UK: University of Cambridge University of Cambridge

The Board of Electors to the Sir William Dunn Professorship of Biochemistry invite applications from persons whose work falls within the broadly defined field of Biochemistry, to take up appointment on 1 October 2009 (or as soon as possible thereafter), following Professor Sir Tom Blundell's retirement from the Professorship and Headship of the Department.

Further information may be obtained from the Academic Secretary, University Offices, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TT, (email: ibise@admin.cam.ac.uk), to whom a letter of application should be sent, together with details of current and future research plans, a curriculum vitae, a publications list and form PD18 with details of two referees, so as to reach him no later than 26 May 2008.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor J.O.Thomas, Department of Biochemistry, in the first instance by e-mail (jot1@bioc.cam.ac.uk)

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UK: PhD Studentships in Engineering and Computing, Coventry University

Applications are invited for a three years full-time funded PhD research studentship in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing. The studentship is part of a £1.2million Technology Strategy Board funded programme to develop a commercial CAE tool for assessing and predicting the durability of adhesive and hybrid joints under constant and variable amplitude loads to simulate road conditions.

The successful applicant will be expected to support and contribute to all three parts of the programme. This studentship will involve working closely with the software company to develop and test new software tools for a range of joint types including adhesive joints, riveted joints, spot welded joints, and hybrid joints combining adhesives with rivets or spot welds.

The project will run within the Advanced Joining Research Centre at the university, in collaboration with nCode a leading analysis software company and Jaguar Cars a market leader in aluminium car technology. This studentship offers an excellent opportunity for a mechanical engineer to become a recognised technical expert in the growing field of CAE analysis for fatigue and durability.

The increasing emphasis on light weighting car body structures to reduce CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption, increase performance, and employ recyclable materials has made aluminium the material of choice for many performance and luxury cars makers. Most lightweight vehicle bodies employ adhesives in combination with riveted or spot welded joints to improve the stiffness and fatigue performance.

There is currently no commercially available software tool to analyse and predict the durability of these joints and the lack of an effective software tool is resulting in over-engineering of designs adding unnecessary cost and weight. The purpose of developing these new software tools is to give transport designers the ability to determine the type, location and quantity of joints required to optimise their designs for durability, cost, ease of manufacture, weight, and end of life part separation for recycling, enabling intelligent business decisions to be made.

This programme has three parts; testing of real joints to gather durability data for modelling, developing a CAE software tool to employ the data, and testing of full vehicle bodies to verify the modelling results.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. To support the development of the new modelling software and conduct modelling studies. Such as predicting the results of the full body tests using the data generated by the individual coupon tests.
2. To conduct innovative and commercially valuable work on behalf of the consortium partners.
3. To produce regular reports of suitable quality to be circulate to the industrial partners.
4. To contribute to the task of making and testing a wide range of specimens to generate data to populate the materials database for the new modelling software.
5. To work in a confidential manner with materials and design data considered commercially sensitive by the partner companies.
6. To support the testing of full vehicle bodies to verify the results of the modelling work, recording and reporting the results.
7. To produce a PhD thesis and at least one publication per year in an academic journal, conference, or industrial magazine.
8. To contribute to improving the level and content of teaching at the university by helping to establish a student projects involving the use of the analysis software being employed by this project.

AND such other duties as are within the scope and spirit of the job purpose, the title of the post and it’s grading.

A 1st class or upper 2^nd class honours degree in the mechanical engineering from a recognised academic institution is required. Along with strong theoretical and numerical analysis skills and experience in computer modelling and finite element analysis techniques.

The studentship is suitable for UK & EU applicants and provides a maintenance grant at the standard EPSRC rate of £12,900 per annum plus course fees (at the UK/EU rate) for three years.

International students may apply, but should be aware that no additional funding is available to cover the additional £7,200 per annum of overseas tuition fees. An IELTS score of 7 or above is required for applicants who do not have English as a first language.

To apply please complete the application form and monitoring form and return them to Human Resources by email on futures.per@coventry.ac.uk.

Alternatively, you can post your application to :

Human Resource
Coventry University
Priory Street
COVENTRY
CV1 5FB
Tel: 024 7688 8120
Fax: 024 7688 8131
e-mail:futures.per@coventry.ac.uk

Please quote the position Ref No: A1408

The closing date for receiving applications is 30 April 2008 . Appointment interviews will be held in May 2008.

For further details, please read the job description document.

