Applications are invited for a PhD Scholarship for a study in one of the following areas:

  • Risk, Crisis, Disaster Management; Emergency Planning Management
    (Professor John Benyon, Dr Simon Bennett, Dr Jim Broderick)
  • Popular Culture and Spirituality
    (Dr Clive Marsh)
  • Counselling and Psychotherapy: Clinical Supervision
    (Professor Sue Wheeler)

For further information on staff research interests, see: LILL Staff Research at:
http://www.le.ac.uk/ad/research/staffresearch.html

Scholarship

The Scholarship is for full or part time study, and will cover tuition fees for the duration of study and a contribution of up to £10,000 over the course of study for research expenses.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have already completed a Masters Degree in a relevant subject.

This Scholarship is only available to candidates who are eligible to pay the Home/EU tuition fee, i.e. permanently resident in the UK or another EU country.

Applications

Closing date for application: 1st November 2009.

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible using the Postgraduate Application Form (pdf file). Completed forms should be submitted to the Admissions Office, together with a detailed research proposal.

IMPORTANT

Please ensure that you write the following information on page 3 of the Postgraduate Application Form, to ensure that your application is forwarded to Lifelong Learning for consideration:

“Application for LILL PhD Scholarship” at the top; and

“Institute of Lifelong Learning” in the box labelled “Department (for taught courses and research degrees)”

Informal Enquiries

For further information and informal discussion about potential projects and application, please contact:

Professor Sue Wheeler
Postgraduate Tutor
Email: sw103@le.ac.uk

Or the relevant potential supervisor:

Dr Simon Bennett: sab22@le.ac.uk
Professor John Benyon:jtb2@le.ac.uk
Dr Jim Broderick: jpb11@le.ac.uk
Dr Clive Marsh: cm286@le.ac.uk
Further Information

Please visit the Lifelong Learning MPhil/PhD webpage at:
http://www.le.ac.uk/ad/research/phd.html
for full information about MPhil/PhD registration.

Please kindly mention Scholarshiponline.info when applying for this scholarship