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Application form for the PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme

Before you submit your application for the PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme, please ensure that you:

Read the PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme guide carefully
Discuss your plans with your supervisor, as they will need to approve your placement. You will be asked to upload a supporting statement from them as part of your application.
If you are on a Student Route visa, contact the International Student Support Office for advice on how many hours you can spend on your placement a week.
Contact the Doctoral School if you have any queries that are not addressed in the PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme guide or webpage.

You will need to submit the application in one sitting. You can view the information you need to provide here.

Once you have submitted your application, the Doctoral School will be in contact with you within a week to advise on the probable timeline for the decision and to explain the next steps.

PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme application form

Personal details
First name
Last name
Student ID

Your 9-digit student number starting 10...
Royal Holloway email address

All correspondance regarding your application will be sent to this address
Mode of study
Full-timePart-timeWriting up, prev. full-timeWriting up, prev. part-timeSubmitted thesis but not yet awarded
What is your funding status?
Self-fundedRHUL-fundedCo-fundedUKRI-fundedOtherOther - text entry
Do you have a Student Route visa?
YesNo

If you do, it is recommended that you take advice from the International Student Support Office (internationaladvice@rhul.ac.uk) about how much you are able to work on the placement.
Programme of study (e.g. PhD History)
Supervisor's name

Placement details
Name of organisation where you would like to do your placement
Type of organisation
Location of organisation
Name of key placement contact at the organisation
Contact's email address
Contact's phone number
When would you ideally like to start the placement? Please note that applications should be made at least 4 weeks before the start of the placement.
Tell us how you long you intend to do the placement for and whether you would be doing it full-time or part-time.
Tell us what activities you expect to do as part of this placement.

Supporting information
Tell us what experience and skills you think you will be able to bring to this placement i.e. how will the placement provider benefit? Max 500 words.
Tell us about your motivation for doing this placement e.g. what skills are you hoping to develop, what experience are you hoping to get out of the opportunity? Max 500 words.
Please upload confirmation from your supervisor that they give their approval for you to undertake this placement. This could be a pdf of an email from them or a signed letter.

Word document or pdf
Use this space to provide any additional information which you think might help your application.

Please let us know how you heard about the PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme
Email from the Doctoral SchoolDoctoral School micrositeResearcher NewsletterTwitter / XSupervisor / Director of PGR EducationOtherOther - text entry

I can confirm that I have read the PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme guide and understand the process.
YesNo

If you have any queries, please contact doctoralschool@rhul.ac.uk
I can confirm that the work I will do on the placement is not integral to my research.
YesNo
I can confirm that I have discussed the possibility of the placement being paid and the placement provider has confirmed that they can only offer an unpaid opportunity.
YesNo
I understand that my funding and submission deadline extension will be amended if the placement is cut short unexpectedly.
YesNo

Contact us

By email:

doctoralschool@rhul.ac.uk
Manned 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday

By phone:

01784 276886
Manned 10am-4pm, Tuesday to Thursday

In person:

Visit our helpdesk in room S-105, Founder's South Tower
Open 10am-4pm on Tuesdays

Quick links

PGR Career Enhancement Placement Scheme guide

PGR Career Enhancement Placement webpage

PGR Employabilty Experiences homepage

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