The studentship will commence in June 2008 and last for a three year period at the end of which it is expected that the PhD will have been completed.

UK: Research Assistant Positions in Cancer Care, Coventry University

Twelve month fixed term Research Assistant - Peer Navigator in Cancer Care positions are available within the Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. The main purpose of this positions is to conduct and organise peer navigator intervention relating to pilot decision support service for Breast and Prostate Cancer Patient.

The salary range would be £20,724 - £23,886 pro rata per annum. The main purpose of this jobs is to develop, conduct, project manage and disseminate research in the peer navigator project. You will have to report to Dr. Belinda Hacking (PI and clinical supervisor) and for research advice to Dr. Nahid Ahmad and Prof. Louise Wallace.

Brief Project Descriptions

A new approach to improving participation by newly diagnosed breast and prostate cancer patients in their clinical consultations is being evaluated in the Edinburgh Cancer Unit by Dr Belinda Hacking. The role of peer navigator is to provide the intervention. This includes consulting with specified cancer patients before to plan the consultation, assisting with questionnaire and recording the agreements made in the consultation, debriefing afterwards, and working with the researchers to obtain participants’ views. You will be appointed via Coventry university and based at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, working with clinical and health psychology staff within the local team.

Quailified candidates are expected to have:

• GCSE or equivalent including Mathematics and English
• RSA Stage II Typing/Word processing or equivalent or substantial word-processing experience. And/or:
• Degree or equivalent experience in a social science or biological science field, or registration with a Health Care Professions Board, or counselling qualification.

Masters or postgraduate research degree will be an advantage.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To co-ordinate effectively with clinical nurse specialists and breast care nurses, who are in a position to identify which patients would be eligible for the study.
• To participate in training sessions for this role. To adhere strictly to research protocol.
• To go through information about the study and the consent process with patients who are eligible for the study. To file all consent forms.
• To organise the randomisation of participants to intervention and control groups, based upon information given by ARC HLI at Coventry University.
• To meet with consented patients for each consultation planning session, to give the consultation plan to the patient and their doctor.
• To take notes of meeting with patient and doctor, using handwriting/ audio recording/ typing in real time as required.
• To remind patient as appropriate of questions on Consultation Plan that may not have been addressed by doctor during the meeting.
• To complete consultation record and send to patient and GP, after doctor has verified record for accuracy. To file consultation record in patient’s medical notes.
• To audio-record meetings with patients and their doctors and to send recordings to patients as requested.
• To send/give patients questionnaires as set out in protocol. To follow protocol on management of research data and personal information.
• To write process notes after each consultation planning and recording session, in order to monitor their adherence to and application of the protocol.
• To attend steering group meetings.
• To ensure that data is stored in accordance to criteria as set out in protocol and Data Protection Act, maintaining data quality assurance procedures and monitoring to ensure compliance.
• To participate in delivering presentations both internally (to other colleagues to update them on the research project) and contribute to presentations and papers for funding body.
• To liaise internally with colleagues and externally with networks such as SCAN that have a shared research interest, to share information and build relationships for future collaborations.
• To engage in continuous professional development, through participating in training and development activities

To apply please complete the application form and monitoring form and return them to Human Resources by email on futures.per@coventry.ac.uk.

Alternatively, you can post your application to :

Human Resource
Coventry University
Priory Street
COVENTRY
CV1 5FB
Tel: 024 7688 8120
Fax: 024 7688 8131
e-mail:futures.per@coventry.ac.uk

Please quote the position Ref No: R108

The closing date for receiving applications is 22 May 2008 . Appointment interviews will be held in June 20th 2008
For further details, please read these corresponding documents: Job Description, ARC HLI Briefing and Briefing for candidates peer navigator macmillan study final

Australia: Macquarie University PhD Candidates Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems

Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems

The Macquarie University node of the Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) has a major research program in fundamental and applied photonics developing next-generation devices for optical communications, astrophotonics and biophotonic systems.

We are currently seeking six talented and motivated PhD candidates to develop these and other research themes, with experimental and theoretical projects, as well as projects that combine both skills.

Our available projects include:

Fabricating and modelling high-index contrast photonic crystal opals to manipulate the spontaneous emission rates of individual atoms and quantum dots. Such systems are playgrounds for fundamental quantum science and are candidates for components in future quantum computers.

Our group is a world leader in the field of femto-second laser directly-written waveguide devices. This research team is seeking two students to design and create novel monolithic waveguide laser devices and passive optical circuitry for communication, information and sensing applications.

