Why use our self service portal to list your PhDs?

Every year UK universities look for highly motivated masters students to continue their postgraduate education via a research studentship. Universities providing world-ranked research offer a blend of self-funded PhD projects and funded research studentships that attract applications from across the world.

Self-funded programmes usually offer year round applications because they are part of the research portfolio of an established faculty. Lots of candidates need to apply in order to attract a strong shortlist, so it’s really important to showcase the breadth and range of projects to the widest possible audience.

You need the flexibility to maintain your presence in front of a highly motivated audience of potential researchers. We are here to promote research opportunities on behalf of universities and doctoral training partnerships.

Advertising is important, but listing within an ‘always-on’ website that draws thousands of views is a more cost effective way to showcase your specialities to a motivated audience of intending research scholars.

Introducing our PhD Self Service portal

Our new PhD Self Service portal is an excellent way to list and maintain the wide range of programmes you need to attract candidates to. The system is ideal for listing self-funded projects that form the backbone of most research intensive universities.

You can include research studentships as well, but we recommend talking to us about ways we can promote them for you to reach the most relevant segment of the PhD audience.

What is the cost?

Entry to the portal and online training for your dedicated user is available as a one off fee with 12 months guaranteed access.

Advertise with us, and you can reach:

• Intending PhD students, a mix of UK and International. Their average time on site is 4 minutes, bounce rate 49% and we receive on average 76,610 monthly new users.
• We consistently rank in the top ten keyword searches for PhDs.
• Set up your account on our registration page. You’ll need to use your organisation email and not personal one, so we can authenticate your account.
• Look out for an authentication email on the same working day. If you contact us over the weekend, we’ll set your account up on Monday.
• You can now access your account, list your projects and update them as often as you need.

Next steps

Checking advert performance helps you make future decisions about whether to change the deadline or tailor the copy.

If your advert is not performing as you wish, you can contact us so we can suggest how to support you.

You can then decide whether to book an email, a boost or have animated banners on the site to support your PhD recruitment.