Per an email from the vice chancellor Chris Higgins:
A University priority is to increase institutional support for postgraduate research students. UEC approved an increase in the number of our prestigious Durham Doctoral Fellowships (DDFs) this year from 25 to 27, and the Scholarship budget allocated to Departments by 33%. UEC also agreed to simplify allocation. DDFs will be able to be awarded more speedily, to ensure we continue to attract the best candidates from around the world, and the Scholarships money will be given to Departments on a pro rata basis cutting out the current centralised ‘application’ process.
From what I’ve heard, the fellowships are divided roughly equally between the three faculties. The Department of Theology and Religion falls in the Arts and Humanities faculty and makes up a large percentage of it (about 30-40%). So this should bode well for the DT&R, which in the past got on average one fellowship per year.
[UPDATE: As of 19 Feb, the number of Fellowships has been increased to 30!]
Monday, 18 February 2008 at 7:33 pm
Hi Ben,
Amazing site. Thank you so much for making all of this information available. I am not sure if we have ever met or not, but I think I overlapped a year or two at DTS with you. I graduated ’05. Were you an intern with Dan Wallace? I interned with Dan in ’03-’04.
Anyway, I have just been accepted to Durham for an MA in Theology and Religion for fall ’08. My plan is to then proceed on to PhD with Francis Watson. I haven’t heard back from other schools yet, so it’s not totally certain that I’ll be at Durham.
There’s obviously a wealth of info on your website, but I’d love to correspond with you via email as well, if you have the time. Look forward to hearing from you,
David
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 at 9:16 pm
Hey David. It’d be great to have another DTS person around. Mark Mathews who did a bit with Bock and Wallace started this year. I reconised your picture online, but I can’t remember a specific class we had together. I did mostly historical theology at DTS, so I only had the basic NT classes. I’ll shoot you an email.
Ben