EPSRC-ESRC Collaborative PhD Studentship
at The University of Manchester
Applications are invited for a three-year full-time PhD studentship
in the School of Mathematics and School of Social Sciences at The
University of Manchester. The post is funded by the EPSRC-ESRC
Collaborative Studentship Programme, which offers a maintenance
allowance of 12,300 pounds per annum over three years and will
cover all university fees at EU rate. The project is entitled
"Multilevel modelling with heterogeneous variances” and will be
supervised jointly by Prof Jianxin Pan (School of Mathematics)
and Dr Mark Tranmer (Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey
Research, School of Social Sciences). For more information about
the School and the Centre, see our websites at
http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/ and http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/.
A brief description of the project can be found at
http://www.mims.manchester.ac.uk/research/probability-statistics/EPSRC-ESRC-phd.html
The studentship is open to the UK & other EU citizens but an
EU national who has not been resident in the UK for the last
3 years is eligible for a fees award only.
Applicants should be interested in working on social science
applications of statistics and have at least a 2(i) Honours
degree or a recognised postgraduate qualification containing
a substantial element of statistics.
Applications (in the form of a c.v. and covering note) and
enquiries should be directed to Prof Jianxin Pan at
[log in to unmask] (Tel: 0044 161 2755864) or
Dr Mark Tranmer at [log in to unmask]
(Tel: 0044 161 275 4744). An application form can be downloaded
from the School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester at
http://www.maths.man.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgadmission/apply.html
The position is available immediately but the starting date is open
for discussion.
The deadline for applications is Thursday 30th November 2006.
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