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>Date:         Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:31:52 -0000
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>Subject: [AREA-STUDIES-NETWORK] FW: 30 x Research Studentships @ MMU
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>Some studentships of interest to area studies here.
>John
>
>
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>From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Alison Goodrum
>Sent: 06 March 2006 16:21
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>Subject: 30 x Research Studentships @ MMU
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>Below is text from a recent ad for research
>studentships.  There's lots of scope for geographers.
>Can I plug the studentship on offer with the Fashion
>Business and Technology Centre (see below)?  Don't be
>put off by the name - any geography-esque project on,
>say, fashion consumption and/or identity would be
>welcome.
>
>Alison
>
>
>RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS
>In order to support and develop still further its
>research portfolio, the University is offering not
>less than 30 research studentships commencing in
>September 2006, or as soon as possible thereafter. The
>University structures its research activity in 10
>Research Institutes and all but two of these
>studentships will be held within these Research
>Institutes. The studentships are full-time and are
>only available to Home and EU candidates.
>
>Studentships are normally held for up to three years.
>Holders will register for an MRes/MPhil/PhD degree,
>and the University will provide the home tuition fees
>for these awards (circa £3,200 p.a. for 2006/2007),
>and a subsistence bursary (£12,000 p.a.) with the
>exception of full-time fees-only studentships.
>
>Research Institute for Health and Social Change
>(RIHSC): One full-time studentship in acquired and
>developmental disability, speech and language therapy,
>substance misuse, biomedical science or physiotherapy.
>Contact Mr D. Brown ([log in to unmask]). Closing
>date: 31 March 2006
>
>English Research Institute (ERI): The research
>specialisms of members of the English Research
>Institute (ERI) are available from the staff pages of
>the Institute's website at http://www.eri.mmu.ac.uk.
>Contact Professor B. Schoene ([log in to unmask]).
>Closing date: 24 March 2006
>
>Dalton Research Institute (DRI): Environmental Science
>- climatic and environmental change; soil-plant
>microbe interactions and mycorrhizal ecology; global
>impacts of aviation; environmental sedimentology; soil
>and sediment microbiology; free surface flows;
>environmental hydroinformatics. Material Science -
>novel polymer materials; nanoparticles; advanced
>materials; surface engineering; surface
>characterisation; surface interactions with
>microorganisms. Engineering - simulation and control;
>intelligent control and instrumentation systems; image
>engineering and visualisation. Computer Science -
>formal logic; image and sensory computation;
>intelligent systems; P2P computing; advanced computing
>and networking. http://www.dri.mmu.ac.uk. Contact Ms
>J. Walkington-Ellis ([log in to unmask]).
>Closing date: 10 April 2006
>
>Manchester European Research Institute (MERI)
>(http://www.mmu.ac.uk/meri): Applications are invited
>for studentships (which may be full-time fees-only)
>for projects in: British political and labour history;
>European integration and foreign policy; European
>Philosophy; European languages, literatures and
>cultures (including crime fiction and European film);
>and in regional history. Contact Professor C. Archer
>([log in to unmask]). Closing date: 24 March 2006
>
>The Information Research Institute (TIRI)
>http://www.tiri.mmu.ac.uk: We seek applications in the
>areas of Access to Electronic Information, Information
>Systems, Information Management and Social
>Informatics. TIRI includes the well-established
>research centre CERLIM. Contact Professor D. Hartley
>([log in to unmask]) or Dr. S. Simpson
>([log in to unmask]). Closing date: 24 April 2006
>
>Education and Social Research Institute (ESRI):
>Applications are particularly sought from those with
>research interests in Maths & Science Education,
>Difference & Diversity and Multi-Professional
>Learning, but applications relevant to the Institute's
>other research themes - ICT & Learning and Early Years
>& Language - will also be considered. See:
>http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk Contact Mrs B. Ashcroft
>([log in to unmask]). Closing date: 10 March 2006
>
>Law: The School of Law welcomes applications from
>those with excellent degrees in law or other relevant
>subjects to do research in any of the following areas:
>Impact of new legislation relating to transgender,
>transsexual and sexual orientation issues; Commercial
>Body Modification in a European Framework; Small
>Pressure Groups in the UK and Europe; environmental
>law, asylum legal issues, equality laws and there are
>other potential areas of study. For further details of
>research and staff interests in the School of Law see
>http://www.law.mmu.ac.uk/. A downloadable application
>form must be completed
>-http://www.docm.mmu.ac.uk/courses/msc/MMUAppForm.pdf.
