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A PhD scholarship is available at the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC), Roskilde University, within the area “Modelling spatial catchment hydrology using Earth Observation and Distributed Temperature Sensing of streams”.

The purpose of the PhD project is to use distributed temperature sensing (DTS) of streams to improve the spatial parameterization and modelling of catchment hydrological processes. The DTS system uses a long (2 km) fiber-optic cable to provide stream temperature measurements with 1 m resolution. In particular, the system will be used to identify, parameterize and model lateral inflows to the stream in relation to the spatial characteristics of the upland contributing areas. The PhD student will be involved in measuring, analyzing and modelling the data using also ancillary information.

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Leipzig offers a research position in the project ‘The internal structure of person portmanteaus’, funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation). The position starts July 1, 2009 (or later) and lasts three years. The position can be filled either by a Ph.D. student (German pay-scale TVL-E13/2,) or by a post-doctoral researcher (German pay-scale TVL-E13). Candidates applying as Ph.D. students must have an M.A. in hand and are expected to carry out research for their dissertation in the project. All applicants should have expertise in theoretical linguistics, especially morphological theory, an open mind for typology and diachrony, and should be attracted by the idea to analyze data from a great variety of typologically diverse languages.

The Department of Celtic at the University of Glasgow invites applications for a newly established postgraduate studentship from a suitable graduate student in need of financial support in respect of living expenses and / or fees. Applicants should normally have been accepted for a postgraduate Masters programme in Celtic / Gaelic Studies at the University of Glasgow and have career interests in teaching, education or research (broadly defined).

The award for session 2008–09 is tenable for one year only to enable the successful candidate to complete a Master’s postgraduate programme. The award will not normally be renewed except in exceptional circumstances. The value of the studentship for next session (2008–09) is £16,500.

At the University of St. Gallen, Department of Economics, one 35%-70%-assistant position will be opened, starting in July 2009. The position is part of the Prof. Francesco Audrino’s and Prof. Enrico De Giorgi’s research groups. It is assumed that candidates for these position are willing to start a Ph.D. in Financial Econometrics and Quantitative Finance at the University of St. Gallen. Ph. D. topics for a thesis can cover both, theoretical or empirical methods in Finance and Economics. Examples of recent research articles that could be starting points for a Ph. D. thesis can be downloaded from the web addresses:

• www.alexandria.unisg.ch/Publikationen/Person/A/Francesco_ Audrino
• www.alexandria.unisg.ch/Publikationen/Person/D/Enrico_Degiorgi

We welcome applications for a PhD CASE studentship funded by the ESRC and DownsEd International to study “Precursors to speech and language development in infants with Down syndrome”. The 3-year studentship is available from 1st October 2009, and will be supervised by Dr Vesna Stojanovik & Dr Carmel Houston-Price at the University of Reading, and Dr Michèle Pettinato at Down Syndrome Education International. The focus of the project is how infants with Down syndrome acquire language and specifically, which cognitive factors best predict language outcomes.

The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry with its parent Institutions, the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, are seeking to attract PhD candidates of outstanding ability to join their exciting and rapidly expanding programme of internationally rated research.

As part of our new developments and our commitment to research excellence, applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates, 2:1 or above, for a PhD studentship. International students must also have IELTS [International English Language Testing System] score of 7 and above (or equivalent qualification).

Plymouth is one of the top 50 UK universities for research according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), showing that the majority of the areas submitted by the university included world-leading research, achieving the highest rating possible. At the university, we see our researchers as innovators and entrepreneurs and we value people who are passionate about delivering excellent, sustainable research.

The university seeks to build on its research strengths through a programme of fully-funded research studentships (MPhil/PhD) and invites applications to start in October 2009. We encourage interdisciplinary working, urging researchers to develop synergies between research areas, both within and beyond the university.