W5P7 Project Partner:  London Underground  Project Background: Every major city, and its metro system, in the world is faced with the same challenge of the continuous growing trend in demand. At over 30 trains per hour, modern communication based train control systems are pushed to its limit and it is becoming obvious that […]
A newly funded PhD student position is available starting January 2014 to work at the interface of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering using advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods to explore the interfaces between water, heavy oils and sands with a view to enhancing oil recovery. The successful applicant will […]
School of Chemistry (UEA) Structure and Function of Anammox Enzymes – Key Players in Waste-Water Treatment and Global Nitrogen Cycling. (BUTT_U14DTP) Deadline: 29 November 2013. Available from 1 October 2014. Supervisor:Professor Julia Butt j.butt@uea.ac.uk The Project: Anaerobic ammonium oxidation or âanammoxâ is the most recent addition to processes […]
An excellent and highly-numerate student is sought for a fully-funded NERC PhD studentship in the area of hazard and risk. This is central to Loughboroughâs strategic interest in further understanding how the natural environment impacts the built one, and using this to inform policy makers in the government and industry running the UKâs infrastructure […]
Applications are invited for the above PhD studentship within the Design School at Loughborough University, from applicants to start in January 2014. Road Traffic Accidents are the leading cause of severe injuries and accidental death worldwide. The number of fatalities and injury severities are greater in developing countries. Globally, there are 1.25 million […]
The scholarship is to the value of £18,000 (to cover PhD tuition fees and maintenance) for each of three years, beginning January 2014. Applications are invited for two PhD scholarships in the School of Law at the University of Manchester. The scholarships are funded by the European Research Council, and they are linked […]
An excellent and highly-numerate student is sought for a fully-funded NERC PhD studentship in the area of hazard and risk. This is central to Loughboroughâs strategic interest in further understanding how the natural environment impacts the built one, and using this to inform policy makers in the government and industry running the UKâs infrastructure […]
For entry January 2014 Ref: LSS364 The School of Sociology and Social Policy is a leading interdisciplinary centre for social science research. Key research interests include work and employment; inequalities; public and social policy, citizenship, globalisation, human rights, migration, ethnicity, cultural sociology, social work, health and science and technology studies. The Economic […]
De Montfort University, Leicester Starting January 2014 Are you concerned about equality issues? Are you interested in research with people? Do you have the writing skills, motivation and commitment to undertake doctoral level study? In the past decade LGBT people have successfully fought for human rights across several spheres of life […]
The Department of Psychology intends to award a 3-year internally funded research bursary to start on 1 January 2014. £15,726 per annum is payable to support full-time PhD research studies and Home/EU tuition fees are paid by the Department. Successful applicants will be expected to undertake teaching assistant duties such as supporting research methods […]
The studentship starting in March 2014, is available to undertake research on the formulation of novel carrier systems for anti-psychotic agents such as Ziprasidone. The effect of food on the bioavailability of numerous commonly prescribed anti-psychotic agents is a serious issue. This project aims to develop carrier systems which can avoid food effect where […]
Closing Date 15th November 2013                                                            Start Date: 1st January 2014 Would you like to develop research that will shape the skills and training policy for the entire UK construction sector? If so then read on. The UK construction sector faces unprecedented challenges. The Governmentâs Industrial Strategy for the […]
Centre of Applied Digital Signal and Image Processing (ADSIP) Research Centre Reference Number: RS/13/17 Applications are invited for a full-time PhD studentship in the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences funded by BAE SYSTEMS Maritime â Submarines. The studentship is tenable for up to 3.5 years for a PhD (via MPhil […]
Application Deadline:Â Friday 22 November 2013 Supervisory Team:Â Dr Robert Thomas (with possible inter/intra University co-supervision) The Project: Haematopoietic (blood lineage) cells have many therapeutic uses. Immature stem cells are transplanted to treat blood cancers such as leukaemia, intermediate progenitor populations can be used to provide short term immunity cover, and mature cells […]
About the project: Floods are a serious natural disaster in most countries around the world. More than six million properties are at risk of flooding in the UK alone. A large proportion of this risk is from coastal flooding. It is likely that coastal flood risk will rapidly increase in future as a […]
Supervisor: Prof. Adrian Podoleanu Two Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher/PhD positions for 36 months starting from 1st February 2014 are available within the Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences. These are supported by an EU funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network European Industrial Doctorate, jointly organized with NKT Photonics Denmark. Students will […]