Quentin Bryce Law Doctoral Scholarship

The Faculty of Law offers the Quentin Bryce Law Doctoral Scholarship (QBLD) for commencing Doctor of Philosophy students to promote and reward quality research within the faculty.

Eligibility

Applicants must: have completed a Master's Degree by research or a Bachelor Degree with first class honours, or be regarded by the University as having an equivalent level of attainment; and have applied to be admitted to the PhD degree at UTS. Selection is based on: academic merit; research and other relevant experience; publication record; quality of the research proposal; and relevance of the proposed research to the Faculty's research strengths.

Further details

Doctoral Teaching Fellowship: Successful scholarship applicants may also be offered a Doctoral Teaching Fellowship which will provide an opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience in the Faculty of Law. Doctoral Teaching Fellows will receive a salary of $25,000 per annum in addition to the QBLD scholarship, and be expected to teach 4 hours per week in both Autumn and Spring semesters. Fellows will be appointed for a period of 12 months with an expectation that the Fellowship will be re-offered for two further 12 month periods, up to a maximum of 3 years. Entitlement to continue as a Doctoral Teaching Fellow will be dependent upon the Fellow: continuing to hold the Quentin Bryce Law Doctoral Scholarship; meeting the ongoing eligibility requirements of the scholarship's Conditions of Award (see Clause 2 of the Conditions of Award); and, performing satisfactorily the duties of the Doctoral Teaching Fellowship.