PhD Studentships
The School of Languages and Social Sciences at
Aston University is offering several studentships
to enable candidates to undertake fully funded
research in any of the School’s areas of academic
endeavour. The School’s vibrant research culture
(Grade 5 rating in the last RAE) provides a
stimulating intellectual environment.
Studentships include maintenance at AHRC rates,
currently £10,500 per annum and the waiving of
University fees, EU £3,010, non-EU £8,050).
Applicants are invited in the following
areas: Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis,
European Cultural and Political Studies, French
Studies, German Studies, International Relations,
Lexicography, Media Studies,
Pragmatics/Semantics, Sociology, Spanish Studies,
TESOL and Translation Studies.
Applications should contain a CV, a 2-3,000 word
research proposal and the names of two academic
referees and should be addressed to Ms Sue Cade,
to reach her at the very latest by January 13th
2006. To speed up the process referees should be
asked to send their references immediately, by
post or by email, to Ms Cade,
(<mailto:s.cade@aston.ac.uk>s.cade@aston.ac.uk).
Successful candidates will be invited to start as
soon as they are able to and once they have
settled in will be expected to make a teaching
contribution of up to four hrs p/w and to provide
research assistance to supervisors and/or
convenors of relevant research centres of up to 2 hours p/w.
Address for correspondence: Ms Sue Cade, School
of Languages and Social Studies, Aston
University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4
7ET. Please mark the envelope with the phrase ‘PhD Bursary Application’.
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
Lecturer in English Studies
School of Languages and Social Sciences
Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
Tel: +44 (0)121-204-3812
Fax: +44 (0)121-204-3766
http://www.aston.ac.uk/lss/english/
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