ESRC PhD Research Studentships - Management and Business Studies

Five ESRC Quota PhD Research Studentships in Management and Business Studies are available at Cardiff Business School, to commence late-September 2010.

Cardiff Business School was ranked 4^th out of 90 UK business schools in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, and 'excellent' for teaching.  Lively, elegant, confident and cosmopolitan, the city of Cardiff offers an excellent location in which to study.  Students benefit from the combination of a small, friendly, inexpensive city with the cultural and recreational amenities of an ambitious and progressive capital city.

Research at Cardiff Business School

Cardiff Business School comprises four business and management sections.  Specialised areas of research covered by each section in which we would preferably like to receive applications can be found on the following webpages:-

Accounting and Finance - http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/Postgraduate/course/detail/375.html

Human Resource Management - http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/course/detail/377.html

Logistics and Operations Management - http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/Postgraduate/course/detail/758.html

Marketing and Strategy - http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/Postgraduate/course/detail/378.html

Funding and Eligibility

These are ESRC funded awards, and include full UK/EU tuition fees plus an annual stipend matching the Research Council national minimum (£13,290 in 2009/10). The studentships are available for up to four years full-time. Enhanced stipends £3,000 p.a. above the standard rate may also be awarded to students who undertake advanced quantitative training at Masters level and/or during the PhD. 

Additional funding offered includes an ESRC Doctoral Training Allowance of £750 pa in +3 phase of PhD, and a CARBS fieldwork allowance of £750 pa for duration of +3 phase of PhD.

For further details on ESRC eligibility and funding, please see: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/postgraduate/

We are seeking exceptional applicants with a first-class or very good upper second Honours degree, or a Masters degree with an average mark of at least 65%.  Both UK and EU applicants may apply.  EU nationals who have been ordinarily resident in the UK throughout the 3-year period immediately preceding the start date of an award (including for the purpose of full-time education) are eligible for a full award.  Other EU nationals are eligible for a fees-only award.

How to Apply

Applications can be submitted via Cardiff's Online Application Service - for details and to begin an application, please see http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/pg/apply/ . Please indicate in the 'Funding' section of the Online Application Form that you are applying for an ESRC Quota PhD Studentship in Management and Business Studies.

To contact a member of academic staff to discuss your research proposal prior to making an application (strongly advised), see: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/carbs/programmes/phd/interests.html

Deadline:  Please ensure your application and all supporting documents reach us no later than Thursday 1 April 2010.  You are strongly advised to submit an application well in advance.  Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Enquiries:  Ms Elsie Phillips PhillipsE2@cardiff.ac.uk (Secretary to the Doctoral Programme) Tel: 029 2087 6786  Fax: 029 2087 4419

Mailing address:  Ms Elsie Phillips, PhD Programme Office, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU