A unique opportunity has arisen within The University of SheffieldManagement School to pursue a PhD in the area of Social Innovation and/or Social Entrepreneurship. The School offers Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA) so that the PhD will be combined with the opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience. For successful applicants the School will meet tuition fees and in addition offer a tax-free maintenance stipend of £13,590 per year for 3 years. The full details are to be found herewww.sheffield.ac.uk/management/researchdegrees/assistantships. The application deadline is January 6th, 2012.
We are looking for a motivated individual who wants to pursue a PhD in the broad arena of social innovation and social entrepreneurship. Although, related topics will be considered. More information on the topic and potential research questions are available herehttp://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.114883!/file/social-innovation-UStephan-KBirdi.pdf or in the attached document.
We particularly welcome applications from graduates in Psychology, Management, International Business, Applied Economics and related fields. Feel free to contant me (Dr Ute Stephan) directly for an informal discussion at U.Stephan@sheffield.ac.uk.
Award details
The GTAs will be offered on a competitive basis and are available to Home and EU as well as International students. Each Graduate Teaching Assistant will undertake broadly 6 hours work per week. This will include teaching, delivering tutorials, marking and, where appropriate, lecturing.
- The School will meet the full cost of Home/EU tuition fees
- Successful candidates will receive an annual, tax-free maintenance stipend of £13,590. The stipend will be paid pro-rata for part-time students
- These scholarships fund up to three years full time (six years part time) study, subject to satisfactory progress
Eligibility
- You should have, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second classUK honours degree or equivalent
- You should be applying to start your first year of study on a full-time or part-time PhD with the University in the 2012-13 academic year
- Awards are open to UK, EU and International applicants.
Details on how to apply are available herewww.sheffield.ac.uk/management/researchdegrees/assistantships/apply
About the University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield is among the top 10 in the Russell Group, the association of leading UK research-intensive universities. Among its many achievements, is the recent recognition as “University of the Year 2011” by The Times Higher Education Awards. You can find out more about the University at http://www.shef.ac.uk/
Application Deadline : 6 January 2012
