Dear BAILER colleagues

I would be pleased if you could pass on the details of the PhD studentships described below to your current Masters students, your recent Masters graduates, and any other contacts who may be interested in pursuing doctoral studies in library and information science. 

The successful candidates will join a lively and engaged research student community within the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University. (Details of our current doctoral studies can be found at http://hazelhall.org/2015/03/19/applications-invited-for-phd-studentship-enhancing-the-capacity-for-workplace-learning-and-innovation-in-scotland/#current_projects)  

With thanks and best wishes

Hazel

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**APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR FULLY FUNDED PHD PLACES WITHIN THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INFORMATICS AT EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY**

Edinburgh Napier University is currently advertising funded PhD studentships that will be of interest to those in the library and information science community. If you have a good first degree (2.1 or first) and a Masters degree (or hold a good first degree and will complete your Masters degree by October 2015), and have ambitions to study for a PhD, please read on. (Please also note that excellent written and oral communication skills in English are prerequisites of any successful application.)

Two opportunities are described here. The first, which invites students to outline their own research projects, requires submission of application documentation that includes a research proposal by Friday 10th April. The second, which is for a project that has already been agreed with the funders, requires submission of an application form (but not a proposal) by Monday 20th April. If you have any questions about these studentships, please feel free to email Professor Hazel Hall: [log in to unmask] 



**1: STUDENTSHIPS FUNDED BY EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY (25 places in total)**

Edinburgh Napier University is currently inviting applications for 25 fully-funded PhD studentships across a range of research areas. Included in these areas are six topics of relevance to the research interests of the library and information science community. These are:

* e-Government
* Information policy
* Information seeking behaviour and use
* Knowledge management
* Online communities
* Open data and open government

If you are interested in submitting an application for one of the 25 studentships to study for a PhD in an area listed above, please note the timescales below:

* Applications (including research proposals) are due by Friday 10th April 2015.
* Interviews will take place in May and June 2015.
* The studentships will start on Thursday 1st October 2015.

There is a page on the Edinburgh Napier University web site that provides further information about the studentships and the application process: http://www.napier.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/Pages/funded-PhD-studentships.aspx. The actual advert can be found on the Edinburgh Napier vacancies page at http://www.napier.ac.uk/vacancies/Pages/Jobdetails.aspx?GUID=1869746b-58d1-4730-8414-b9fcdc3b7eb3 and on jobs.ac.uk at http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKV153/fully-funded-phd-research-studentships/. 

For further information please see: http://hazelhall.org/2015/03/30/applications-invited-for-25-phd-studentships-at-edinburgh-napier-university-start-date-1-october-2015/ 



**2: STUDENTSHIP HOSTED WITHIN THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INFORMATICS AT EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY, CO-FUNDED BY THE ESRC SCOTTISH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DOCTORAL TRAINING CENTRE AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND (1 place)**

This doctoral study, hosted by the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University (http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/c/main/site/csi), will investigate innovation and best practice in skills development in the workplace in Scotland, drawing comparisons with the rest of the UK and other countries. The successful candidate, whose interests will include knowledge management and organisational learning, will explore how employee-led workforce learning can be encouraged to deliver innovation that leads to competitive advantage, employment growth, and increased productivity. The aims of the proposed work are to:

1. Identify factors that underpin successful workplace learning and innovation.
2. Determine how skills innovation in the workplace is facilitated by organisational culture and strategy.
3. Demonstrate how a skills agency can support innovation in the workplace.
4. Formulate practical and workable recommendations to policy makers concerned with the skills agenda in Scotland.

If you are interested in submitting an application for this studentship, please note the timescales below:

* Applications are due by Monday 20th April 2015.
* Interviews are planned for Thursday 14th May 2015.
* The studentship will start on Thursday 1st October 2015.

The advert for this studentship can be found on the Edinburgh Napier University vacancies web page at http://www.napier.ac.uk/vacancies/Pages/Jobdetails.aspx?GUID=d3ddbd73-1795-4f09-935d-954c6a596813, and on jobs.ac.uk at http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKT983/phd-studentship-enhancing-the-capacity-for-workplace-learning-and-innovation-in-scotland/. 

For further information about this studentship (including eligibility requirements), please see http://hazelhall.org/2015/03/19/applications-invited-for-phd-studentship-enhancing-the-capacity-for-workplace-learning-and-innovation-in-scotland/.  



Professor Hazel Hall PhD MA BA FCLIP FHEA
Director - Centre for Social Informatics
School of Computing/Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh EH10 5DT
UK

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