[ecrea] PhD Scholarship Opportunity - Digital Cultures Research Centre/UWE - Deadline October 31

**Digital Cultures Research Centre/UWE - PhD Scholarship**

The Digital Cultures Research Centre <http://www.dcrc.org.uk> (DCRC) at 
the University of the West of England in Bristol is recruiting a new 
fully-funded PhD student to start in January 2013.

We are looking for an excellent PhD candidate in one of the research 
theme areas of *Play, Collaborative Media, Pervasive Media and the 
Attention Economy*. The DCRC also has a number of associated and 
emergent themes so that candidates are strongly urged to read the DCRC 
Blog <http://www.dcrc.org.uk/blog> and the profiles of staff 
<http://www.dcrc.org.uk/people/all> in our network to ensure that their 
topic will contribute to our research community. The Digital Cultures 
Research Centre works across critical, creative and applied modes of 
research and would prefer candidates who embrace at least two of these 
approaches.

The scholarship is available from *1 January 2013* and consists of an 
annual stipend of *£13,590* subject to satisfactory progress. In 
addition, full-time tuition fees will be covered for 3 years and the 
writing-up fee will be covered in the 4^th year.

Closing date for applications is *Wednesday 31 October*

Further information about the scholarship and *how to apply* can be 
found at http://bit.ly/SEau6q

For an informal discussion regarding an application, please contact 
Jonathan Dovey <mailto:(Jonathan.Dovey /at/ uwe.ac.uk)>, Tel: 0117 370 8874 or 
Helen Kennedy <mailto:(Helen.Kennedy /at/ uwe.ac.uk)>, Tel: 0117 32 84521

www.uwe.ac.uk/graduateschool - studentship opportunities

The scholarship will only fully fund applicants who are eligible for 
Home/EU fees. Applicants normally required to cover overseas fees will 
have to cover the difference between the Home/EU and the overseas 
tuition fee rates (approximately £7,065 per annum).

*Eligibility criteria*

Applicants must have a good honours degree (2.1 or equivalent). The 
Digital Cultures Research Centre would like to hear from applicants who 
are attracted to working in a collaborative knowledge exchange context. 
The student is expected to be resident in the region and to contribute 
to the day to day operations of the DCRC by co-ordinating and marketing 
the Centre's post-graduate network and events.

Previous candidates need not apply.

/UWE is an equal opportunities employer/