Call for Applications PhD Studentship, University of Glasgow Funded by the ESRC and SDS (Skills Development Scotland) Project Title: “Transition from Education to Work” Closing date for applications: 20th September 2013 Summary: This is an exciting opportunity for a talented quantitative graduate to research the impact of neighbourhood inequalities on transitions from education to employment using world-class data supervised by a leading interdisciplinary research team. The successful applicant will be located at the heart of the Urban Segregation and Inequality Research Project, part of the £4m ESRC AQMEN Research Centre, and work alongside other researchers investigating related topics, methods and data. The studentship is a well-resourced 3-year scholarship, co-funded by SDS (Skills Development Scotland) and the ESRC and offering the student unique access to policy and practitioner expertise and impact. The successful applicant will start as soon as possible. Who is Eligible to Apply: This is a quantitative project using spatio-temporal and longitudinal methods applied to large datasets, jointly supervised between the School of Social and Political Sciences, the School of Education and the School of Mathematics and Statistics. As such, we would expect candidates to have strong statistical, computing and data analysis skills. Applications are welcome from candidates with either a mathematics/statistics background, and/or a social science/economics/geography background. How to Apply: In order to apply, candidates should send (1) a full CV and (2) a covering letter to Professor Gwilym Pryce by 20th September 2013. Applications should be sent by email to the following address: [email protected]. The covering letter should explain how your skills and interests fit with the proposed research project (further details below). We anticipate the studentship starting 1st October 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:21:52 +0000
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