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Centre for OR and Applied Statistics University of Salford Applications are invited from well-qualified, highly motivated students for a number of PhD studentships in the Centre for OR and Applied Statistics at the University of Salford. The Centre is part of Salford Business School and was rated 5 at the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. With a healthy postgraduate population, the Centre offers many exciting opportunities for postgraduate training in Operational Research and Statistics. Students will have the opportunity to attend postgraduate courses that are available through the National Taught Course Centre in OR and the Academy for PhD training in Statistics. Research projects are offered in the following areas:  Bayesian analysis of multivariate stochastic processes;  Modelling strategic decisions in sport;  Statistical forecasting in inventory with expert judgement. The studentships are available through the EPSRC Doctoral Training Scheme. The studentships cover fees and maintenance for UK students, and fees only for EU students, for a minimum period of 3 years. The maintenance grant offered will be £14,000 per annum. Candidates should have, or expect to obtain, at least a 2:1 honours degree or an MSc in a numeric-related subject such as Mathematics, Statistics or Operational Research. Further enquiries may be made to Dr. Philip Scarf (tel 0161 295 3817; email: [log in to unmask]). Descriptions of the projects above can be provided. Applications must be made using a standard postgraduate research application form which can be downloaded from: http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/applying/ Please indicate on your application form that you would like to apply for an EPSRC DTA (CORAS) studentship, and list one of the topics above as your area of study - you do not need to provide a proposal. We will require you to provide references and transcripts. Send your application to [log in to unmask] by 6th June 2008. Thank you very much, Aris Syntetos