MRes+PhD/PhD studentships available at UCL: deadline for applications 29th Jan 2010

[Stuart Rosen <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ESRC STUDENTSHIPS FOR MRes+PhD/PhD: UCL Centre for Human Communication

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday 29th January 2010

The UCL Centre for Human Communication (CHC) is pleased to announce that 
it has been awarded two quota ESRC studentships for the academic year 
commencing September 2010 and is additionally able to nominate 
applications for an ESRC open competition studentship.

ESRC studentships provide up to four years full funding for postgraduate 
training. They cover tuition fees and include a maintenance grant.

The CHC will consider applicants for 1+3 quota and open studentships for 
the MRes in Speech, Language and Cognition followed by PhD research 
within the CHC group. Information about the MRes can be found at 
http://tinyurl.com/yb9p5d2

We will also consider applicants who have completed relevant 
Masters-level training for a 3 year PhD studentship within the CHC.

The CHC is a virtual centre that exists to foster interaction amongst 
UCL staff who are involved in research on human language and 
communication. Research spans an unusual range of disciplines, from 
those traditionally considered to lie in the humanities and social 
sciences, to those of a more scientific, engineering and medical aspect. 
Areas studied include, among others:

   * basic aspects of hearing, speech and language, both in the adult 
and the developing child;
   * linguistic theory concerning syntax, phonology and pragmatics;
   * speech production and speech perception;
   * acquisition of first and later-learned languages;
   * sign languages;
   * developmental language disorders like stuttering, dyslexia and 
specific language impairment;
   * acquired language disorders like aphasia and dysarthria;
   * hearing impairments and their remediation through training and 
prostheses (hearing aids and cochlear implants);
   * speech recognition and speech synthesis by computer.

More information about the CHC can be found at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chc/

Applicants should send a CV, covering letter and the names and email 
addresses of two referees to Dr Bronwen Evans at 
bronwen.evans@xxxxxxxxxx The covering letter should include an outline 
of the applicant's principal research interests. Applications for the 3 
year PhD studentships only must also outline a plan of the intended 
research. Ideally, this plan should have been discussed with a potential 
supervisor based at UCL. Staff details can be found at 
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/staff

All applications are subject to the ESRC’s nationality and residency 
restrictions and applicants are also asked to indicate in their 
submission that they meet these criteria. Information about these are 
available in the ESRC's Postgraduate Funding Guide, which applicants are 
strongly advised to consult when completing their application. This can 
be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/y8tm2qa

Deadline: Friday 29th January 2009. Applications received after this 
date will still be considered for admission but will be too late to be 
considered for the ESRC quota studentship.

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Dr Bronwen G. Evans,
UCL Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences,
Rm 321 Chandler House
2 Wakefield Street
London WC1N 1PF

Tel +44 (0) 20 7679 4089 (internal: 24089)
Fax +44 (0) 20 7679 4010

http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk