Vacancy: Two Postgraduate Chartered Studentships

Readers may be interested in the following two vacancies.  Given the number of PG researchers who seem to read my blog, I hope posting these vacancies from time to time is useful but if it's becoming irritating, please let me know! :-)

Two Postgraduate Chartered Studentships

The Open University,

Faculty of Social Sciences

Based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Stipend £13,590 per annum

Start date 1^st January 2012

The Faculty of Social Sciences invites applications for two fully-funded PhD Charter Studentships commencing January 2012 within the Department of Social Policy and Criminology. These studentships will be allied with the ESRC-funded research project Enduring Love? Couple relationships in the 21^stcentury. Research undertaken is, therefore, expected to link to this project. Full details are available at:www.enduringlove.co.uk

Charter Studentship 1: the focus of research undertaken by this Studentship should address a dimension of the central research topic of the Enduring Love project; that is experiences of long-term couple relationships in contemporary Britain.

Charter Studentship 2: this Studentship is being funded in collaboration with Relate , the UK relationship counselling service; applications should be focused on the provision and experience of relationship support. Information about Relate is available at: http://www.relate.org.uk and details about the Relate Institute, a centre of excellence for relationship studies, can be found at:www.relateinstitute.ac.uk

For detailed information or email the Recruitment Co-ordinator (socsci-phd-applications@open.ac.uk) quoting the reference number RD/SS/13.

To apply, go to www.open.ac.uk/employment

Closing date: midday on Thursday 10 November 2011. Interview date: Monday 28 November 2011.

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