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14 Fully Funded PhD Studentships across a range of research areas

May 7, 2016 By Off

The University of the Highlands and Islands is pleased to announce 14 fully funded, full time, PhD studentships commencing in the 2016/17 academic year, available in a range of research areas.

The studentships will be funded by the European Social Fund and Scottish Funding Council as part of Developing Scotland’s Workforce in the Scotland 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Fund Programme.

We are seeking excellent, ambitious candidates worldwide, to join a new cohort of PhD students, from October 2016.

The studentships:

  • offer a range of research opportunities, from health to environmental science; energy to tourism; marine science to archaeology
  • cover fees (at UK/EU level – international students will be liable for the difference in fees), plus a stipend at the RCUK level, for 3.5 years (including the writing up period)
  • start in October 2016
  • are open to applicants worldwide, possessing an Honours degree of at least 2:1 standard (or international equivalent)
  • require students to be domiciled in the Highlands and Islands transition region during the course of their study

Why the University of the Highlands and Islands?

Spread across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, our distinctive partnership of 13 independent colleges and research institutions is locally based and rooted in communities, but with national and international reach.

Our innovative approach to learning and distinctive research are enriched and inspired by the people, natural environment, economy, culture and heritage of the Highlands and Islands. We offer unparalleled natural laboratories and opportunities to support research in a wide range of disciplines: physical; ecological; cultural; historical and social.

Over 69% of the research we submitted for assessment to the UK-wide 2014 Research Excellence Framework achieved the two top grades: world leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*), and situated the university as one of the UK’s leading modern universities, and with an excellent environment for PhD level study.

Our students are exposed to cutting-edge thinking and work alongside world-class researchers. You will be part of a growing postgraduate research student community, guided by subject experts, building knowledge and skills, in a supportive and collaborative research culture.

Apply now to be part of a new cohort of PhD students!

Specific information about each project and how to apply can be found here: www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/grad-school/funding

Deadline for applications: Monday 6 June 2016, 12pm (UK time)

To find out more about research at the University of the Highlands and Islands visit: www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise

The projects

Life Sciences

  • Using the Outdoors as a Motivator in Health Management
  • Facilitating and evaluating the impacts of technology-enabled specialist diabetes service delivery to care homes
  • Interaction and effects of glucose and fructose excursion-derived endothelial dysfunction on the inflammatory and fibrinolytic pathways of vascular endothelial cells
  • Uncoupling the Mechanisms of Protein Degradation
  • Lipidomic and Proteomic Strategies to Investigate the Dynamics of Eicosanoid Metabolism
  • Utilising deer to “biomonitor” for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the Scottish environment

Tourism

  • Understanding the interplay between Scottish heritage and ancestral tourism

Food & Drink

  • Seaweed as food and fodder in the North Atlantic Islands: past, present and future opportunities
  • Improving the prediction of harmful algal blooms for Scottish Aquaculture
  • Utilising Microalgal Mixotrophy to Maximise Larval Nutrition
  • Lipidomic and Proteomic Investigations of Commercial Bivalve Production in Scotland
  • Seaweed as a Value Added Product for the Food and Drink Sector

Energy

  • The effects of wave-current interaction on marine energy generation in tidally energetic channels under high wave conditions
  • Investigating bird flight characteristics and habitat use to understand mechanisms for ornithological impacts of wind farms

Source: Jobs.ac.uk

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