Developing the theory of magneto-optical photonic microstructures. These systems exploit time-reversal symmetry breaking to create unique optical devices and effects like ultra-small optical diodes (or one-way valves for light).

Details about these and other projects (including nano-technology and plasmonics) may be found at www.ics.mq.edu.au/cudos/opportunities. Generous scholarships and cotutelle arrangements are available for eligible candidates.

New students will join a young, energetic group of 20 researchers led by Associate Professors Mick Withford (http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/gen/person/withford.html), Judith Dawes (http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/gen/person/judith.html) and Mike Steel (http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/gen/person/msteel.html), and Drs Alex Fuerbach and Graham Marshall.

Our facilities include start-of-the-art labs incorporating 3 high-power femtosecond laser systems, nanometric positioning systems, advanced micro-optical characterisation facilities, and access to the leading supercomputer sites in Australia. Students will be active members of CUDOS, a partnership of six universities that is the premier photonics research group in Australia and provides substantial opportunities for research collaboration, networking and future employment. Macquarie University is located on a large green campus in the northern suburbs of Sydney, one of the world's most beautiful and exciting cities.

For further information on the above and other projects please contact Kali Madden (kali@ics.mq.edu.au) and visit www.ics.mq.edu.au/cudos/opportunities.

UK: University of Central Lancashire MPhil/PhD Funded Studentship Rural Tourism and Farm Diversification: An Analysis of Farmers as Entrepreneurs

Reference No RS/07/18

A full-time MPhil/PhD funded studentship is available in the Lancashire Business School. The studentship is tenable up to 3 years (subject to satisfactory progress) with an expected commencement date of 1 July 2008. The studentship will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK/EU and Overseas rates plus a maintenance based grant (currently £12,600 per annum).

This project critically appraises the nature and extent of the entrepreneurial skills, activities and needs of farmers as providers of rural tourism products and experiences, locating the analysis within contemporary rural development and diversification policies. Its purpose is to develop a model of successful entrepreneurship skills and strategies for farm diversification into tourism as a basis for developing appropriate rural development and diversification policies.

Applicants are required to submit a two-page outline research proposal for their research degree, AND a sample of their written work taken from their previous higher education. (eg chapter from dissertation, or essay) along with their completed application form

Applicants should have, or expect to receive, an upper second class or first class honours degree or an MSc in a related discipline.

Informal enquiries (project related) may be directed to Professor Richard Sharpley (+44 01772 894622, or email rajsharpley@uclan.ac.uk)

Requests for an application pack (quoting the reference number RS/07/18) should be directed to the Graduate Research Office. Tel +44 (0)1772 894287 or e-mail researchdegrees@uclan.ac.uk

Closing Date: 16th May 2008

UK: University of Central Lancashire MPhil / PhD Funded Studentship

Skills Forecasting for the Nuclear Industry

Reference No RS/07/17

A full-time MPhil/PhD funded studentship is available in the Lancashire Business School. The studentship is tenable up to 3 years (subject to satisfactory progress) with an expected commencement date of 1 July 2008. The studentship will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK/EU and Overseas rates plus a maintenance based grant of £14,400 and an appropriate travel and subsistence allowance.

This project is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield Limited and the University of Central Lancashire. It aims to examine the forecasting and management of skill requirements in the nuclear decommissioning industry. The project's objectives will be to generate a baseline of knowledge on the theory and practice of skills forecasting and management on very long projects; to document, compare and contrast current skills forecasting practice amongst current site licensing companies in the UK nuclear decommissioning industry; to develop models of good practice for exploratory discussion and monitored application by each tier of the industry and to propose a model of good practice for adoption by the industry.

Applicants are required to submit a two-page outline research proposal for their research degree, AND a sample of their written work taken from their previous higher education. (eg chapter from dissertation, or essay) along with their completed application form

Applicants should have, or expect to receive, an upper second class or first class honours degree or an MSc in a related discipline.

