ESRC quota studentships at Lancaster

[Jane]

ESRC Quota Studentships in Linguistics and English Language at
Lancaster, October 2007
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/phd/esrcquota.htm
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The Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster
University has FOUR Economic and Social Research Council quota
studentships available for its PhD programmes, which have received 1+3
and +3 recognition, part time and full time. (Six were awarded, of which
two were allocated in 2006-7.)

We welcome applicants from the UK and the EU in all ESRC-relevant areas
of linguistics and applied linguistics, but especially the following
areas where supervisors currently have vacancies:

. sociolinguistics (especially sociophonetics, language variation,
bilingualism, language and gender, language policy, intercultural
pragmatics)
. (critical) discourse analysis
. literacy studies
. corpus linguistics (with a sociolinguistic approach)

+3 awards are available for the PhD by Research Only. Applicants should
hold an ESRC-recognised Masters in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.

1+3 awards are available for those applying for the PhD by Thesis and
Coursework, a part-time or full-time degree which is awarded on the
basis of taught courses as well as a thesis. See
www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/phd/appling.htm for details.

Closing date for applications to Department: 1st March 2007.

In the first instance please contact Elaine Heron
(e.heron at lancaster.ac.uk) for further details of this programme.


What is covered? Who may apply?

EU including UK citizens who have been resident in the UK for three
years prior to the start of the award are eligible to receive the full
grant - fee plus maintenance. Other EU nationals are eligible to receive
the fee element only. (See ESRC website for full details.)


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Kevin Watson
Department of Linguistics and English Language
Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YT
Tel 0044(0)1524 594650 Fax 0044(0)1524 843085
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/kevin/kevin.htm
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