12 April 2005

(Updated) PhD Studentships - September 2005

Updated, 12th April 2005: These Studentships have been filled.

Applications are invited from candidates with outstanding honours degrees or masters qualifications who wish to study at England's highest-rated Planning department (5a in the last RAE, 23/24 in the Teaching Quality Assessment). The Department's staff have wide-ranging research interests, and share a commitment to furthering the practice and theoretical development of planning through research and also to contributing to wider social science and political debates.

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD PROJECT STUDENTSHIP

Community Representation and Legitimacy in Urban Regeneration: Insights from the Global North and South.

An opportunity to carry out exciting research in England and South Africa, supervised by Dr Steve Connelly and Dr Paula Meth.

ESRC STUDENTSHIPS

The department has two ESRC 1+3 quota studentships, and will also enter candidates for the ESRC 1+3 and +3 competitions. The topic of these awards is not pre-determined - for information about staff research interests and recent doctoral research in the Department, see other pages within this website by following the links to the right. (Only UK and other EU citizens are eligible for these ESRC awards.)

The awards cover UK tuition fees, an annual tax-free maintenance allowance of £12,000 (2005-6), and a generous research support grant.

For an informal discussion please contact Dr Steve Connelly (S.Connelly@sheffield.ac.uk; 0114 222 6916).

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 7 March 2005.

The Department of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield – England's highest rated Planning Department.