Informal enquiries (project related) may be directed to Professor David Hamblin (+44 1772 894601, or email dhamblin@uclan.ac.uk)

Requests for an application pack (quoting the reference number RS/07/17) should be directed to the Graduate Research Office. Tel +44 (0)1772 894287 or e-mail researchdegrees@uclan.ac.uk

Closing Date 16th May 2008

UK: University of Bath PhD Studentship: ESR and NMR Studies of Controlled Drug Release

Departments of Physics and Chemical Engineering

Applications are invited for one three-year University PhD studentship. The project is a collaboration between the Departments of Physics (Stephen Bingham, Daniel Wolverson) and Chemical Engineering (Sean Rigby), and will involve using advanced ESR, NMR and MRI techniques to aid the design of novel controlled drug release devices for use in chemotherapy and tissue engineering applications. Fundamental studies of polymer properties and resultant drug release rates, using ESR and NMR methods such as spectroscopy, PGSE NMR, NMR cryoporometry and imaging, will enable the rational design of controlled release devices with sustained, or pulsed release, profiles. The potential of these devices for use in the release of signalling molecules in tissue engineering applications will also be explored. We will also study hydrogel materials that incorporate biological molecules capable of selective recognition of a specific signal in such a manner that the gel will respond by changing its porosity. The change will allow other molecules to permeate the gel, and the process will be studied using MRI and ESR.

The work will be carried out in the Department of Physics and in the Chemical Engineering Department's world-class, purpose-designed new building, with the state-of-the-art equipment, funded through £6.5M of investment from the University, Government and industry, and located within the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bath.

Applicants for this post, possessing (or about to possess) at least a 2.1 degree (or equivalent) in physics, chemical engineering, chemistry, pharmacy (particularly pharmaceutics), materials science, or a related subject, are advised to apply as soon as possible.

The studentship will cover the University tuition fees for three years for a student with British/EU citizenship, and the stipend will be around £12,300 (tax free) in the first year with an increase in years 2 and 3.

The start date for the project is up to 30th September 2008 - applications are welcome at any time before this date.

Application forms may be obtained from Ms Charlotte Wilkes, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY; Tel:01225 386133, Fax: 385713; Email: C.E.Wilkes@bath.ac.uk. Dr Sean Rigby (Tel: 01225 384978; Email S.P.Rigby@bath.ac.uk) is happy to provide further details about the potential project.

An Equal Opportunities Employer

Please do not apply unless you meet the eligibility criteria.

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UK: University of York 3 AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards

Medieval and Modern History and Archaeology

University of York and the York Archaeological Trust (YAT)

‘Possession, consumption and choice: three studies of the material culture of domestic goods in York and Yorkshire 1400-1900.'

Applications are invited for 3 full-time PhD studentships in medieval and early modern History and in Archaeology, available from October 2008. These three-year studentships are fully funded through AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards and managed by the University of York and the York Archaeological Trust (YAT).

The three projects will focus on the circulation, ownership, value and use of everyday domestic objects between 1400 and 1900. They will draw upon the extensive and well-conserved artefact collections and field reports of YAT, together with documentary sources relating to both commercial and familial transactions in goods in regional archives. Together they will develop an interdisciplinary approach which starts from the objects and their known provenance and then builds this into wider interpretative frameworks exploiting new methodologies and approaches to material culture. This is an exciting opportunity for students interested in studying the history and archaeology of popular culture and everyday domesticity, giving them unprecedented access to extensive and well curated, but little studied, collections of research materials. Current large-scale excavations in the city centre of York are producing large quantities of artefacts from the early-modern and modern periods, greatly expanding the existing collections of material which are predominantly from the period before 1600. The projects together will compare the everyday domestic material cultures of both urban and rural communities, across the medieval and early modern periods permitting a longue durée approach. However each project will have clear separate objectives, as described in the further details, and there will be considerable scope for independent student initiative. The students will be expected to play an active role in the research communities of both the University and the YAT, including the dissemination of research findings in both scholarly and publicly accessible forms.

The three projects are:

Project One: Branded Goods c. 1600-1900 (Dr N. Glaisyer, History)
Project Two: Neighbourhood Assemblages c.1000-2000 (Dr K. Giles, Archaeology)
Project Three: Networks of Exchange, c. 1400-1600 (Dr S. Rees Jones, History)

Further details are available here: http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/hist/graduate/resdegr.shtml

Applicants should hold a good Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject and hold, or expect to complete by September 2008, a Master's degree in a relevant field. For Projects 1 and 3 proficiency in reading sources in manuscript is required.

Application forms http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/gso/gsp/apply plus two letters of reference should be sent to the Graduate Schools Office at the University of York to arrive no later than 16 May 2008. Under section 3 of the application form, ‘Outline of academic interests or proposed research topic', applicants should make a 300-word statement of how their education and training to date will allow them to respond to one of the project agendas outlined in the further details.

