We recognise that privilege currently plays an important part in who succeeds in a career in academia. Inequality in outcomes is particularly evident for students who come from black minority ethnic or low-income backgrounds, who are care-experienced or who are living with a disability. This is something that our PhD programme and King’s College London are keen to help change.
If you are part of a community that is historically under-represented in research, please be encouraged to apply. You can hear from some of our current students on King’s PhD Programmes who were in your position in the video below.
Currently, we are particularly looking to support UK applicants who fall into one of the following categories:
individuals who are from an ethnic group that is underrepresented at King’s College London (Asian Pakistani; Asian Bangladeshi; Black Caribbean; Black African; Gypsy, Roma or Traveller; mixed backgrounds featuring one of these groups);
have lived in a postcode listed as Acorn category 4 or 5 while you sat you GCSEs (register under “Try Acorn” on this website and enter your postcode to obtain your Acorn category);
have a disability.