VAWG); gender, technology and law; online violence against women women’s rights (including in post-conflict situations); coercive control & criminal law.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

We are open to considering PhD proposals which fall into the thematic scope of the research cluster (i.e. feminism, gender, law). In particular, we welcome proposals in the following areas:

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

Some of our research students are funded via The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership or the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership; some are funded by University studentships; others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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