In addition to the pathway specific studentships, the Midlands Graduate School DTP will offer a number of Collaborative Studentships involving research or other activities with external public, private or third sector organisations. As part of the Midlands Graduate School, we also offer a number of Joint ESRC DTP Studentships. Students will be fully registered and hosted at one of the Midlands Graduate School institutions, but will have a second supervisor at another MGS institution.

Applications for our Collaborative and Joint projects for October 2021 will be made available here in early February 2021.

Collaborative Studentships

In order to apply for one of the advertised collaborative studentship projects as listed below, you will need to complete the 'Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP Collaborative Studentship Application form' available here  and you may need to submit additional information as part of your application. Please check the relevant project advertisement to see if additional documentation is required and ensure that you send all application material (including the completed application form) to the relevant email address as noted in the advertisement.

Additionally please read the Collaborative Guidance notes for Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP applicants  before completing the application form.

University	Training Pathway	Collaborating Organisation	Research Topic (including link to advertisement)	Application Deadline
Loughborough University	Education	Sunflower Learning Limited	A Game-based Approach to Improving the Learning of Arithmetic	Friday 5 March 2021, 5pm

Joint Studentships

In order to apply for one of the advertised joint studentship projects as listed below, you will need to complete the 'Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP Joint Studentship Application form' available here  and you may need to submit additional information as part of your application. Please check the relevant project advertisement to see if additional documentation is required and ensure that you send all application material (including the completed application form) to the relevant email address as noted in the advertisement.

Additionally please read the Joint Guidance notes for Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP applicants  before completing the application form

University (where the student will be registered)	Training Pathway	Joint University	Research Topic (including link to advertisement)	Application Deadline
Aston University	Management and Business Studies	University of Warwick	Are diversity management practices effective in reducing bias against female leaders? A mixed-method investigation	Friday 5 March 2021