[ecrea] ESRC funded PhD in Journalism Studies (PhD Studentship)

ESRC funded PhD in Journalism Studies (PhD Studentship)
Reference Number: R2486
Closing Date: 15 May 2015

  The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC),
supported by the ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Centre (Wales DTC) invites
applications to ONE fully-funded PhD studentship for the 2015/16
academic year on the ESRC DTC’s newest pathway, ‘Journalism and Democracy.’

The awards are available on either a 1+3 or +3 basis. A 1+3 studentship
provides funding for four years, completing the MSc in Social Science
Research Methods offered by the Cardiff School of Social Sciences
(SOCSI) adapted to the needs of Journalism Studies students in the 1st
year, followed by 3 years research funding for a PhD. A +3 studentship
provides funding for the three years research study in Journalism
Studies only. JOMEC values diversity and equality at all levels, and
encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Studentships will commence in October 2015 and will cover your tuition
fees as well as a maintenance grant (set at £14,057 p.a. for 2015/16,
updated each year); the award includes an additional Research Training
Support Grant (RTSG) of £500 per year for three years for full-time
students.

These studentships are ‘open’ awards therefore the School welcomes
proposals in a wide range of areas, however applicants should consider
approaching a potential supervisor before submitting their application
to confirm that there is supervisory capacity within the School and to
discuss their draft application. Information on the research interests
of our staff can be found on the JOMEC webpages.

Eligibility

Residency:
Full awards (fees plus maintenance stipend) are open to UK Nationals and
EU students who can satisfy UK residency requirements. To be eligible
for the full award, EU Nationals must have been in the UK for at least 3
years prior to the start of the course for which they are seeking
funding, including for the purposes of full-time education. EU Nationals
who do not meet the above residency requirement are eligible for a fees
only award, provided that they have been ordinarily resident in the EU
for at least 3 years prior to the start of their proposed programme of
study.

Academic criteria:
Applicants for a studentship must have achieved a minimum of a 2.1
undergraduate degree. Applicants applying for a +3 studentship must have
obtained or be about to obtain a Master's degree in a related area, with
the grade Merit or Distinction or the equivalent with evidence of ESRC
postgraduate standard research methods training. Preference will be
given to candidates with degrees in journalism, media, cultural studies,
politics, or social sciences, but we will also consider other
disciplines, such as languages and communication, international
relations, sociology and other, related social science subjects.


About the School
The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies is a
world-leading centre for media teaching and research. We offer a wide
range of courses at various levels. Our undergraduate degree is an
academic, research-based degree that can also be combined with English
or Sociology. Our postgraduate degrees range from industry oriented,
practice-based training to more academic degrees, from Masters to PhD.

The School combines a long-standing record of excellence in teaching and
training with an outstanding research portfolio – routinely winning
awards from a wide range of bodies. This reputation was recently
recognised in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which ranked
the school 2nd for the quality of its journalism, media and
communications research when compared with 66 other institutions in the UK.

89% of the School's research was classed as either ‘world-leading’ or
‘internationally excellent’ by REF, with both the school’s research
environment and the impact of its research receiving the top possible
score of 100%. Our lecturers regularly contribute expert opinion and
commentary about research and topical news events to the national media
and the school blog –JOMEC @ Cardiff University.

Supervisors: Professor Stuart Allan; Dr Mike Berry; Dr Paul Bowman; Dr
Cynthia Carter; Professor Simon Cottle; Dr Stephen Cushion; Dr Lina
Dencik; Dr Iñaki Garcia-Blanco; Dr Janet Harris; Dr Arne Hintz; Dr John
Jewell; Dr Jenny Kidd; Professor Jenny Kitzinger; Professor Justin
Lewis; Dr Kerry Moore; Professor Richard Sambrook; Professor Karin
Wahl-Jorgensen; Dr Andrew Williams.

How to Apply
Consideration is automatic on applying for Doctor of Philosophy
(Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies), with a start date of 1 October
2015 via Cardiff University's Online Application Service.

•       In the research proposal section of your application, please
specify the project title and supervisors of this project and copy the
project description in the text box provided. In the funding section,
please select "I will be applying for a scholarship / grant" and specify
that you are applying for advertised funding from the ESRC Wales DTC.

•       Applicants must also provide a Personal Statement and Research
Proposal with their application form.

•       Additionally, applicants must submit a CV and Covering Letter to
Cerys Thomas by emailing: (ThomasCB2 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk).

The deadline for applications is 15 May 2015. Interviews will take place
the week beginning 18th May 2015.

Cardiff University reserves the right to close applications early should
sufficient applications be received.

For academic related enquiries, please contact:


Dr Cynthia Carter
Senior Lecturer
Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
Cardiff University
Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff, Wales, UK CF10 3NB
tel: (0)2920 876172
email: (cartercl /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)
website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec
Co-editor, Feminist Media Studies
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rfms

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