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<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies for any cross postings.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a number of funded PhD opportunities at The Open University and some EDLING members may be interested or you may know who is interested in pursuing a PhD. Please see the details below<span style="color:#0070c0">
</span>and via <a href="http://wels.open.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/postgraduate-research/phd-studentships" target="_blank">
this link</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Prithvi.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PhD Studentships in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Based in Milton Keynes, UK</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is offering full-time funded PhD studentships for an October 2019 start.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The PhD programme is located in an environment that supports world-leading quality research. In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the UK government endorsed
 our research as overwhelmingly world-leading and internationally excellent, with significant and wide-reaching impact. Research takes place across the three Schools of WELS and the Institute of Educational Technology.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Transformative Education
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">What unites our research approach is a
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">strong commitment to interdisciplinarity and a social justice ethos. Our research enables communities and individuals to thrive in an increasingly demanding and unequal world.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We have the flexibility to support truly interdisciplinary and innovative research that makes a difference to people’s lives. We strongly encourage
 you to look at our research web pages <a href="http://wels.open.ac.uk/research" target="_blank">
http://wels.open.ac.uk/research</a> and <a href="https://iet.open.ac.uk/research" target="_blank">
https://iet.open.ac.uk/research</a>  to see that we provide the right combination of substantive expertise and methodological experience to support your doctoral research proposal.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">large, international group of
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PhD students are an essential part of our research community.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you feel you have the drive and intellectual curiosity to pursue postgraduate research as part of that community and you have a great idea for a doctoral study, then we want to hear from
 you! We welcome proposals for interdisciplinary research within or across all of the areas outlined above.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Funding is available for UK, EU and international students.  Fully funded PhD studentships will include fees and maintenance for three years, depending
 on satisfactory progress. Anticipated stipend for 2019-20 is £14777.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Closing date:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1a181c"> Monday 4^th March
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1a181c">Interviews will commence late March – April 2019.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For detailed information and how to apply for the studentships go to
<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/employment" target="_blank">www3.open.ac.uk/employment</a>,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1a181c"> or e-mail
<a href="mailto:wels-student-enquiries@open.ac.uk" target="_blank">wels-student-enquiries@open.ac.uk</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#203864">Dr Prithvi N. Shrestha, SFHEA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#203864"> | Senior Lecturer
 in English Language</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#203864">School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, Level 1, Stuart Hall Building, The Open University, Walton
 Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA | United Kingdom</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#203864">Co-Convenor:
<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/creet/main/language-and-literacies" target="_blank"><span style="color:#203864">Applied Linguistics & Literacies Research Group</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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 | <a href="https://open.academia.edu/PrithviShrestha" target="_blank">Academia.edu</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Saraswati Dawadi &
<b>Prithvi N. Shrestha</b> (2018): Construct validity of the Nepalese school leaving English reading test,
<i>Educational Assessment</i>, DOI: 10.1080/10627197.2018.1430511 </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6CqHXY4butv3qfGUTMEM/full" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0b4cb4">https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6CqHXY4butv3qfGUTMEM/full</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/pns52.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#28376e">Shrestha, Prithvi</span></a> (2018). <a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/53396/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0b4cb4">English
 language examination reform: International trends and a framework for Nepal.</span></a> In: Hayes, David ed. <i>English Language Teaching in Nepal: Research, Reflection and Practice.</i> Kathmandu: British Council, pp. 37–57.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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 Prithvi N.</span></a></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> (2018). </span><a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/56808/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#344a81;text-decoration:none">Investigating Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Using the iPad in an Italian English
 as a Foreign Language Classroom.</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span><i><span style="color:black">International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT)</span></i><span style="color:black;background:white">,
 8(3) pp. 29–49.</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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