Placements for Supervisors
Doctoral researchers at CHASE institutions can undertake a fully funded placement with an external organisation.
Placements offer doctoral researchers a number of potential benefits, including:
A chance to develop transferrable skills by working in sectors of the economy beyond higher education.
An opportunity to develop research skills and access resources not otherwise available within a higher education organisations.
Financial benefits such as a stipend, expenses paid, and a tuition fee waiver.
Networking opportunities outside institutional boundaries.
The opportunity to take time away from their doctoral research and gain a sense of renewed confidence and perspective on their subject area.
Researchers are eligible if:
They are undertaking a PhD in an arts and humanities subject area.
The placement offers suitable training and development.
The placement lasts between one and six months - this can be either part-time or full-time.
They are in the second year of their PhD or later, although exceptions can be made.
The employer does not offer remuneration.
For further information on the benefits of hosting a placement, please see our dedicated ‘Organisations’ page.
For more information on the benefits of placements, including researcher testimonials, please see see our dedicated Knowledge Exchange in Practice page.
Supervising a Placement
Doctoral researchers undertaking a placement will be supervised by both their academic supervisor and an external supervisor at their placement host.
For Academic Supervisors:
You will not be expected to support researchers’ placement-related work, but researchers should discuss their placement with their you before beginning the application process.
Once a PhD researcher has secured a placement with an external organisation, academic supervisors are expected to write a short statement of support.
For further details, please see our Placements: A ‘How To’ Guide for Supervisors.
For Placement Supervisors:
If you are interested in hosting a placement, but have not yet been approached by a CHASE doctoral researcher, please fill out our enquiry form.
If a researcher approaches you about undertaking a placement at your organisation and you would like to offer an opportunity, your organisation will be expected to provide a suitable placement supervisor.
The UK Council for Graduate Education has published a guide for how supervisors based outside higher education institutions can best support their doctoral researcher. The guide covers basic topics, such as the definition and benefits of doctoral education, as well as the challenges faced by external supervisors, especially during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
For more information on hosting and/or supervising a placement, please see our Placements: A ‘How To’ Guide for Organisations.
The Barbican Centre, London (a CHASE partner institution).