The University of Huddersfield recognises the particular challenges young care leavers face in accessing higher education and is the only University in the country to provide a PhD scholarship specifically for Care Leavers.   The Lemn Sissay PhD Scholarship for Care Leavers is a full scholarship which covers fees and provides a bursary of £13,700 per year for 3 years full-time study at doctoral level. The focus of the study can be in any subject area as long as it fits within one of our seven Academic Schools ( https://www.hud.ac.uk/staff/schools/).   I am delighted to inform you that after a careful selection process, the second Lemn Sissay PhD Scholarship for Care Leavers has been awarded to Nick Stavris for the study:

TRAUMA AND LITERATURE: A CONTEMPORARY ANALYSIS OF THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE IN THE WORKS OF JONATHAN FRANZEN AND JONATHAN COE