Doctoral and Masters Fellowship for 2024 - 2025 The Centre for Researching Education and Labour (REAL) is offering Doctoral fellowships (three years) and Masters fellowships (one year) attached to the SARCHI Research Chair in Skills Development Fellowship Value PhD fellowships are available for three-year periods and are for full-time study, valued at up to R for the first year and R188 000, depending on financial need. Masters fellowships are available for one-year and are for full-time study, it is valued at up to R182 000, depending on financial need. Additional funding for travel and research expenses is available, and involvement in research projects at the REAL Centre is an additional possibility.
Eligibility Candidates should be in a position to register for full time studies in 2024. PhD candidates should have a strong Master’s degree in Education (with an appropriate focus), Sociology, Economics, or a cognate discipline with a relevant focus; Masters candidates should be in possession of an Honours degree. The South African NRF does not fund PhD students older than 32 at the age of registration; for Masters students the cut off is 30 years.
Research Areas Prospective candidates can propose any topic related to skills development, or education/work relationships. The following are particularly welcomed: Patterns of skill formation systems in developing countries The relationships between skills development and industrial development in a developing country context Knowledge and curriculum in preparation for work in specific occupations The roles of education and training in reinforcing or rupturing inequality in society Qualifications, the labour market and new forms of work organisation Access to work and types of work in the informal labour market