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I've been mercilessly ribbed by Hayden Lorimer (tough, sinewy Scottish historical geographer, used to proper winters) both for mentioning that it was cold in London with a little bit of snow, and for describing Royal Holloway as one of the largest groups in historical/cultural geography 'just about anywhere in the world' (which is true give our specialisms and given that British Geography departments are large by international standards, but does I admit sound very like a bad 1980s lager advert.) Point of the message is not to apologise for hubris or being a lily- livered sassenach, but to indicate that the deadline for application for the 5+ studentships at Royal Holloway has been brought forward to 8th March 2010, because of the changes to the ESRC procedures this year. As a point of public information I guess this will also affect other 'quite large and/or reasonably good' UK Departments with research council studentships, so the general message, as ever, is that strong candidates for MA and PhD places should be encouraged to contact Departments in the next few weeks. Our details at http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/postgrads/funding-details.html Copy of my original posting with corrected date and minus snow and lager-advert below. David ================================== David Gilbert Professor of Urban and Historical Geography Director: Social and Cultural Geography at Royal Holloway Department of Geography Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey TW20 0EX. Tel (01784) 443653 Fax (01784) 472836 [log in to unmask] www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/gilbert/index.html Inaugural Lecture: A short history of modern London in wrought iron: Art, empire and social exclusion on Hungerford Bridge. 11th March 2010 at 6pm in the Windsor auditorium at Royal Holloway. All very welcome! > Could you please let any suitable candidates know about the following > funded PhD and Masters opportunities at Royal Holloway this year (all > commencing Sept 2010) > > We have an AHRC Block Grant award in the area of cultural/historical > geography. This pays full fees and maintenance for three years > leading to a PhD. > > We also have two ESRC Quota Studentships available, again paying > full fees and maintenance for work in social science human > geography. These may be used to fund three years of PhD research for > suitably qualified students, but may also be used as four year (1+3) > studentships with a first year of training on one of our Masters > programmes, such as the MA in Cultural Geography, or the MSc in > Practicing Sustainable Development. Royal Holloway also has a strong > record of success in the ESRC Open Competition scheme, for those not > awarded Quota awards. > > These research council studentships have the standard UK/EU > qualification criteria. We are also offering two College > studentships (one for extra-EU students) and two further fees only > awards for PhD research. > > Full details are at > http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/postgrads/funding-details.html > > The closing date for applications for funding is March 8th 2010 - > but please encourage interested candidates to get in touch well > before that date to discuss their potential projects and to maximize > their chances. The fields for the AHRC and ESRC awards were very > competitive last year. >