FOI2023/01004: UKRI PhD Studentship Applications
Case reference FOI2023/01004
Published 3 April 2024
Request
Request Received: 15 December 2023
I am writing to request the following information under the FOI Act.
Subsequent to an FOI request on how many doctoral studentships were funded by UKRI over the past five years, which you kindly answered [FOI2023/00731], I would like to request some information on the number of applications made for these funded studentships.
Following my story on these figures, some people have asked whether or not the steep drop in domestic students who were funded may actually reflect a drop in applications (ie, a fall in demand).
Would you be able to provide the number of applicants for UKRI funded studentships in each of the past five years - 2018-19 to 2022-23.
In addition, for each year would you be able to provide disaggregated data for applications for each research council, and provide data for domestic, EU and international students, as per the previous request where the data was very easy to follow
Response
Response Sent: 8 January 2024
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