If you have thought about doing a full or part time PhD, then I would alert you
to this competitive opportunity, deadline for applications 13th May. It is open
to people considering any topic supervised in the Information School, but I am
posting it here since I hope we might get a strong proposal in the information
literacy or information behaviour field ;-) (I personally am also interested in
supervising dissertations in the educational informatics area, but obviously
anyone in the School can be a supervisor, and you are free to discuss your
proposal with a potential supervisor before submitting an application). This is
open to UK/EU nationals only.
Details at http://shef.ac.uk/is/prospectivepgr/scholarship.html
"Sheffield University Information School is inviting applications from UK/EU
nationals for an MPhil/PhD Fee Scholarship. There is 1 scholarship available to
a suitably qualified UK/EU national to undertake MPhil/PhD research within the
Information School. The Scholarship will cover the full UK/EU Tuition Fees for
3 years for Full Time students, or 6 years for Part Time students, from the
initial date of registration. Applicants should note that there is no
maintenance award associated with this Fee Scholarship.
Applicacants will be assessed on the following criteria:
* academic success and qualification (for example success in academic
competitions, awards and/or previous assessment);
* research experience of candidate (for example evidence of publications);
* well articulated research question(s), which emphasises the importance of the
research to be undertaken;
* an outline of research methods which shows awareness of the need for timely
completion;
* good match with supervisor expertise and departmental research portfolio as
well as departmentīs research strategy.
Along with your application form, you should also provide 2 academic references,
your academic transcripts and your research proposal.
The closing date for applications is 3:00pm on Friday, May 13th 2011.
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Sheila Webber
Senior Lecturer, Information School, University of Sheffield,
211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
0114 222 2641
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