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FOI2024/01108: 2022/23 & 2023/24 PhD Stipend Modelling

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Case reference FOI2024/01108

Received 20 November 2024

Published 28 January 2025

Request

Request Received: 20 November 2024

What modelling was done in the lead up to the Sept 2022 announcement of a 10% increase in PhD stipends from 2022-23, regarding the impact the raise would have on the number of students UKRI could fund? https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-increasing-the-minimum-stipend-from-1-october-2022/

Similarly, what modelling was done in the lead up to the May 2023 announcement of a further increase in PhD stipends from 2023-24, regarding the impact the raise would have on the number of students UKRI could fund? https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-publishes-stipend-and-postgraduate-research-consultation/

Please provide any papers prepared for the UKRI Executive Committee and UKRI Board on these matters.

Response

Response Sent: 19 December 2024

Full details of the response are contained in the attached documents.

Documents

• FOI2024_01108 (1) Contingency plan to support UKRI-funded PGR students - Aug 2022_Redacted.pdf (265.2 KB)
• FOI2024_01108 (2) In-year further uprating of the UKRI doctoral stipend - Aug 2022_Redacted.pdf (415.3 KB)
• FOI2024_01108 (3) Affordability of the UKRI doctoral stipend uplift - Sep 2022_Redacted.pdf (603.7 KB)
• FOI2024_01108 (4) Distribution of 2022-23 stipend uplift pressure - Nov 2022_Redacted.pdf (1.9 MB)
• FOI2024_01108 (5) Financial Support for Students - Dec 2022.pdf (835.6 KB)
• FOI2024_01108 (6) UKRI minimum stipend for academic year 2023-24 - Jan 2023_Redacted.pdf (515.7 KB)
• FOI2024_01108 (7) UKRI minimum stipend for academic year 2023-24 - Mar 2023_Redacted.pdf (502.2 KB)
• FOI2024_01108 (8) UKRI minimum stipend - Apr 2023_Redacted.pdf (362.0 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter - FOI2024_01108_Redacted.pdf (255.0 KB)

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