PhD in Environmental Decision Support

EU Marie Curie Salaried Post (Operational Research, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Modelling, Optimisation, Data Mining) Closing date: Friday 15 November 2013 The University of York has gained EU Marie Curie funding to recruit a team of 12 enthusiastic researchers to investigate issues, impacts and decisions related to pollution in cities. The CAPACITIE […]

PhD Studentship Advanced vehicle driveline simulation technologies

Application deadline:  18th November 2013 Supervisor:  James Brighton – j.l.brighton@cranfield.ac.uk Duration of award: 3 years Award type: PhD Funded by Jaguar Land Rover and supported by IPG automotive simulation, this studentship will cover the tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and provide a bursary of up to £19,000 p.a. for […]

Academic Associate in Innovation in Teaching and Assessment in Biosciences

Post No: S1241 Salary: £25,504-£29,541 pro rata Grade: G Campus: Clifton Additional info – Fixed Term 5 year contract on a part time (0.5 FTE) basis. The School of Science and Technology has around 120 academic staff, and 3000 students enrolled on undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Our courses are […]

PhD Research Studentships at the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research

Faculty Of Science And Technology Project Descriptions The Centre for Security, Communications and Networks Research (CSCAN) at Plymouth University (UK) has one PhD Studentship available for the academic year starting on 1 January 2014. The studentship is available in any of the following projects: Project A: Study of input and output […]

Research Postgraduate (Masters) Scholarship Numerical Modelling of Liquid Metal Processing

Scholarship: €18,000 tax-free per annum stipend + fees. A new method of physical melt conditioning called High Shear Processing is being developed in a project (RecycAl) funded by European Commission under FP7 (Theme 6: Environment & Climate Change), in order to purify recycled aluminium alloy with the purpose of producing high performance material […]

Rolls-Royce fully funded PhD Studentship Innovative tooling and manufacturing techniques for high performance grinding wheels for aerospace applications

Applications are invited for the above post within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing Technology in the Division of Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham. The Department has an excellent international reputation for high quality theoretical and experimental research funded by EPSRC, DTI, EU and manufacturing industry. The studentship is available in […]

PhD Studentship – Photocatalysis with Enzymes for Future Energy Technologies

Reference: MA01945 Closing date: 22 November 2013 We invite applications for a PhD studentship to work in the Reisner group on the development of the field of photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry with enzymes for the generation of renewable fuels. The student will design photoactive materials and systems where enzymes such as hydrogenases and […]

PhD Studentship: Artificial Photosynthetic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion

Reference: MA01946 Closing date: 22 November 2013 We invite applications for a 4-year PhD studentship to work in the Reisner group’s Christian Doppler Laboratory on a project which will focus on developing a chemical process that captures and stores the energy from sunlight in a chemical fuel by a process known as […]

Creative Employment Programme 2013 – Education Assistant Internship

Location:  Highfield CampusSalary:   £7,868 to £9,870 – £5.03 / £6.31 per hourClosing Date:   Tuesday 12 November 2013Reference:  305213GR Part Time, Fixed Term – 30 hours per week 30 hours per week, 6 month Fixed Term contract The University of Southampton together with Creative Employment Programme are providing the opportunity for […]

PhD in Electrical Engineering Damping of sub-synchronous resonance

Project Description: The transmission network in the UK is being stretched due to an increasing demand for power transmission combined with the difficulty in consenting new lines. Series compensation of transmission lines is a widely-used method to improve the effective capacity of the transmission system, thus avoiding the need to build new lines […]

PhD Studentship – Self-Assembled Cellulose Structures for Sustainable Photonic Technologies

Reference: MA01928Closing date: 30 November 2013 A 3-year PhD studentship to start in April or October 2014 is available in the group led by Dr Silvia Vignolini in the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis to investigate the use of cellulose as a photonic material. The most brilliant colours in nature are produced not with pigments […]

PhD Studentship in Heat Pumps and Demand Side Management

Applications are invited for a DEL funded PhD studentship tenable in the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Art, Design and Built Environment at the Jordanstown Campus. The University of Ulster’s Centre for Sustainable Technologies is a partner in i-STUTE – the Interdisciplinary centre for Storage, Transformation and […]

PhD Studentship NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety

Medication and self-harm in primary care patients: understanding incidence, GP prescribing patterns, and risk of subsequent adverse outcome. Professor Darren Ashcroft and Dr Roger Webb The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (Greater Manchester PSTRC) invites applications for the following 3-year PhD studentship. […]

Fully Funded Studentship Structural biology approaches to develop new therapies for tuberculosis (MAXWELL_J14DTP)

John Innes Centre – School of Biological Sciences (UEA) Deadline: 29 November 2013. Available from 1 October 2014.  Supervisor:Professor Tony Maxwelltony.maxwell@jic.ac.uk The Project: Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious bacterial disease. DNA gyrase, an essential topoisomerase enzyme found in all bacteria, has proved to be a highly successful target for […]

Fully Funded Studentship Role of End-binding proteins and FGF signalling pathways in microtubule and centrosome reorganisation during epithelial differentiation (MOGENSEN_U14DTP)

University of East Anglia – School of Biological Sciences (UEA) Deadline: 29 November 2013. Available from 1 October 2014.  Supervisor:Dr Mette MogensenM.Mogensen@uea.ac.uk  The Project: Polarisation and differentiation of columnar epithelial cells is critical for normal gut function and defects in polarisation lead to loss of gut barrier function, epithelial cell […]

Fully Funded Studentship Biogenesis of a key enzyme in controlling climate change (LEBRUN_U14DTP)

School of Chemistry (UEA) Deadline: 29 November 2013. Available from 1 October 2014. Supervisor:Professor Nick Le Brunn.le-brun@uea.ac.uk The Project: Atmospheric nitrous oxide not only destroys stratospheric ozone, it also accounts for ~10% of the impact due to greenhouse gases. Much of the nitrous oxide generated arises from activity of soil […]