Recruitment & Selection

Information for academic and professional services staff involved in the PhD recruitment & selection process, including CDT/DTP/DLA/DFA managers.

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Constraints, Initiatives, and Enablers in Doctoral Applications and Selection: Briefing note for CDTs, DTPs, DLAs, and DFAs

This brief note outlines the constraints faced by underrepresented minoritised British applicants at the doctoral level as evidenced in the literature. (DTPs, CDTs, DLAs, and DFAs)

Constraints, Initiatives, and Enablers in Doctoral Applications and Selection: Briefing note for schools and departments

This brief note outlines the constraints faced by underrepresented minoritised British applicants at the doctoral level as evidenced in the literature. (Schools & Departments)

Mapping Existing Doctoral Admission EDI Initiatives at YCEDE Universities

Paul Wakeling and Bukola Oyinloye present work led by Lucy Atkinson on identifying and describing existing recruitment and selection equity initiatives within YCEDE universities – with a particular focus on DTP/CDT activities.

Rubrics and Holistic Review in Doctoral Admissions

In this video, Bukola Oyinloye and Paul Wakeling from YCEDE discuss the use of rubrics and holistic review in doctoral selection and admission. The use of assessment rubrics and criteria for selection which try to assess an applicant’s wider set of PhD-relevant skills is one means to support fairer and more equitable doctoral recruitment

Project Planning a Research Internship

The template below offers a starting point for designing research internship projects that support progression to postgraduate research, as well as a prompt to think about how internship opportunities can be promoted to target groups.

Guide to Positive Action in Doctoral Recruitment

Guidance and support from The University of Leeds about the legal and practical things to consider when proposing or implementing positive action within doctoral recruitment.

Article: British supervisors’ conceptions of ideal and successful PhD attributes and their implications for equity in doctoral candidate selection

This study aims to explore supervisors’ conceptions of successful and ideal doctoral students’ attributes and their implications for integrating equity and diversity considerations into the doctoral selection process.

Report: Minoritised British applicants’ experiences and perspectives on applying to a targeted, funded doctoral scheme

A report published as a result of interviews undertaken with applicants to one of YCEDE’s scholarship schemes. Participants were asked about their experiences of the recruitment and selection process at York during interviews conducted before they were informed of the outcome of their application.

Report: Reforming Doctoral Selection for Equity; Insights from the YCEDE project

This report leans on the experience of the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) project to share insights around doctoral selection reform which may be used as a starting point for thinking about selection reform in different academic units. It focuses on departments and institutions but also draws on work with DTPs (DLAs) and CDTs (DFAs).