PPLS Visiting Academics

The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (PPLS) welcomes the opportunity to extend opportunities to develop partnerships and opportunities with colleagues external to the University of Edinburgh.

Visiting academics can conduct a range of activities. This might include collaborating with members of staff on research projects, teaching observation, establishing academic networks with our staff and exploring opportunities for future projects. The Visiting Academic will carry out research for their own purposes whilst away from their own institution. If you are interested in visiting the school as a visiting academic, please read through the 'how to apply' section below.

Fees

The standard fees are charged as below, which are used as a contribution to cover the administrative overheads of the visit. There is the possibility for visitors to request a fee waiver in some instances, for example, if they are from the Least Developed Countries, Other Low Income Countries and Lower Middle Income Countries on the DAC list of ODA recipients (see below) or if they contribute significantly to the school and/or have formal links. If this is the case then the academic sponsor should make a case to the head of subject area, who assesses the case and decides whether to share the request with the head of school for approval.

DAC List of ODA recipients

  • 1-3 months £500
  • 4-6 months £1000
  • 7-9 months £1500
  • 10-12 months £2000

Facilities and benefits

As an academic visitor within the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, you can expect that normally we will provide you with the following:

  • Access to limited hot desking space. Visitors can also use the Main Library study space. An individual on university premises should undertake no external commercial activity.
  • Access to central University services such as the library (subject to the library conditions below), visitor card, wi-fi and email (if requested).
  • A research mentor (your host academic) who will act as your main point of contact for planning your visit and throughout your time with us and whom you can expect to see regularly for discussions.
  • Access to research activities such as attendance at School and Subject Area research seminars and any other research training

    Main Library
    Library Conditions

In turn we will expect you to:

  • Provide your own IT equipment. Unfortunately, the University cannot provide IT assistance on personal equipment.
  • Abide by the School’s procedures, especially those to do with ethical research conduct, copyright, and the appropriate use of the PPLS facilities.
  • Acknowledge PPLS appropriately in any publications that arise from the period of your visit to us.
  • Contribute positively to the research culture and life of the School and any research group or center to which you are attached during your visit.

Examples of such a positive contribution that past visiting scholars have offered are research seminars and blogs; a PhD masterclass; media and knowledge exchange work; and articles for student magazines and journals.

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How to apply

For visits to the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences requiring access to our resources, you will need to have Visitor status. To be considered, you must first identify and contact an academic within the School of PPLS who will support and sponsor your application, and who will be present for the duration of your visit. Unfortunately, we cannot consider your application unless you are successful in finding an academic within the School to facilitate the visit.

Once you have a academic sponsor in the School of PPLS, please complete the online form (below). The Head of Subject area and School Operations team will consider applications, and you will be contacted directly if you are successful.

Visiting Academic Online Application Form

Visas

The School is not responsible for applying for visas on behalf of visiting academics, this is solely up to the individual. The University Staff Immigration Team can provide information to incoming visitors on potential routes (please find initial information at the Staff Visas link below). In situations of long-term collaboration visits (e.g. Government Authorised Exchange) or where external funding is held, sponsorship may be considered upon advice from immigration teams. PPLS HR team can assist with elements of this process.

Frequently Asked Questions

The arrangement of accommodation is left to visitor’s own discretion. The University of Edinburgh does not currently offer visitor-specific accommodation. You can book University hotel accommodation direct via the link below.  You could also check with local letting agents in Edinburgh (please note they are not affiliated with the University of Edinburgh).

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If you would like to attend any of the departmental talk series and reading groups during your stay then please click on the links below and select the relevant seminars/reading groups and department talks that you are interested in for the contact details.
 

Linguistics and English Language - Talk series and reading groups

Philosophy - Research seminars and reading groups

Psychology - Research seminars and reading groups

You will also be added to the relevant subject area seminar mailing list, if you wish to unsubscribe then please email ppls.schooloperations@ed.ac.uk 


The fees for your visit to the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences are below. These are payable on arrival into Edinburgh via the online system. Further information will be sent to you by the School Operations Team. You can pay your fees online.

  • 1-3 months £500
  • 4-6 months £1000
  • 7-9 months £1500
  • 10-12 months £2000

The University does not have health insurance. 

If you are looking for a GP, you could contact a local GP in Edinburgh. To find one, you can phone the NHS inform Helpline on 0800 22 44 88 or go to www.nhs24.scot, then enquire about registering as an NHS patient. There may be charges.


All visiting academics and visiting students will provide their own IT equipment. Unfortunately, the University cannot provide IT assistance on personal equipment. If you have any IT (computing) issues whilst visiting PPLS then please complete the IS Helpline form 


The cost to use our flexible lab spaces is £30 per hour.


Please contact the School Operations Team should you require a letter of introduction. Please note this is a standard letter for all academic visitors and cannot be altered. We will require a note of your address in your home country.


Please download the bank account request form from the link below and return to ppls.schooloperations@ed.ac.uk. This will then be uploaded to the People and Money System where a letter will be emailed to the address provided on the form.

Bank Account Request Form


In order for you to have access to printing within the School of PPLS then please click to view the printing document.


If you are an academic visitor visiting for over 6 months then you can set up a web profile using the instructions on the form below.


Setting up a web profile


If you have a visitor card then you can purchase a staff membership on the website (see link below). Otherwise, you can purchase a ‘wider community’ membership if you do not have a visitor card.

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