When applying for a PhD, finding the right supervisor can be hugely beneficial and we recognise that this is not always easy. It can be particularly difficult for people who have been out of education for a while, those who don’t have a broad academic network and people who are anxious about approaching busy academic colleagues, among a whole host of other factors.
For this reason, we’ve put together the SWDTP Potential Supervisor Database- a searchable database of over 500 academic colleagues and their research interests across all SWDTP partner institutions. Remember that each of these individuals has asked to be listed in our database, meaning they want to hear from potential research students. You are strongly encouraged, but not required, to identify a potential supervisor using this database.
Identifying a Supervisor for an SWDTP studentship application
The lead supervisor must be from an SWDTP partner university that offers the pathway to which the student has applied. One or other of the two supervisors should have previously supervised at least one UK based postgraduate doctoral student from the start to successful completion. Local University regulations on supervision (for example, who can be the lead supervisor) apply and should be checked.
Applicants are only expected to identify potential primary supervisors. Second supervisors can be drawn from anywhere across the SWDTP, regardless of whether the institution of the second supervisor is offering the pathway or not.
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For Supervisors: Adding or revising your profile on our Database
If you are an academic colleague at an SWDTP Partner Institution and would like to be listed on the database, or revise your existing profile, please complete this form. Please note that the team currently checks for submissions every two weeks.
Applicants are only expected to identify potential primary supervisors. There is no need for potential second supervisors to be included in the database, unless they want to make themselves known as potential primary supervisors. Applicants are encouraged to search the database for potential primary supervisors, but they can also approach a supervisor that is not on the database.
If you are listed and would like to remove your entry, please email swdtp-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk.
Begin your search for a supervisor
Select a Pathway, Institution or keyword below. Please note that the Database does not directly put you in touch with a potential supervisor. To find out more about a potential supervisor, including their contact details, click ‘Visit Profile’ to see their institutional or professional profile page.
Ximing Ruan
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Xun He
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Yahya Lavaf-Pour
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Yan Zeng
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Yinghui Wei
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Zahid Mumtaz
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Zahra Hussain
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Zeinab Rezaeifar
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Zheng Feei Ma
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Zhidong Xiao
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Supervisors: Click here to add, revise, or remove your profile