Visting post-graduate research fellowships available

[B.Woll]

Please circulate the following information.

         Marie Curie Training Site Postgraduate Fellowships
            in Sign Language and Deaf Studies: EUROSIGN

Applications are invited for Marie Curie postgraduate training
fellowships for between 3 and 12 months, across a wide range of
specialisms in the sign language and deaf studies field. Current research
activities include: the linguistics of European sign languages; variation
and change in sign language; assessing sign language development;
learning sign language as a second language; neurological processing of
sign; the effects of neurological impairments on signing; provision of
information through sign language media; sign language interpreting;
sign communication through touch.

Successful applicants will attend one or more training modules and
participate in the general research activities of the group. Individual
tutorial support will be provided. Individual programmes of study may
also be available in environments including schools, colleges,
community interpreting units, and health service units. Fellows will be
particularly encouraged to undertake more than one block of study
where applicable, e.g. an initial training block, and a second attachment
to support analytical work following data collection in their own
countries.

Applicants must have a first degree or equivalent in an appropriate
subject, be registered for a doctoral degree in a university outside the
UK, and be a citizen or permanent resident of an EU member state or
associated state. All applicants are required to have a degree of
competence in at least one of the European sign languages together with
good skills in written English before beginning their Fellowship. Fellows
will receive a monthly stipend of 1200 Euros plus a travel allowance.
Fellowships will be available until December 2004.

Staff in the research group include both hearing and deaf researchers,
and applications are particularly welcomed from deaf students, for whom
support services will be arranged as required.

For general information on the Marie Curie scheme, visit the EU webpage
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.cordis.lu/improving" }http://www.cordis.lu/improving . For further information on the Eurosign
programme, contact Professor Bencie Woll, Sign Language and Deaf
Studies, Department of Language and Communication Science, City
University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB { HYPERLINK "mailto:b.woll at city.ac.uk" }b.woll at city.ac.uk



Bencie Woll
b.woll at city.ac.uk
Language and Communication Science
City University, Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB, UK
Tel: +44 (0)171 477 8354 (voice) +44 (0)171 477 8314 (text)
Fax: +44 (0)171 477 8577 or 8354
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