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Design Star Research Studentships University of Brighton Application deadline: 28 February 2014. The University of Brighton is pleased to invite applications to its PhD programmes in design research. The University’s Faculty of Arts offers Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) studentships in the cross-university doctoral training centre Design Star. We are looking to recruit motivated and engaged doctoral researchers with outstanding academic or professional backgrounds (from any disciplinary area) and research potential, with a strong interest in exploring how design can make a difference to contemporary social concerns, knowledge production and creative practices. Design Star offers 6 studentships (plus an additional 6), to commence a programme of postgraduate study in October 2014. Awards include a stipend (GBP 13,726 per annum tax free) and fee waiver (GBP 3,900 per annum). Full- and Part-time study options are available. Please visit our website to find out more about our Design Star studentships: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/doctoral-centre-arts/studentships/design-star-ahrc-studentships-at-brighton The University of Brighton provides an excellent environment for design research, in a vibrant and creative city, with supervisory expertise in the following areas: • Sustainable design and architecture • Design Thinking and Innovation • Social Design and Design Activism • Design History and Material Culture • Smart Materials for Design • Health and Wellbeing Find out more about our research environment at Brighton at: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research Details of the application process can be found at: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/doctoral-centre-arts/studentships Design Star aims to develop future intellectual leadership in design: research leaders of the future who are equipped to make a difference to contemporary social concerns, knowledge production and creative practices. This requires an approach to research training that places diversity and interdisciplinarity at its core. Design Star offers a unique opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research in design, supported by a rich and varied network of design research expertise and organisational partners. The Design Star centre for doctoral training brings together leading design departments at the University of Brighton; Goldsmiths, University of London; Loughborough University; The Open University; and the University of Reading. ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see http://www.brighton.ac.uk/is/spam/ ___________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------