Applicants may be called for interview in York in late May/early June. Informal inquiries may be made to Dr Sarah Rees Jones, University of York, srrj1@york.ac.uk.

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UK: Research scholarship in Media and Communication, Arts and Cultural Criticism University of Westminster

The Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) based in the School of Media,Arts and Design at the University of Westminster is one of the UK's leading research centres (RAE 5, 1992, 1996, 2001) and has an international reputation in media policy and economics, media history and media audiences. The Institute hosts the University's China Media Centre and Arab Media Centre. It is developing work in media audiences and identities and Indian and African media. We currently have an opportunity for two students to undertake an MPhil/PhD in media and communication.

£12,000 p.a. tax-free stipend (plus tuition fee waiver)

Fixed-term (renewable for 3 years subject to satisfactory progress)

The Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM) is a leading centre for research across the disciplines of ceramics and visual arts, photography, film and digital media. Its researchers and practitioners are internationally recognised for their work in ceramic history and installation, art criticism, sculptural and architectural installation, photographic history, theory and practice, documentary and experimental film and new media arts. The CREAM doctoral programme is at the cutting edge of theory and practice based research and is a major centre for PhD by practice in the still and moving image area. We currently have an opportunity for two students to undertake an MPhil/PhD in arts, media and cultural criticism (written or practice based).

In recognition of the scholarship you will also be required to undertake teaching or research assistant duties not exceeding 6 hours per week. To be eligible to apply you will need to hold an Upper Second Class Honours first degree in a relevant subject and a Master's degree, or equivalent postgraduate standing.

Prospective students wishing to discuss an application informally may contact Dr Roza Tsagarousianou for the CAMRI Scholarships (tsagarr@wmin.ac.uk) or Dr Joram ten

Brink (tenbrij@wmin.ac.uk) for the CREAM Scholarships.

To receive a University application pack and further details of the scholarships,please contact Erica Spindler (e.spindler@wmin.ac.uk). You should specify that you wish to apply for the CAMRI or CREAM Scholarship.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 1 May 2008.

Interviews will to be held in May and the successful candidates will be required to attend enrolment/induction in September 2008. The scholarships will commence in October 2008.

Indonesia: Prasetiya Mulya Future Leaders Scholarship

Prasetiya Mulya Business School awards up to four scholarships for full-time Magister Manajemen (MM) students each year.

Subject Areas and Type of Scholars:
Open to highly talented and qualified potential leaders from financially disadvantaged family. Preference is given to any students who possess the necessary aptitude, personal qualities and interest in management.

Details of the Award:
Four scholarships are available each year paying tuition fee, books and living allowance within the maximum tenure of 20 months.

Program Admission:
Application for the scholarship will be open each year. The full-time MM Prasetiya Mulya program runs two intakes each year. The admission process begins three to four months before the program intake. The matriculation program starts in early March or July. Applicants must complete both MM Prasetiya Mulya Application Form and Prasetiya Mulya Future Leaders Scholarship Application Form.

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Indonesian citizen who can demonstrate leadership potential and interest in and commitment to community and national development.
2. Hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline from any legally accredited Indonesian or overseas institution. For overseas graduates, valid proof of full scholarship is required. A minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.25 (on a 4.00 scale) is required.
3. Applicant must be under 30 years of age when lodging the application.
4. Preferably having a minimum of two-year full time professional work experience after the completion of their undergraduate degree when lodging the application.
5. Pass Prasetiya Mulya screening process.
6. Preferably having: International or Institutional TOEFL with a minimum score of 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer based).
7. Not currently enrolled in graduate or post-graduate program or school, or has already obtained a Master's degree or equivalent.
8. Not in receipt of other equivalent award or scholarship offering similar or other benefits at the time of the award.
9. Demonstrate they are from financially disadvantaged family and that without the scholarship s/he will not be able to study for our graduate (MM) program.

Enquiries and Contact Information:
Marketing & Admission Prasetiya Mulya Business School
Jl. R.A. Kartini, (Tol TB Simatupang) Cilandak Barat, Jakarta 12430
Phone: (021) 751-1126 ext.1005 (Rini), 1119 (Lina)
Fax: (021) 750-0462
Email: futureleaders@pmbs.ac.id
Website: www.pmbs.ac.id

Prasetiya Mulya Business School is a member of The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International and The Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS).