Hi every one, I am new to this forum and have a question, I am sure it might be asked before but I hope someone could give me up to date information on maternity entitlement for EPSRC CASE studentship PhDs,,,

Wouldn't EPSRC be the people to ask about this, in case their rules have changed? They *should* have up-to-date info on their website as well.

thanks BilboBaggins for ur attention,,,well the EPSRC website have some information but it is vague, I wanted to find about recent experiences, also wanted to know whether the Industrial CASE studentships are different from other EPSRC studentships or not,

bumpty bump,, in case no body saw this,,, pleaaaaaaaaase some answers :-)

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http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/students/help/Pages/guidance.aspx

If you want to take leave or require maternity leave

Your university must make suitable arrangements for holidays and maternity leave, generally following their normal practice.

PhD students receiving a stipend from a doctoral training grant are entitled to receive a stipend during maternity leave in line with statutory maternity provision. They should also have their studentships extended by a corresponding length of time.

We expect universities to meet the costs of maternity leave from within the cash-limit of their training accounts. If a university has a very small doctoral training grant and no expectation of future funding from us, they can request additional funding above the cash-limit. The university will need to show that payment for maternity leave cannot be made from the doctoral training grant and that there are no other contingency funding or doctoral training grants to draw on.

If you receive industrial sponsorship, please bear in mind your obligation to your sponsor in planning holidays.