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Dear all, Re: 4 ESRC PhD studentships at University of Bristol. We are keen to attract applications from Masters-level students from mathematical/statistical disciplines who wish to conduct PhD research in social statistics or statistics with cross-disciplinary applications in the social sciences. Please see the advertisement below and follow the link to the Bristol AQM web site. Note that the deadline is 14 February 2013. Fiona Steele ----------------------------------------- South West Doctoral Training Centre, University of Bristol 4 ESRC Studentships in Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences & Health We are pleased to invite applications for 4 ESRC '+3' studentships on the SWDTC's Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Science & Health (AQM) pathway. The AQM pathway is based at the University of Bristol and these studentships will run from October 2013. The deadline for applications is 14 February 2013. The AQM pathway involves PhD supervision and core training on the application of advanced quantitative methods in the social and health sciences. It is run by leading academics from the University of Bristol's Centre for Multilevel Modelling, Centre for Market & Public Organisation, the School of Geographic Sciences, and the School of Social & Community Medicine. AQM is for: - Social scientists who wish to develop their quantitative research skills in order to address substantive problems, and particularly those involving secondary data analysis. - Statistical researchers who wish to specialise in the development and application of statistical methods to address important issues in the social sciences. Applications are welcome from graduates in quantitative social science disciplines and more technical quantitative disciplines like statistics and econometrics. Applicants must have completed a Master's degree satisfying the ESRC Postgraduate Training & Development Guidelines by 30 September 2013. AQM is a priority area and successful applicants will be eligible for an additional £3,000, making a total annual maintenance stipend of £16,590. For more details about AQM studentships and the applications procedure visit: http://www.bris.ac.uk/cmm/aqm You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.