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      Janice Carruthers at QUB. Please send your queries her way!<br>
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      Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132<br>
      Senior Lecturer, Dept Language & Communication Studies,
      University of Jyväskylä, Finland | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.jyu.fi">www.jyu.fi</a><br>
      Communications Secretary, BAAL Language Policy group |
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.langpol.ac.uk">www.langpol.ac.uk</a><br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net">dave.sayers@cantab.net</a> | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jyu.academia.edu/DaveSayers">http://jyu.academia.edu/DaveSayers</a><br>
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      <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
        normal">PhD studentship in Modern Languages Policy at Queen’s
        University Belfast</b>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">A fully-funded
        3-year PhD studentship is available at Queen’s University
        Belfast in conjunction with the research project ‘Foreign,
        Indigenous and Community Languages in the Devolved Regions of
        the UK. Policy and Practice for Growth’ which is attached to the
        Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Leadership
        Fellowship in Modern Languages held by Professor Janice
        Carruthers.  The research team currently consists of the
        Leadership Fellow, two postdoctoral fellows (working on
        community languages and on modern foreign languages) and a
        language policy consultant. More information about the project
        can be found at
        <a href="https://www.modernlanguagesleadershipfellow.com/">https://www.modernlanguagesleadershipfellow.com</a> 
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      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Proposals are
        invited for a PhD project in the area of Modern Languages
        Policy. We are particularly interested in proposals relating to
        aspects of Modern Foreign Languages policy in the UK. Proposals
        that incorporate an international comparator are welcome.
        Applications in other Language Policy fields falling within the
        remit of the project will also be considered.
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      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">The studentship
        will start in September 2019 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
        and will cover full fees. It will also include an annual
        maintenance stipend for three years to RCUK minimum level
        (£15,009 per annum).  It will be supervised by Prof Janice
        Carruthers and a second supervisor (choice of second supervisor
        will depend on the precise topic of the project). For further
        information about the studentship, please contact Prof Janice
        Carruthers (<a>j.carruthers@qub.ac.uk</a>).  </p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
        normal">To be eligible to apply for a fully-funded DfE
        studentship, you must: 
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          be a UK or EU citizen or a non-EU citizen with permanent
          settled status in the UK (known as ‘indefinite leave to
          remain’)</li>
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          have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least 3 years
          prior to the start of the studentship.
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      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Applicants for
        the studentship should have:</p>
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        </span>A First or Upper-Second (2.i) class first degree in a
        relevant discipline (e.g. a Languages degree or a degree in a
        cognate discipline with a Languages component and/or a
        postgraduate qualification in Languages). A master’s degree or
        experience of writing a substantial dissertation at BA level
        will be an advantage;</p>
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        </span>Excellent communication and organisational skills and the
        ability to work as part of a research team;</p>
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        </span>The standing needed to meet the graduate admissions
        entrance requirements of Queen’s University.
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      <p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal;background:
        white">Applications for the studentship should be made via the
        Queen's University Student Portal at:
        <a href="http://go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply">http://go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply</a></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal;background:
        white"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Important:
          applicants should tick “I am responding to an advert” then
          enter “MLP 19” in the box provided.</span><span style="color:
          black;"></span></p>
      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Please also
        send your CV and a copy of the proposal you have submitted
        online at the same time by email to
        <a>j.carruthers@qub.ac.uk</a> </p>
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      <p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">The deadline
        for applications is 5 pm on 31 May.
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                                <div><font face="tahoma">Professor of
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                                <div><font face="tahoma">AHRC Leadership
                                    Fellow, Modern Languages</font></div>
                                <div><font face="tahoma"><a tabindex="0"
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                                <div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">Sociolinguistics
                                    Strand Lead, AHRC Open World
                                    project, MEITS</span></div>
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