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Research Doctoral Scholarships

The University of Teesside is offering three full-time Research Doctoral Scholarships across the broad theme of business applied to any area of the public, private or voluntary sectors or partnership working between them. Key areas of research strength within Teesside Business School (TBS) are around public sector management, public governance, HRM, urban and rural regeneration, leisure and tourism, marketing, organisational learning, leadership and strategy. Applications in these areas would be particularly welcome. The award/s will be for a period of three years and include fees (home/EU or international rate) and an annual stipend of £12,940. It is anticipated that the successful candidates will, through their research, also contribute to the delivery of business and/or business-related programmes within TBS for a maximum of 6 hours a week. Successful applicants should be in a position to take up the scholarship by November 2008.

For an informal discussions about these studentships please contact Dr Tom Mordue, Assistant Dean (Research), Teesside Business School: T.Mordue@Tees. ac.uk. Phone: +44 (0)1642 342808.

Research Doctoral Scholarships applicants should have at least an upper second class honours degree or equivalent qualification and ideally a postgraduate qualification. The minimum English language entry level is IELTS 6.5 with no grade below 6.0 or equivalent.

To apply for a scholarship you must contact the Graduate Research School for an application form:

University of Teesside Research Doctoral Scholarships
Graduate Research School
University of Teesside
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley
TS1 3BA
UK
Email: graduateresearchsch ool@tees. ac.uk or tel: +44 (0)1642 738033

Closing date: 27 October 2008

University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro

Deadline: September 29th 2008

Ph.D. Program in Molecular oncology, experimental immunology and
development of innovative therapies

Point 1
The University Magna Graecia at Catanzaro-Italy is offering 10 posts
(7 of which with fellowship) for a 4-year Ph.D. Course in the field of
Molecular oncology, experimental immunology and development of
innovative therapies.

The post graduate research programme will be carried out in
collaboration with the following universities:
1) Albert-Ludwigs- Universitat Freiburg (Germany);
2) Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York (USA);
3) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (Sweden).

Point 2
Applications are open to (with no age or nationality restrictions)
candidates who hold a degree, whose duration is not less than 4 years,
in Biology; Medical, pharmaceutical, or veterinary biotechnology;
Pharmacy; Biomedical engineering; Medicine or an equivalent 4-year
degree from a foreign University that has been recognised by an
appropriate academic authority. In the frame of agreements for
inter-university cooperation and mobility this University is allowed
to assess the equivalence of the candidates' qualifications and titles
(only for the specific purpose of admission and attendance of the
Ph.D. Course) that have been issued abroad but that have not been
recognised by an Italian University.

Applications should follow the indications outlined below, and should
be addressed to the Rettore of University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro
(Viale Europa, Località Germaneto - 88100 Catanzaro - ITALY).
Applications must be presented by September 29th 2008 on one of the
following ways:
- by mail or by courier to the following address:
Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro - Ufficio Protocollo
Campus universitario- Edificio Direzionale
Viale Europa – Loc. Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro – ITALY
- Hand delivery to the above indicated address;
- electronically through the application form available on the website
www.unicz.it.

For applications sent by mail or courier the date on the pick-up
receipt will be considered valid.
Anyway, applications received after 13th October 2008 will not be
considered valid.

If the application form is filled in on line, all the above mentioned
documents (a, b, c, d) should be sent, within the deadline of
September 29th 2008, to the following e-mail address: consoli@unicz. it .
The University administration reserves the right to verify the
documents submitted.

The University administration declines any responsibility for the loss
of communications, in case of inexact indication of residence or
address of the applicant, in case of no communication, or late
communication, of any change of contact address, or for possible mail
delivery problems not caused by the administration itself.

Point 3
In accordance to the regulations of the University Magna Græcia, the
selection procedure will consist of an evaluation of the candidates'
C.V. and qualifications and – if necessary – an interview.
The candidates must be fluent in English.