>You should also provide a 1000 word (max) outline of
>your proposed research area and a
>
>copy of your curriculum vitae. Contact Dr S. Whittle
>([log in to unmask]) for further information.
>Closing date: 24 April 2006.
>
>Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into
>Human Movement (IRM): Nine studentships are available
>in the area of the structure and function (including
>growth, degeneration and regeneration) of muscle,
>connective tissue and bone; neural and motor control;
>biomechanics and bioenergetics. Studies are conducted
>at the cellular level, using e.g. isolated muscle
>fibres, and where appropriate, whole body measurements
>of exercise performance, in a variety of normal,
>clinical, and elderly populations.
>http://www.irm.mmu.ac.uk. Contact Professor V.
>Baltzopoulos ([log in to unmask]). Closing date:
>25 March 2006
>
>
>Fashion Business & Technology Centre:  Projects in
>International Fashion Marketing, Fashion Theory,
>Anthropometrics, Performance of Textiles & Clothing
>Comfort, CAD/CAM & Product Development or Simulation
>and Modelling of the Garment Manufacturing Process.
>Contact Mrs G. Garside ([log in to unmask]). Closing
>date: 31 March 2006
>
>MIRIAD (Manchester Institute for Research and
>Innovation in Art and Design):  MIRIAD welcomes
>applications from active researchers in Historical and
>Contemporary Asian Art, Craft and Culture; Practice as
>Research in the Contemporary Arts; Contemporary
>Theatre and Performance; TV Drama Studies;
>Clothing/Textiles Business. Contact Ms M. Patel
>([log in to unmask]). Closing date: 28 April 2006
>
>Institute for Culture, Gender and the City (ICGC): Two
>full-time studentships are available for those with
>research interests that complement the interests of
>members of the 4 research centres within the
>Institute: Cities, Space and Power Group; Gender and
>Sexuality Research Centre; Institute for Global
>Studies; Manchester Institute for Popular Culture.
>Further details of these research centres are provided
>on the ICGC website:
>http://www.icgc.mmu.ac.uk/research_centres/.
>
>Contact Dr. J. Binnie ([log in to unmask]). Closing
>date: 31 March 2006
>
>Research Institute for Business and Management (RIBM):
>The PhD programme in Business and Management has full
>ESRC recognition and is a member of EDAMBA. Particular
>interests for studentships include complexity, CSR,
>gender and diversity, services & public services,
>retail, supply chain, innovation, entrepreneurship,
>labour relations in MNCs, customer behaviour,
>marketing communications & branding. RIBM welcomes
>doctoral applications across disciplines including:-
>Strategy, Entrepreneurship & International Business,
>HR Management & Organizational Behaviour, Marketing &
>Retail Management, Accounting & Finance and BIT &
>Management Science. Please refer to additional
>information on the RIBM website www.ribm.mmu.ac.uk
>before making an application. Contact Dr. A. Hines
>([log in to unmask]). Closing date: 17 March 2006
>
>Further details of the research opportunities and
>projects available in each of the broad areas listed,
>together with application forms, may be obtained by
>contacting the staff named in each of the subject
>areas. Any general enquiries regarding the research
>studentships should be forwarded to Miss C Green,
>Research Development Unit, The Manchester Metropolitan
>University, St. Augustine's, Lower Chatham Street,
>Manchester M15 5HA. Tel: 0161 247 1058; fax 0161 247
>6823; email: [log in to unmask]
>
>Closing date: see individual areas
>
>Dr Alison L Goodrum
>Senior Lecturer in Fashion Theory
>Department of Clothing Design and Technology
>Manchester Metropolitan University
>Hollings Campus
>Old Hall Lane
>Manchester
>M14 6HR
>
>Tel: +44 (0)161 247 2699
>Cell: +44 (0)7732 121303
>Fax: +44 (0)161 247 6329
>
>Email: [log in to unmask]@mmu.ac.uk
>
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