3-YEAR PHD SCHOLARSHIP IN ARTS AND CULTURAL POLICY IN SOCIOLOGY AT THE
OPEN UNIVERSITY
The civic value of the arts
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
BASED IN MILTON KEYNES, REF: RDJI
STARTING DATE: OCTOBER 2008
The Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Research on Socio-
cultural Change (CRESC) at the Open University and Arts Council England
invite applications for a full-time PhD studentship to conduct an inquiry
into the civic value of the arts.
The studentship will involve analysing the statistical data from two major
national surveys of arts and cultural participation - the Taking Part
survey, led by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in partnership
with the Arts Council, and CRESC’s Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion
project (CCSE), based in the Department of Sociology – from the
perspective of their implications for the civic value of the arts.
http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/home.php
Applicants should possess at least an upper second class honours degree
and a Masters degree in a relevant subject. Training with SPSS will be
required and this will be provided by the OU. The successful applicant
will be registered for a PhD in the Department of Sociology.
For an informal discussion about the above post and project, please
contact Dr Elizabeth Silva by e-mail at [log in to unmask] or phone on
01908 654466. For a prospectus or an application pack, please contact
Shirley Shuttleworth by e-mail at s.shuttleworth.open.ac.uk or phone on
01908 655486 quoting reference RDJI. Further details are available on:
http://www.open.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/index.php
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 9 May 2008.
Interview date: Wednesday 4 June 2008.
Candidates should send an application form and two academic references to
Shirley Shuttleworth.
Equal Opportunity is University Policy.
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