Subject: PhD scholarship, MARCS Auditory Labs, Sydney From: Kate Stevens <kj.stevens(at)UWS.EDU.AU> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 15:09:34 +1000PhD scholarship in Sydney, Australia PhD study scholarship available to work with Prof. Catherine Best, Chair in Psycholinguistic Research at MARCS Auditory Laboratories in Sydney, Australia. MARCS is a growing centre of research excellence at the University of Western Sydney, Bankstown campus, to which Prof. Best has recently relocated. It is an exciting, well-equipped, multi-lab, multi-disciplinary research centre staffed be a team of researchers, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, research assistants and support personnel. MARCS research endeavors include a wide range of studies on human auditory perception, including speech & language, music and dance, basic auditory processes, human factors research pertaining to processing of auditory and visual signals, hearing and hearing impairment, and emotional and other forms of communication that engage the auditory and audio-visual modalities. The research grant that supports this scholarship focuses on cross-language speech perception studies with adults and/or infants-toddlers. Please bring this opportunity to the attention of recent graduates or MA students who may be interested in doing doctoral studies on this topic in Sydney. Sydney is a large multi-cultural and multi-linguistic metropolitan centre that offers an unusually rich range of opportunities for cross-language research. For further information please go to the following web site: http://www.uws.edu.au/about/adminorg/devint/ors/degrees/scholarships#3