NINE DTP Applicants 24/25

Hi, I applied to the NINE DTP! I am a research assistant right now. What about you? You know how competitive is?

I applied to the nine dtp at durham and found out the department nominated me a couple of weeks ago! I am currently also working but did my masters at cam 🙂

That's brilliant congrats on being nominated by your department! I have also applied to Durham, which research pathway did you select?

Thank you! I’ve applied for the sociology, social policy and social work pathway but my project probably overlaps into criminology a little

Good luck with your application! How are you feeling about your application? I know I'm super nervous about the whole thing and I keep checking my emails to see if there have been any further updates. Truthfully, I did my application a bit too close to the deadline for comfort so there's parts I could probably improve upon but I found it so difficult to get all the detail in my proposal within the word count.

You too! And same, I only had a meeting with my potential supervisors the same week the application was due so my proposal had to be edited pretty quickly. Getting past the first hurdle has made me feel more settled but still anything can happen

Hi! I applied for the 4.5 Criminology, Prisons and Policing pathway as I am just finishing up my undergraduate degree this summer so I am hoping to get the Master's funding too. I believe it is highly competitive given the range of funding and subject areas available as they only fund around 50 ish students each year. What university have you applied to if you don't mind me asking?

I had a similar experience ahaha. Luckily my currents supervisor was willing to be my potential supervisor so that took some of the stress off. If you don't mind me asking what masters are you doing currently. I am trying to keep my options open and get some next steps ready in case I don't get awarded funding as I know the process is quite competitive

Ahh its good you already know your supervisor and it all worked out! I did my mphil in marginality and exclusion at cambridge but i know some people who did the criminology mphil there and enjoyed it

Has anyone heard anything yet? I know the pathway decision deadline is today so I was wondering whether we would get told whether we have passed the pathway round today on in the coming few days.

I haven´t heard anything yet... I think maybe tomorrow we will get to know?

I just received my notification 30 minutes ago that I was shortlisted for the final round of the competition. Fingers crossed for you guys too.

So was I! Exciting!

I'm very confused as to whether I have been shortlisted or not. My supervisor maintains I have, but I've not received any official communication about it which is proving to be mildly stressful at the very least.