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[ecrea] PhD Scholarships in Languages and Intercultural Studies

Fri Feb 28 22:35:35 GMT 2014




The Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, based in the School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University, is offering two Professorial PhD Scholarships <http://hw-pg-comms.co.uk/175A-283CY-8XINDK-Y0R88-1/c.aspx> and up to five James Watt/SML Scholarships <http://hw-pg-comms.co.uk/175A-283CY-8XINDK-Y0SQ7-1/c.aspx> to start in the academic year 2014-15. The term of the scholarships is three years. Successful candidates will be expected to make a contribution to activities in the Department in return for a fee-waiver, a maintenance allowance of £13,726 and a research support allowance of £2,250 over the registered period of study.

The Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies <http://hw-pg-comms.co.uk/175A-283CY-8XINDK-Y0ZXZ-1/c.aspx> at Heriot-Watt is committed to conducting theoretically advanced and socially-useful research which is relevant to the academic community and also engages with public interest. Our PhD programme is highly successful and respected both nationally and internationally. Recent graduates, who benefit from the extensive research contacts of staff across the world, have gained employment in a range of academic positions.

We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates to develop projects in specific areas. Visit www.sml.hw.ac.uk/about/programmes/phd/phd-scholarships-languages.htm <http://hw-pg-comms.co.uk/175A-283CY-8XINDK-Y0T1K-1/c.aspx> for further details about the projects. Please note that applicants are requested to indicate to which project their proposal relates.

Any language combinations may be proposed, but the Department has particular research interests in Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish and minority languages, including Irish Gaelic, Galician and Sign Languages.

Further details about the scholarships, including information on how to apply, are available from Caroline Murray, (c.a.murray /at/ hw.ac.uk) <mailto:(c.a.murray /at/ hw.ac.uk)> The closing date for applications is *Monday 31 March 2014*.

We would be very grateful if you could disseminate this information about our PhD Scholarships to your colleagues, students and relevant research networks.



Many thanks.

*Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies*
/School of Management and Languages/



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