Could list members draw these opportunities to the attention of any
students who may be interested, noting in particular the studentship on
schools, education and social exclusion. Many thanks.


REGENERATING ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN THE TEES VALLEY

3 RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS (3 years)

£11,000 p.a. maintenance grant + fees


The Regenerating Economy and Society research programme will support the
regeneration of the Tees Valley with evidence on the how to respond to the
key challenges facing this part of North East England. Three PhD
studentships are planned in order to contribute to the programme, starting
in September or October 2004:

International industries in Teesside (ref TVP01), based at Durham
University’s International Centre for Regional Regeneration and
Development Studies (ICRRDS) on the Queen’s Campus in Stockton-on-Tees.
This study of economic clusters significant to the future development of
the Tees Valley will gather evidence from interviews and questionnaires
with local firms to guide policies for cluster development.

Entrepreneurship and renewal (ref TVP02), based at Teesside Business
School on the University of Teesside’s Middlesbrough campus. This study of
barriers to entrepreneurial activity and how to overcome them will use
comparative policy analysis and stakeholder interviews to inform policies
and practice to increase entrepreneurship in the Tees Valley.

Schools, education and social exclusion (ref TVP03), based at ICRRDS on
Durham University’s Queen’s Campus in Stockton-on-Tees. This study of the
relative contributions of neighbourhood and school effects to the
under/achievement of young people in the Tees Valley will use findings
from multivariate analysis of school results and neighbourhood data to
inform area-based regeneration programmes and schools’ own practices in
raising educational aspirations and achievement.

The research programme is a collaboration between the Tees Valley
Partnership, the strategic multi-agency forum that leads the sub-region’s
economic and social development, the University of Durham at Queen’s
Campus, Stockton-on-Tees, and the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough.
It is a multidisciplinary programme spanning geography, business studies
and social policy.

Applicants should possess or be due to graduate with a good honours degree
in a relevant field of study, and preferably possess or be about to
complete an ESRC-recognised Masters degree.

For an informal discussion about these positions please contact Professor
Alan Townsend (0191 3340454 or email [log in to unmask]),
Professor Tim Blackman (01642 342301 or email [log in to unmask]) or
Professor Ted Fuller (01642 342905 or email [log in to unmask]) and for
Ref. TVP03

Further details are available from Professor Alan Townsend, ICRRDS,
Wolfson Research Institute, University of Durham, Queen’s campus, Stockton-
on-Tees, TS17 6BH. Tel. 0191 3340454. Email [log in to unmask]

Applicants should submit a full CV, including two referees, and a
statement of no more than 200 words outlining their relevant experience
and why they consider themselves suitable for one or more of these
studentships. These should be sent to Professor Alan Townsend at the above
address to arrive NO LATER THAN NOON ON MONDAY 26th JULY. Interviews
likely to take place on Thursday 29th or Friday 30th July, with
shortlisted candidates contacted by telephone.