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Please note that, following similar competitions during this and the previous academic session, the School is delighted to be able to offer six new PhD Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAships), worth approximately £17, 482 per year over four years. The studentships are for full-time study only and will commence in September 2011. They will cover tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only and include a stipend of something of the order of £9,882 each year as well as a salary of £4,047. Successful applicants are also entitled to a Research Training Support Grant of £750 per annum to finance their research activities as appropriate.
Full information should be uploaded to the ULSM website in the near future (visit http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/research/research_phd.html) but most of the information needed to apply is below. Informal enquiries should be submitted to Mrs Teresa Bowdrey, PhD Programme Administrator, at [log in to unmask]
We welcome GTAship applications from those interested in the critical re-thinking of management, business, and organization - especially in the areas of organization studies, human resource management, marketing, finance and related fields. Suitable applications are encouraged from both UK/EU students and from international students (outside the EU). However, please note that the awards cover the UK/EU tuition fee rate only: international students will need to pay the difference between this and the international tuition fee rate themselves. Further, applicants need to specify on the University postgraduate application form that they are applying for a GTAship in Management.
The entry requirements for these GTAships are identical to those for any other entrant on to the School’s PhD programme, but the process requires an additional personal statement as well as a formal application to the University for employment (see below). The closing date is 29th April 2011.
How to Apply for the 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Please note that the application process for these posts is in two parts - applicants must submit separate applications for admission as a student and for employment with the University.
Part A: Admission as a student
All applicants for the studentships must submit a completed University postgraduate application form(http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/research/research_phdapply.html), a CV, a PhD research proposal of no more than 4000 words (see http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/research/propguide.pdf), two references (preferably from academic institutions), copies of your degree transcripts and proof of English language capabilities where required (see the University postgraduate application form). References should either be signed and on official letterhead or sent from the referee’s institutional email account. Your application form should specify in the department box on the first page that you are applying for a GTAship in Management. You should also enter this information in the Financial Support section of the application form.
You also need to supply a 750 word statement explaining:
1. Why a GTAship would enable you to do a PhD in financial terms - i.e. details of why other funding is not available to you;
2. How it will contribute to your professional academic development – i.e. the ways in which you expect to benefit from the teacher training and the seminar teaching, assessment and supervision duties which being a GTA entails; and
3. How your proposed research constitutes a critical rethinking of management, business and organization.
Please remember that we are especially keen to receive applications in the areas of organization studies, human resource management, marketing, finance and related fields. You should give equal attention to each aspect of the statement.
Please then send the statement, the application form, your CV, references, transcripts and research proposal (plus proof of language capabilities where relevant) directly to Mrs Teresa Bowdrey either by email at [log in to unmask] or by post at:
PhD Programme,
University of Leicester School of Management,
Ken Edwards Building,
University Road,
Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
Please do NOT apply online for this part of the process.
Part B: Application for Employment
As Graduate Teaching Assistants are employees of the University, applicants are required to submit a formal application for employment in addition to their application for entry as a postgraduate research student. Applications for employment should be submitted online through the University's Vacancy Search service -please click here: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/personnel/. Do note that these vacancies may take some time to be uploaded, so feel free to apply for admission as a student as described in part A in the interim.
All short-listed GTAship applicants will be interviewed for suitability.
Deadline for Applications
Once again, the deadline for applications for the 2011 GTAships is 29th April 2011. GTAship applications will be considered for September 2011 entry ONLY. All applicants should allow a minimum of six weeks for an application to be considered.
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