<div dir="ltr"><h1>MIME PhD scholarship: The limits of language policy</h1><p>University of Edinburgh</p>
<p class="">A new scholarship is to be awarded, to begin in January 2015.</p>
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<p>The scholarship is being funded under the auspices of the
Mobility and Inclusion in Multilingual Europe (MIME) project, a major
inter-university research project involving over twenty European
universities, and funded by the European Commission. For more
information about the MIME project, see:</p>
<ul class=""><li><a class="" href="http://www.mime-project.org/">http://www.mime-project.org/</a></li></ul>
<p>The MIME project is a multidisciplinary one which will consider
the nature of language policies which serve to promote both greater
mobility in Europe, particularly (but not limited to) mobility of
people, but also contribute to social and other forms of societal
cohesion. The research conducted by the successful applicant will feed
into Work Package 5, ‘Policy’, and in particular will provide insights
of relevance to the assessment of the legal implications of the language
policy options emerging from MIME research, and especially the
limitations which legal norms may impose on language policy choices.
Because of the focus on mobility, it is expected that the researcher
will consider legal norms relating to immigration (and naturalisation),
the regulation of cross-border trade in goods and services, the
regulation of entry into trades and professions, marketing of goods and
services, and terms of sale of goods and services. Because of the focus
on cohesion and, indeed, integration, it is expected that the researcher
will consider norms relating to non-discrimination and equality, but
perhaps also those relating to education, regulation of the media, and
so forth. It is expected that the student would consider relevant
international norms—particularly those of the European Union and the
Council of Europe—but also of at least one relevant national (and
perhaps one subnational) jurisdiction.</p><p>Any enquiries with regard
to the scholarship, or the proposed research, can be directed to Prof.
Robert Dunbar (tel.: +44-(0)131-650-3621, email:</p>
<ul class=""><li><a class="">Rob.Dunbar@ed.ac.uk</a></li></ul>
<h3>Award</h3>
<p>The award will provide a stipend of ca. £18,500 per year
(rising with inflation), up to a maximum of four years, but will not
cover tuition fees, which will be charged at the usual rate for home/EU
and non-EU/overseas applicants.</p>
<h3>Eligibility</h3>
<p>The award is open to UK, EU and overseas students commencing a
PhD degree in January 2015 . Applicants must apply for admission to year
one of the programme of study, also by <strong>22 December 2014.</strong></p><p>The
award will be made based on academic merit. Successful applicants are
likely to hold a UK first class or strong upper second class honours
undergraduate degree (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant field and to
have demonstrated a high academic achievement in a
undergraduate/master's degree in a relevant field; applicants holding a
undergraduate degree in law, international relations, applied
linguistics, European politics or European studies are particularly
welcome.</p>
<h3>Applying</h3>
<p>Applicants must submit a completed application form and a
research proposal, based on the description of the proposed subject
matter of the dissertation, of not more than 1,000 words by <strong>22 December 2014.</strong> (If you wish to include a bibliography then the bibliography should be included in the word count).</p>
<ul class=""><li><a class="">Application Form</a></li></ul>
<p>Applications should be emailed or posted to:</p>
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<ul class="" title="Name"><li class="">LLC Graduate School Administrative Office</li></ul>
<ul class="" title="Postal address"><li class="">1.13</li><li class="">50 George Square</li><li class="">Edinburgh</li><li class="">EH8 9LH</li></ul>
<ul title="Contact telephone numbers"><li class=""><span class="">Work</span>: <span class="">+44 (0)131 651 1822</span></li><li class=""><span class="">Work</span>: <span class="">+44 (0)131 651 3988</span></li></ul>
<dl class="" title="Email address"><dt>Email:</dt><dd><a class="">llc.postgrad@ed.ac.uk</a></dd></dl>
</div><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/14a11b3601d54182?compose=14a12024aba41fea">https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/14a11b3601d54182?compose=14a12024aba41fea</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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