Studentships in Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster

[Peter Kahrel]

UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT 22 February 2006
ESRC Quota Studentships in Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster

The Department of Linguistics and English Language has been awarded 6 
quota studentships for its PhD programmes, which have received 1+3 and 
+3 recognition, part time and full time. We welcome applicants from the 
UK and the EU in all ESRC-relevant areas of linguistics and applied 
linguistics, including:

• sociolinguistics (especially language variation, bilingualism, 
language and gender, language policy)
• (critical) discourse analysis
• literacy studies
• applied linguistics (language teaching, language testing)
• corpus linguistics (with a sociolinguistic and/or typological approach)

For a +3 award applicants should hold an ESRC-recognised Masters in 
Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.

A 1+3 award is available for those applying for the PhD by Thesis and 
Coursework.

Closing date for applications to Department: 15th March 2006.

The Department is the largest of its kind in England, with a full-time 
lecturing staff of 28, some 25 Research Associates, and 150 PhD 
students. It has library holdings and a thriving research environment, 
organised around 4 Research Centres and 15 Research Groups. See 
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/research/index.htm for details.

In the first instance please contact Mrs Marjorie Wood 
(m.f.wood at lancaster.ac.uk) for further details.