Available immediately - two studentships:

Public Health Economics and Public Health Economic Modelling

Development and application of microsimulation methods for the analysis of
health and social care policies for older people

(These studentships may be available as a teaching studentship with an associate tutorship contract which carries up to 9 hours a week of appropriate teaching duties to be undertaken alongside PhD studies.)

From 1 October 2010 * -  studentships in the following research areas:

within the Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BCS) Research Institute
     - selected from listed projects

within the Education in Health (EIH) Research Institute
     - selected from listed projects

within the Health and Social Sciences (HSS) Research Institute
       - selected from listed projects

Some of these studentships may be available as a 3 or 4 year teaching studentship with an associate tutorship contract which carries up to 6 or 9 hours (respectively) a week of appropriate teaching duties to be undertaken alongside PhD studies.  This will be discussed at interview.

*Closing date 19 February 2010

Entry requirements
Entry requirements are stated in each individual project outline.

Funding
Stipend (currently £13,290 per annum), UK/EU fees and some appropriate training costs. We intend to recruit a number of these studentships as teaching studentships. Further details will be available at the interview stage.

Further details
Please contact the named primary supervisor for the project you are interested in. 

How to apply
Please download a copy of the Application Pack (Word doc. 233.5 KB)  

Each applicant is required to: 

• complete an application form and attach a CV 

• identifiy which project(s) they are applying for 

• a supporting statement briefly outlining: why you are applying for this PhD studentship project, what you think the project is about, your career goals, your current knowledge and skills that will enable you to undertake the research, your potential training needs and an indication of anticipated problems.  The statement should be a maximum of 1500 words but we are interested in concise statement so please feel free to use fewer words.

The Faculty of Health looks forward to receiving your application.

Professor Richard Gray
Director of Postgraduate Research
Faculty of Health