Friday, March 30, 2007

Beasiswa Riset Pascasarjana Politik

UK: Postgraduate Research Scholarships in Politics, University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham Department of Political Science and International Studies
Postgraduate Research Scholarships

The Department is offering two scholarships of £10,000/year for 3 years to new applicants starting a PhD research degree in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, 2007/8

Deadline for Applications: 1 May 2007

For details on areas of supervision, please consult our website

Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

academic merit of the proposal
academic qualifications
academic references
English language qualifications
Any prior teaching experience will also be taken into account. Further enquiries contact Professor Daniel Wincott on d.wincott@bham.ac.uk

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The £10,000 scholarship comprises two parts:
a) A lump sum scholarship component of approximately £6500 per year
b) A component of approximately £3500 per year comprising income from Graduate Teaching Assistant duties. These duties will consist of four hours of teaching per week during term time, two office hours per week during term time, and examination and coursework marking duties. Specific rates of pay and conditions will be specified by contract.
Applicants will be expected to apply to external sources of funding also; if they are successful, they will be expected to take up the external funding rather than the University of Birmingham scholarship.
The scholarship competition is open to Home, EU and International students, studying on a full time basis.
Existing Postgraduate Research students in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham are not eligible to apply.
A scholarship committee comprising the Head of Department, Director of the Graduate School, Director of Postgraduate Research and the Research Director, will select the successful applicants. Applicants may be required to participate in a telephone interview. The decision of the committee cannot be appealed.
Successful applicants will be informed in writing in mid-June.
For more information, please visit the official announcement.

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