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Session 2026/27 – Closing Date 17:00 (UK time) 11 March 2026
The online application form can be found at: ESRC White Rose DTP Collaborative Studentships 2026
This fully funded project is a collaboration between the University of Leeds (Dr Matt Tidmarsh) and HM Inspectorate of Probation.
This project explores the organisational and cultural implications for the Probation Service in England and Wales of the expansion of electronic monitoring (EM) and its impact on those subject to supervision.
The prison population is at a record high. In an attempt to alleviate the prison capacity crisis and increase public confidence by rendering community sentences tougher, the Sentencing Bill 2025 includes a presumption that an additional 22,000 prison leavers will be 'tagged' on release as part of 'intensive supervision'. The Probation Service will assume responsibility for implementing this policy shift, with practitioners assessing prison le...
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