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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh PhD Studentships School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh is a research led institution specialising in high quality research that touches people's everyday lives. The School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication is proud of its dynamic research culture. Excellence in our research was rewarded in the recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) for our internationally recognised work in Linguistics' and ‘Communication, Media and Culture' with 95% of our submission for ‘Communication, Media and Culture' recognised as being of international research quality. The School encourages outward looking research activity, and has built up a strong research record, attracting over £3 million of research funding over the past four years, as well as undertaking a wide range of consultancy work. QMU is making funds available for up to 7 PhD studentships in our distinctive research areas. Successful applicants can look forward to: all fees waived for three years and £10,500 pa towards living costs; membership of both a community of experienced academics and our Graduate School; training, support and dedicated supervision throughout your studies. Within the School studentships are available in specified topics in the fields of media, culture and public relations: Film and Media Culture industries and politics Public relations Screen adaptations (jointly with the School of Drama and Creative Industries) For more information see our website: http://www.qmu.ac.uk/research_knowledge/bursarycomp09.htm or email: [log in to unmask] The closing date for applications is 18 March 2009. -- Yemisi Ogunleye www.iq4news.com Head of Communications, MeCCSA Post-Graduate Network website: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn/ Media & Communications Dept., Birmingham City University, City North Campus, Birmingham B42 2SU