PhD studentship – Parallel solution of block-angular linear programming problems

The School of Mathematics is offering a PhD studentship to study parallel computing techniques for solving large, sparse, block-angular linear programming problems. The studentship is industrially-funded and will run for 3.5 years, starting in September 2008 (or at a later date if desired).

It is available to students of any nationality and will cover tuition fees and living expenses. The latter will be about GBP 15,000 per year for a UK/EU national and GBP 10,500 per year for an overseas student.

PhD Studentship in Applied Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, UK … read more »

Computing at Glamorgan which was graded 4 in RAE 2001, has a number of full-time PhD studentships for graduates with a good honours degree in a related discipline, or an equivalent qualification.

A studentship is full-time for three years, and has a value of £9,500 per year plus the possibility of paid demonstrating duties of up to six hours per week. The studentship includes tuition fees to UK/UE nationals, or an equivalent fee contribution to non UK/EU nationals.

A number of research projects are available in the disciplines of the Faculty’s research groups (full details can be found on our web site). These include:

• AI Technologies Modelling
• Computer based Teaching and Learning
• Geographical Information Systems
• Hypermedia
• Information Security Research Group
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Medical Imaging

PhD Studentship in Computing, University of Glamorgan, UK … read more »

PhD Studentship
Environmental or Health and Safety Economics
Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use

School of Biological Sciences (3 years)

Supervisors: Professor George Hutchinson, Dr. Claire Cockerill and Dr Danny Campbell.

Background: The Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use has a team of 5 Environmental Economists who specialize in environmental and health valuation economics. Another area of our expertise is in the application of economic experiments to issues of environmental, health and safety policy. As a research group we have published widely in these disciplines in journals such as The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, Economic Letters and Environmental and Resource Economics. We are partners in the UK Combined Research Councils Centre of Excellence in Public Health Research and the Institute for a Sustainable World at Queens University.

PhD Studentship in Environmental or Health and Safety Economics, Queen’s University Belfast, UK … read more »

A qualitative study of British South Asian Carers’ views of their Children with Developmental Disabilities

A collaborative studentship provided by Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust and the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham.

Funding is available for a three-year PhD studentship from October 2008, for a largely qualitative research project which will involve close collaboration between the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham and the Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust. The proposed research will seek to develop an understanding of the views of South Asian parents about their children, and about their developmental disabilities. A detailed, culturally-sensitive, and systematic account of these views will allow us to understand their role in shaping the care of children. The project will allow us to better understand parents access to, and interactions with, service systems. As a result, we will be able to help South Asian carers to use services more effectively, and for services to adapt more effectively to the needs of this client group.

Research supervision will be provided by Dr John Rose and Dr Michael Larkin in the Clinical Psychology team. Dr Rose has a track record of conducting and supervising research in the field of developmental disability; Dr Larkin has a track record on conducting and supervising qualitative and phenomenological research in the area of culture and psychology. The successful candidate will join a 5* RAE-rated Psychology department with excellent facilities, established research groups, and substantial external funding. The School supports around 250 postgraduate students in professional training and research degrees.

PhD Studentship in Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK … read more »