The application for Undergraduate Programmes is open. Deadline for July 2009 intake is on the 3rd of March 2009.

The Government of Indonesia through its Oil and Gas Department or MIGAS and The National Education Department or Depdiknas in collaboration with Petronas is offering full time scholarships for studies in Malaysia towards the following degrees :

• BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS)
1. Electrical & Electronic Engineering
2. Mechanical Engineering
3. Chemical Engineering
4. Civil Engineering
5. Petroleum Engineering

• BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (HONOURS)
1. Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
2. Business Information System (BIS)

General selection criteria are as follows;
1. Age Not exceeding 23 years old on date of application
2. Marital Status Single
3. Academic Qualification Must have passed High School Level Examination (GCE O’Level/ SMA equivalent), and / or Tes Potensi Akademik from major universities in Indonesia
4. Language Proficiency Good command of English (oral & written)
5. Course of Study To follow any one of the above courses offered by Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)

The scholarships are offered to students to further their education and upon completion to serve either with Petronas or the Government of Indonesia in any of the designated departments, subsidiaries, companies, organizations or institutions for a period to be agreed upon.

Kindly download and complete the UTP Application Form (attached in this email) which can be obtained from the website at www.utp.edu.my, completed application form need to be submitted with your latest (non returnable) passport size photograph together with your contact number, address, curriculum vitae and relevant copies of full academic report to:

Petronas Representative Office Indonesia
Level 27, Citibank Tower
Bapindo Plaza
Jl. Jend Sudirman Kav 54-55
Jakarta 12190

University or Organization: UK Medical Research Council
Department: Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Job Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Web Address: http://www.mrc- cbu.cam.ac. uk

Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Neurolinguistics; Neurocognition of Language and NLP

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

Ref CBSU08/347

Applications are invited for a three year post-doctoral position, based at
the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, to conduct neuro-imaging
research into the dynamic neural systems underlying human language
comprehension, working in an interdisciplinary cross-linguistic research
environment, with access to state-of-the art MEG (306-channel
Elekta/Neuromag VectorView) and MRI (Siemens Trio 3T) imaging facilities.

This position is funded by an interdisciplinary EPSRC (UK) grant to
Lorraine Tyler (Centre for Speech Language and Brain, Cambridge), William
Marslen-Wilson (MRC-CBSU), Anna Korhonen (Computing Lab, Cambridge) and
Paula Buttery (Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics) , which
aims to integrate research in cognitive neuroscience, experimental
psycholinguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Modern advances in
NLP provide much more realistic analyses of the statistical properties of
language use. The aim of the project is to integrate these analyses with
neuro-imaging investigations of how brain systems respond to variations in
the statistical properties of linguistic inputs at different levels of
description (morphological, syntactic, semantic).

You should have doctoral training in neuro-imaging with a strong interest
in studying the neuro-cognition of language, and a willingness to take on
the challenge of systematically relating the statistical properties of
linguistic inputs to the statistical properties of the dynamic neural
response to these inputs.

The starting salary will be in the range of £25,368 - £31,048 per annum,
depending upon qualifications and experience. This is supported by a
flexible pay and reward policy, and optional MRC final salary Pension
Scheme. We offer 30 days annual leave entitlement. On site parking is
available.

For informal discussion, contact William Marslen-Wilson, CBSU Director, by
email provided below. Further information on the unit can be found on our
website.

Applications for this role must now be made online (see application URL
below). Please ensure that you upload a current CV and covering letter
with your application. If you do not have internet access or experience
technical difficulties please call 01793 301158.

Application Deadline: 10-Oct-2008

Web Address for Applications: http://jobs. mrc.ac.uk
Contact Information:
William Marslen-Wilson
Email: w.marslen-wilson@ mrc-cbu.cam. ac.uk

Institution/ Organization: University of Potsdam
Department: Department of Linguistics
Web Address: http://www.ling. uni-potsdam. de

Level: PhD

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics


Description:

We invite applications for the position of a Research Assistant / PhD student to
work within the Dialogue Group at the Department of Linguistics, University of
Potsdam, Germany. The position is initially for one year, with the possibility
of extension for an additional two years.

The successful applicant will work in the context of the project ``InPro:
Incrementality and Projection in Dialogue Processing', which aims to investigate
incremental processing methods for spoken dialogue systems. The main
resposibility for the incoming RA / PhD student will be in the area of dialogue
management. The team comprises one other PhD student and one Post-Doc.

Ideal candidates for the RA / PhD position have an excellent degree in
Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or Computer Science, and have shown
ability for conducting original research. Prior work on dialogue systems and
especially dialogue management would be a definite plus. Good programming skills
are important, a keen interest in problem solving and research is essential. The
successful candidate is encouraged to work towards a PhD degree in Computational
Linguistics from the University of Potsdam.

The working language of the project is English.

We offer
- a competitive salary with all benefits (German TV-L 13 / BAT IIa payscale *
3/4, the actual salaries vary depending on age and family situation, currently
between 2000 and 2600 E per month)
- a dynamic and international working environment. (Computational Linguistics is
a growing part of Linguistics in Potsdam, which already is one of the larger
linguistics departments in Germany; there are also established
inter-disciplinary connections to e.g. computer science and psychology.)
- a nice (and affordable) living environment (Potsdam is a beautiful mid-sized
city just on the outskirts of Berlin, from where, if desired, Potsdam is in easy
commuting distance).

The position is open from December 1st, 2008 (or earlier), so candidates are
encouraged to apply ASAP and reviewing of applications begins immediately;
however, we are looking for the best candidate, so later starting dates may be
negotiable as well.

To apply, please send
- a statement of research interests;
- a cv, including details of research experience;
- if applicable, (links to) sample publications; and
- addresses of at least two referees
to Dr. David Schlangen ( das@ling.uni- potsdam.de ).

If you need further information, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Web:http://www.ling. uni-potsdam. de/~das

Application Deadline: 27-Oct-2008

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr David Schlangen
Institut fuer Linguistik, Uni Potsdam
Karl Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25
Potsdam 14476
Germany

Contact Information:
Dr David Schlangen
das@ling.uni- potsdam.de

PhD Candidate for 'World peace through world law'
Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty of Law
Nijmegen, (Gelderland) , 40 hours per week

Job description
The successful candidate will participate in the NWO financed Vidi project entitled ‘Cosmopolitanism in a world of interconnected threats and challenges. From a world of states to a world state?’ and will write a dissertation on ‘World peace through world law’. The primary focus of the dissertation will be Hans Kelsen’s theory of international law. A limited teaching requirement exists for this position, and the candidate will also be expected to do some editing work.

Requirements
Required education/skills: University Graduate
Candidates for the PhD student position should preferably have a Master’s degree in both Philosophy and Law. They are expected to have a strong interest in legal philosophy and hold qualifications for scientific research. They should also have excellent analytical and writing skills
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s) :
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Law)

Organization
Radboud University Nijmegen
Faculty of Law
Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.

The Centre for Philosophy of Law currently comprises four senior staff members and two PhD students. The Centre’s research is focused on the ethical foundations of law and is embedded in the broader framework of the Centre for State and Law (STeR) of the Faculty of Law of Radboud University Nijmegen.
Date of entry: 08/09/2008

Conditions of employment
Salary: scale 10.
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2.330
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years.
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional conditions of employment:
The candidate will be appointed as a PhD student (1.0 FTE) for a period of four years. The candidate’s performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

dr. R. Tinnevelt, associate professor
Telephone number: 0031-(0)243615539
E-mail address: r.tinnevelt@ jur.ru.nl

Or prof.dr. Th. Mertens, professor
Telephone number: 0031-(0)243615705
E-mail address: t.mertens@jur. ru.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

