[Corpora-List] Research opportunity at Cardiff university

[Lise Fontaine]

Dear all,

The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University has a fully funded PhD position at Cardiff with a one year MA training year. Please pass on the message below to anyone who may be interested. We especially invite applications in all areas of SFL, CDA and Corpus Linguistics. 

Please note that full funding is only available to UK citizens or EU nationals who have lived in the UK for the past three years. The award can be given as a fees only award to EU nationals who do not meet the residency requirements. Unfortunately other nationals are not eligible to apply.

Best wishes,

Lise


ESRC Studentship in Language and Communication at Cardiff 
The Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR) is able to support applications by UK/EU students for one Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) 1+ 3 studentship in 2014/15, covering tuition fees plus a generous stipend, on a competitive basis within the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) Wales Consortium, led by Cardiff University http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/degreeprogrammes/postgraduatetaught/languagecommunicationresearch/index.html

The ESRC website has a very helpful section on frequently asked questions about the award scheme.

In order to be considered for a studentship, you firstly need to apply for a place on the MA Language Communication Research with progression to Doctor of Philosophy (1+3)  in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University via the University's Direct Application Service.  As well as your application, you will need to supply the following supporting documents: 2 academic references, a detailed research proposal, personal statement, copies of your degree certificates and a transcript of the marksmailto:encap-pg at cardiff.ac.uk. In the research proposal (around 1,000 words, 3-4 pages) please outline your rationale, proposed methodology, and research objectives, including a short bibliography.  In your personal statement, we would like you to tell us about why you are applying for a PhD – what your current situation is, whether you need a PhD for your own personal development, or for professional reasons, what your experience has been to date as a student/researcher/teacher in the area of English Language and Communication, and why you have chosen Cardiff as an appropriate research environment for your particular area of interest.  Once you have an offer of a place on the PhD (Language and Communication Research) programme you will be eligible to apply for ESRC funding.  Please submit your MA (1+3) application in good time to allow you to meet the 31 January 2014 ESRC application form deadline.  The ESRC application form can be obtained from encap-pg at cardiff.ac.uk and should be submitted by 5 p.m. on Friday 31 January 2014.  

Deadline:

The deadline for submission of the ESRC application form is 5 p.m. on Friday 31 January 2014.  In order to meet this deadline you will need to ensure that you submit your PhD application by Friday 24 January 2014 at the latest.  You may be called for interview during the week commencing 10 February 2014.

For further details, please contact:

Rhian Rattray, Postgraduate Manager for the School of English, Communication and Philosophy. Email: encap-pg at cardiff.ac.uk 

For informal advice please Contact:

Dr. Gerard O'Grady, Director of Postgraduate Studies, Centre for Language and Communication Research: OGradyGN at cf.ac.uk 

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