Applications are invited for one-year Faculty Masters Studentships (comprising full home or overseas tuition fees): the deadline for applications is 15 August 2008.

Applications are invited in the following subjects: English, French, Geography, History, Italian, Law, Politics, Psychology, Sociology and Spanish.

A list of eligible courses and research degrees on which these awards may be held is available from the Faculty Officer (Ms Bronagh Dallat), Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ
Tel: 0141 548 2750, Fax: 0141 552 0775, e-mail: d.mcarthur[ at ]strath.ac.uk,

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PhD Studentships
Integrated Renewable Energy Generation and Supply
Cardiff School of Engineering

Applications are invited for six PhD studentships at the Centre for Integrated Renewable Energy Generation and Supply (CIREGS) within the School of Engineering at Cardiff University.

In order to meet the UK government target of 10% of electricity supplies from renewable energy by 2010, an aspiration to double this by 2020 and the EU target of 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020, the renewable energy sources (RES) and distributed generation (DG) will play a major role in the future.

The integration of RES and DG will pose many research challenges, especially due to changes in the current network operational and control strategies and dynamic behavior of the network. It is recognised that the future electricity network, both at the transmission and distribution level, can no longer play a passive role. The structure of the network will be highly interconnected with smaller controllable areas, with more responsive demand side loads and DGs. The application of power electronics such as FACTS, HVDC will offer the potential to manage the power flows while enhancing the controllability of the network under dynamic operating conditions. The estimation of the state of the entire and/or controllable areas of the network and coordinate control of these areas will become essential tools.

Recognising the anticipated changes in the future electricity supply system, CIREGS is developing research capacity in integrated renewable energy generation and supply, including “Smart Grids” of the future and contributing towards meeting the UK medium-term renewable energy targets.

The specific PhD projects available are:

1. Integration of Gas/Electricity/Heat Distribution Networks (REF: NJ-FEM-08)
2. System Support from Demand and Generation (REF: NJ-FLEX1-08)
3. Stability Studies of Multi Terminal HVDC Networks (REF: NJ-FLEX2-08)
4. Smart Grids (REF: NJ-CIREGS1-08)
5. Integration of Large Offshore Wind Farms (REF: NJ-CIREGS2-08)
6. Modern Power Systems (REF: NJ-CIREGS3-08)

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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.

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Full-time PhD Studentship
Microbiology – Discrimination of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Faculty of Health & Life Sciences

Applications are invited for a fully funded three-year PhD studentship starting in October 2008. The studentship includes a bursary of £12,600 per annum (tax-free) for three years and all tuition fees.

Candidates should hold a good first degree (at least an Upper-Second Class or equivalent) in a relevant subject area.

Project: Discrimination of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

The emergence of antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired infections represents a considerable burden to healthcare delivered globally. This research project aims to develop proteomic approaches (including MALDI-TOF-MS) for discrimination and characterisation of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Proteomic techniques, such as two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, will be used to identify biomarkers of antibacterial resistance on the surface of bacterial isolates. Candidates should have a strong interest in bacteriology and molecular biology. Laboratory based practical experience in microbiology, molecular biology and proteomic techniques would be an advantage.

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PhD Studentships
Real Estate Initiative
Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment

Applications are invited for PhD studentships in the University of Ulster Real Estate Initiative in the Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment at the Belfast or Jordanstown Campus.

Two studentships are available and we particularly are interested in proposals for the following projects:

1. Analyse the holistic approach to workplace environments, management systems and new technologies in meeting corporate end-user requirements.

Supervisor: Professor Stanley McGreal. T: 028 9036 6566 E: ws.mcgreal[ at ]ulster.ac.uk

2. Impact of quality led design on real estate value and performance.

Supervisor: Professor Jim Berry. T: 028 9036 6562 E: jn.berry[ at ]ulster.ac.uk

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