* About the organization (http://www.ru. nl)
* About the department (http://www.ru. nl/law)
* About the function (http://www.ru. nl/law)
* Radboud University Nijmegen (http://www.ru. nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 30-09-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Dienst P&O, PMO
Postbus 7005, 6503 GM NIJMEGEN

E-mail: vacatures@dpo. ru.nl

PHD Funding Opportunity
Education Deanery

Closing date: Monday 29th September 2008

The Education Deanery at Liverpool Hope University invites applications for the following fees only PhD studentships commencing in October 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter.

* One full-time studentship (UK/EU or International) tenable for three years subject to satisfactory progress)

* Two part-time studentships (UK/EU or International) tenable for five years subject to satisfactory progress).

We offer a supportive and stimulating research and scholarly environment and welcome applications relating to any field of educational policy and/or practice and/or childhood studies as well as other allied fields and professions.

Professors and senior academics have a wide range of research interests and expertise including:

* Higher education policy and practice, the nature of interpretive enquiry, the institutional conditions for learning and schools and communities and the nature of inter-agency, multi-professional work.
* Student behaviour in schools, inclusion, difficulties in literacy, issues of change and development in schools and the role of schools in shaping students’ beliefs in their own self efficacy.
* Marginalised and vulnerable children and young people, particularly those who are looked after by the state; early years education; children’s rights issues and the development of new and creative data collection techniques.

Further Particulars
Further details may be found on the research pages of the Education Deanery’s website http://www.hope. ac.uk/edu/ departments. html. Information about postgraduate research at Liverpool Hope can be found at http://www.hope. ac.uk/postgradua te-research- degrees/welcome- to-postgraduate- research- degrees-mphil- phd.html.

Personal Requirements
Applicants normally will be required to have:

(i) A good honours degree in a relevant subject
(ii) A Masters degree with a research component
(iii) Where English is not applicant’s first language an IELTS score of 6.5 (or TOFEL equivalent)

How to Apply
To apply applicants must complete the University’s Postgraduate Research application form (available at: http://www.hope. ac.uk/postgradua te-research- degrees/forms. html) accompanied by a 2,000 word research proposal and 500 word statement in support of your application. Studentships will be awarded on a competitive basis with the research proposal and supporting statement being key in the decision-making process.

Should you wish to discuss your research proposal please contact Professor Rosemary Kilpatrick (kilpatr@hope. ac.uk) in the first instance. For further information on the application procedures please contact the postgraduate research administrator, Liz Bugler (tel: 0151 291 3482; e-mail buglerl@hope. ac.uk)

Completed applications must be received by 5.00 pm on Monday 29th September 2008, and returned to:
The Administrator, Postgraduate Research
Liverpool Hope, Hope Park, Liverpool, L16 9JD
Telephone: 0151 291 3948, Fax: 0151 291 3852, Email: buglerl@hope. ac.uk

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
PhD Studentship
Department of Physics

Field(s): physics, biophysics
Application deadline: Oct 15 (Wed), 2008
Contact: Dr. Ciro Cecconi
E-mail: ciro.cecconi@ gmail.com
Phone: (+39) 059 205-5328
Fax: (+39) 059 2055651

Address: Department of Physics, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/A 41100 Modena, Italy

Job description: Protein folding remains a major unsolved challenge for modern biophysics. Despite the experimental and theoretical efforts of many laboratories in the last 40 years, our understanding of the basic rules that govern the attainment of a protein structure is still incomplete. This lack of information is partly due to the inadequacy of conventional bulk methods to study a process that is highly heterogeneous. During folding, individual molecules are thought to follow different pathways and populate different intermediate structures on their journey to the native state. Such a diversity of behaviors is often blurred in the ensemble average measured by bulk methods.

