<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><b>Research Studentships at the University of Ulster</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">Forthcoming deadlines: 27 February 2009 and 3 April 2009</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">Studentships are available for suitably qualified candidates in anthropology, ethnology, folk!
lore and related fields wishing to pursue full-time postgraduate research studies at the University of Ulster. Essential qualifications include an excellent Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and a good standard of English. A good Masters degree (or equivalent) with a strong research element is highly desirable.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">Applicants might be particularly interested in one of the research themes of the Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages, which is the University's main centre for research in these fields:</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#0000f1" style="font: 10.0px Arial; color: #0000f1"><a href="http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/graduate_school/topicsaichinter.h!
tm"><u>http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/graduate_school/topicsaic
hinter.htm</u><u></u></a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">The Academy offers a one-year Master of Research and a three-year Doctor of Philosophy. Anyone wishing to apply for research study at the Academy should contact the Chair of Ethnology and Folk Life, Professor Ullrich Kockel (<a href="mailto:u.kockel@ulster.ac.uk"><font color="#0000f1" style="color: #0000f1"><u>u.kockel@ulster.ac.uk</u></font></a>), with a copy of the correspondence to Head of the Research Graduate School in Arts, Dr Stanley Black (<a href="mailto:sj.black@ulster.ac.uk"><font color="#0000f1" style="color: #0000f1"><u>sj.black@ulster.ac.uk</u></font></a>).</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">EU nationals may apply for an <b>Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)</b> studentship. The deadline for application !
is <b>27 February 2009</b>. Please note that applicants are expected to be available for interview (possibly by phone or video link) in March.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">We are also inviting applications for <b>DEL and VCRS studentships</b>, with a deadline of <b>3 April 2009</b>. Interviews for these will be in late April or early May. Applicants for an AHRC studentship may also apply for a DEL or VCRS studentship.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">The <b>Department of Employment and Learning Research Studentships (DEL) </b>are available at PhD level as full awards or as fees-only awards. Full awards are available only to applicants normally resident in the UK. Non-residents may apply for a fees-only award. Some DEL awards may also be available for MRes students.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px">!
<font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><b>Vice-Chancel
lor's Research Scholarships (VCRS)</b> are available as full awards for PhD study only. Applications are invited from UK, European Union and overseas students. Only candidates who are new applicants to PhD will be eligible. VCRS awards are not available for applicants for any other research degree nor for any candidate who has previously registered for PhD nor anyone who has already obtained a PhD.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial">For further details, please see the website of the University's Research Office at <a href="http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/status/studentopp.html"><font color="#0000f1" style="color: #0000f1"><u>http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/status/studentopp.html</u></font></a> or contact Prof. Kockel (for any subject-related queries) or Dr Black (for any adminsitrative and general queries).</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0!
px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">===============================================</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Ullrich Kockel </i></font><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><i>BA DipBw PhD AcSS</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Professor of Ethnology and Folk Life, University of Ulster </i><a href="http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/aich/a_z/Kockel_U.htm"><font color="#0000f1" style="color: #0000f1"><u><i>http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/aich/a_z/Kockel_U.htm</i></u></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><i>Visiting Professor of European Studi!
es, UWE Bristol</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-ri
ght: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><i>President, Société Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) </i><a href="http://www.siefhome.org/"><font color="#0000f1" style="color: #0000f1"><u><i>http://www.siefhome.org/</i></u></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><i>Editor, Anthropological Journal of European Cultures </i><a href="http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/ajec/"><font color="#0000f1" style="color: #0000f1"><u><i>http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/ajec/</i></u></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><i>Joint Editor, European Studies in Culture and Policy </i><a href="http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/escp"><font color="#0000ff" style="color: #0000f!
f"><i>http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/escp</i></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Arial"><i> </i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>contact details:</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Magee Campus, Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 7JL</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"!
><i>Tel.: +44-28-7137-5462; Fax.: +44-28-7137-5435 e-mail: </i><a href
="mailto:u.kockel@ulster.ac.uk"><font color="#0000f1" style="color: #0000f1"><i>u.kockel@ulster.ac.uk</i></font></a></font></div>
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