YCEDE Advocacy Scheme

• Available to Black, Asian and minority ethnic, UK domiciled individuals considering studying a PhD
• Apply to take part here
• If selected, you are matched with an academic from one of the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, York, Bradford or Sheffield Hallam from a subject area relevant to your interest
• You are introduced to your advocate via email by a member of the YCEDE team
• You arrange a call to meet, discuss your areas of interest and ask questions.
• Have an initial 2-3 conversations with your advocate (more if both parties agree the need to continue)
• Feedback to us on the experience

*For information on what ethnicities are considered minoritized please visit: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c21051/a/ethnic

See links to our Advocate profile pages below

• Academics at research-intensive universities
• Passionate about research
• Experience of supervising postgraduate students
• Committed to improving diversity of PGR study in Higher Education

• Feel confident about applying for a PhD
• Get a better understanding of the admissions process
• Learn to avoid common pitfalls
• Find out about working in a research environment

Read about Adam and Uzunma's experience on the Advocacy Scheme and how it helped them secure a PhD place.

Hear from one successful pairing in this blog and get an insight into how the scheme works.