Recent advances in single molecule manipulation techniques, such as laser tweezers, have made it possible to revisit protein folding with a new approach. In these experiments, individual molecules are directly manipulated and their unfolding and refolding trajectories described along a well-defined reaction coordinate, namely their molecular end-to-end distance. In a work published in Science, Cecconi et al. has recently presented a method to manipulate individual globular proteins using laser tweezers [Cecconi et al., Science 2005; Cecconi et al., European Biophysics Journal 2008]. Using this novel experimental approach, Cecconi et al. investigated the folding pathways of single RNase H molecules with unprecedented details, uncovering information inaccessible to ensemble methods.

At the Department of Physics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia a new line of research has recently been started that focuses on the study of the folding mechanism of single protein molecules using laser tweezers. Individual molecules are directly manipulated and their response to force characterized in terms of different parameters, such as: i) deformability of the native state, ii) unfolding and refolding pathways, iii) magnitude of the forces that hold together secondary and tertiary structures; iv) anisotropy of the protein's energy landscape, v) distances from the folded and unfolded states to the transition state(s), vi) thermodynamics and kinetics of fluctuations between different molecular conformations. We are therefore seeking a motivated PhD student willing to undertake research in this field. The PhD appointment is for a period of three years. Candidates should have a B.S. or M.S. in physics or related fields.

For further details please contact Dr. Ciro Cecconi. Applicants should send their resumes (including email address) to Dr. Ciro Cecconi (ciro.cecconi@ gmail.com).

Funded Post-Graduate Opportunity
Temporal Trends in Climate and Grass

A quantitative of temporal trends in climate and grass growth in Ireland towards the development of predictive models of grass growth.

Recent and projected trends in climatic variability brought about by climate change are and will become major factors affecting grass based systems of milk production throughout the world. With a rejuvenation of interest in grazing systems of animal production which has been borne out of consumer perception of environmental, ethical (e.g. animal welfare, genetic manipulation) , and food safety issues (e.g. residues) associated with intensive confinement production systems. With input costs, and in particular those linked to oil, forecast to rise significantly the optimal usage of grass will remain a priority for the competitive advantage of Irish systems to be maintained. A key issue associated with grazing systems is the lack of control over feed quality and availability. While there has been considerable research focused on efficient usage of grass at farm level little attention has been paid to the development of models to accurately predict grass growth to allow management systems to overcome variability of feed supply particularly in light of increased emphasis on global climate change. The objective of this project is to use longitudinal data of grass growth and climatic indicators from a number of weather stations located at various Teagasc sites throughout Ireland to identify and quantify recent trends in grass growth and climatic change and subsequently develop and validate grass growth models based on this accumulated dataset. These newly developed models will be used to determine the projected affect of climate change on grass based dairying systems in Ireland and throughout the world.

The post-graduate work is initially for an M.Sc. with the possibility of extension to a PhD. An honours degree (first class or second class grade 1) in a relevant discipline is essential and training in animal science or animal and crop production is desirable though not essential. In addition the applicant must be computer literate with strong quantitative ability. The applicant should be ambitious, self-motivated and possess an ability for problem solving.

The successful applicant will be funded under the Walsh Fellowship scheme (http://www.teagasc. ie/research/ pgradfellows. htm) and will receive an annual remuneration of €21,000 (prior to deduction of fees). M.Sc. programs are 1.5-2 years duration and PhD programs are 3 years in duration. It is envisaged that the successful applicant will begin in October 2008.

For more information or for expression of interest please contact:

Brendan Horan, Moorepark Research Centre, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Telephone: 025-42386 or email: brendan.horan@ teagasc.ie

Laurence Shalloo, Moorepark Research Centre, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Telephone: 025-42306 or email: Laurence.shalloo@ teagasc.ie

Or

Declan O Connor, Department of Mathematics, Cork Institute of Technology.
Telephone: 021-4545321 or email: declan.oconnor@ cit.ie

The closing date for applications has been extended to Friday 26th September 2008.