Four (4) PhD Scholarships in Management & Business Studies, Cardiff University, UK (2016-2017)

Cardiff Business School, supported by the ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Centre (Wales DTC), invites applications for four funded PhD Studentships in Management and Business Studies, to commence late-September 2016.

Candidates should have an excellent academic background, holding a 1st or Upper 2nd Class undergraduate degree, and preferably also a Masters degree in a relevant subject with a score of at least 65%.

Research is at the centre of Cardiff Business School's activities. Cardiff Business School is ranked 6th in the UK for the quality of its research in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) and one of only two business schools in the UK to be ranked in the top ten in each of the Government’s five assessment exercises since 1992.

Research is conducted both within the Schools' sub-disciplinary groups as well as via specialist and multidisciplinary research centres.

Cardiff Business School has an international faculty of world-leading scholars and its research reputation has helped it become an attractive centre of scholarship for colleagues from the UK and beyond. The School also has a strong and active PhD programme, with 150 PhD students studying at the School at any one time. A substantial proportion of these students are funded by scholarships obtained from funding bodies including the ESRC, EPSRC and a number of private sector organisations.

Awards are available on either a 1+3 or +3 basis. A 1+3 studentship provides funding for four years, completing the MSc Social Science Research Methods in year one, followed by the three-year PhD phase. A +3 studentship provides funding for three years only, and assumes that the applicant will already have completed research methods training via, or equivalent to, an ESRC-recognised MSc degree (please see ESRC guidance on this).

Eligibility

Academic criteria: Candidates should have an excellent academic background, holding a 1st or Upper 2nd Class undergraduate degree, and preferably also a Masters degree in a relevant subject with a score of at least 65%.

Residency:

To be eligible for a full award a student must have:
- Settled status in the UK, meaning they have no restrictions on how long they can stay and
- Been ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK for 3 years prior to the start of the studentship. This means they must have been normally residing in the UK (apart from temporary or occasional absences) and
- Not been residing in the UK wholly or mainly for the purpose of full-time education. (This does not apply to UK or EU nationals).

To be eligible for a fees only award:
- Students from EU countries other than the UK are generally eligible for a fees-only award. To be eligible for a fees-only award, a student must be 'ordinarily resident' in a member state of the EU.

Further details:
http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk