Beasiswa S3 Phd Positions

Beasiswa S3 Inggris: PhD research studentships

Three fulltime PhD research studentships
Coventry University UK

Applications are invited for three three-year, fulltime PhD
research studentships for a study funded by The Leverhulme Trust. The study
seeks to explore 'The socio political impact of virtual world learning on
higher education' . This study will use participatory action research to
examine staff and students from a wide range of disciplines in Higher Education
Institutions across the UK. It will investigate their conceptions of and
decisions about the way in which they teach and learn at the socio-political
boundaries of reality. This study will focus on the exploration of three main
themes and a studentship will be attached to each theme
1. Students' experiences of learning in immersive worlds.
2. Pedagogical design.
3. Learner identity.
Candidates will have a degree in
education, social science or a related discipline. For further enquiries and
early discussion of your research proposal please contact the Director of the
Learning Innovation Research Group, Professor Maggi Savin-Baden (m.savinbaden@coventry.ac.uk). The
bursary will be £12,600 per annum in 2008/09; tuition fees will be met in addition
to this sum. Successful candidates will be expected to undertake a taught
course in qualitative and quantitative research methods and key research skills
if required. A Masters degree or a First or Upper Second Honours Degree is
required.
How to apply:
A full application includes:
1. An application letter
2. CV (including details of education, qualifications, research and other
relevant experience)
3. An outline of how you would add
address one of the research themes (maximum of 2,000wds)
4. The names of two academic referees
To
Professor Maggi Savin-Baden
Director of The Learning Innovation Research
Group,
Charles Ward Building
Room CW205
Coventry University
Priory Street
CV1 5FB
Phone 02476 887045
Email m.savinbaden@coventry.ac.uk

It
is likely that interviews will take place on the 4th or 8th
September, with commencement of the studentship as soon as possible thereafter.
Closing
date for applications - 31 August 2008.

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Beasiswa S3: PhD positions UNESCO-IHE

Beasiswa S3: Three (3) Sanitation Related PhD Positions
PhD positions available at UNESCO-IHE in collaboration with Makerere
University and the Kampala City Council in Uganda

An interdisciplinary research program entitled "*Integrated approaches and
strategies to address the Sanitation Crisis in Unsewered Slum Areas in
African mega-cities (SCUSA)*", funded by the UNESCO-IHE Partnership Research
Fund (UPaRF), will be carried out by UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education (Delft, The Netherlands), Makerere University, and the Kampala
City Council, both in Uganda.

The SCUSA research program addresses one of the most relevant developmental
issues worldwide: a reduction of under-5 child mortality rates due to
water-borne diseases, and malnutrition in low-income unplanned urban
settlements. As such, the project will contribute to the realization of
Millenium Development Goal 7, Target 10 (i.e. to halve, by 2015, the
proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water). The
SCUSA research program has identified three projects, centered around a slum
area of Kampala. To carry out these research projects, three strongly
interdisciplinary PhD positions are vacant.
Project description

The development and expansion of informal settlements in the peri-urban
areas of African cities is widespread, while these cities harbour the
majority of the urban population. Peri-urban areas, or slums, are
characterized by, among other things, poorly constructed houses, poor water
supply and sanitary conditions, and lack or inadequate support services.

Besides the spreading of diseases related to surface water (e.g. malaria),
one of the main problems associated with sanitation and water in peri-urban
areas is related to the pollutant load entering and leaving the peri-urban
catchment, either as surface water or groundwater. This water is polluting
drinking water (with increased incidence of cholera and diarrhoea) or
eutrophying surface water, due to extremely high nutrient fluxes discharged
from the surrounding catchments. As a result, the main research question of
the SCUSA research program is: *How to improve sanitation in peri-urban
urban slum areas?*
Ph.D. project 1: Wastewater and solid waste treatment and reusePh.D. project
2: The socio-economic aspects of improving sanitation Ph.D. project 3:
Hydrology and contaminant transport*The following applies to all 3 Ph.D.
positions:*

- All topics will be carried out in a so-called sandwich construction
with different phases at UNESCO-IHE in the Netherlands and field research in
Uganda (with regular contacts with Ugandan and Dutch supervisors).
- PhD positions are funded with a fellowship for which NUFFIC regulations
apply.
- Starting date: January 1, 2009, for 4 years.
- Qualifications: MSc degree (average mark: 80% or above) in a discipline
relevant to the topic, e.g. environmental engineering, sanitation,
socio-economics of the water sector, water resource economics, hydrology and
water resources.
- The applicant must demonstrate a strong interest and experience in
conducting interdisciplinary research.
- The applicant must be willing to do research in a team, share his
results with the SCUSA research team and advise fellow Ph.D. researchers
when necessary.
- The applicant should be willing to co-supervise MSc research projects.
- The applicant must be fluent in English (e.g. TOEFL paper based score
of at least 550).
- Excellent reporting skills and shown ability to publish in the
scientific literature.
- Knowledge of the African sanitation field is desirable.
- Age: 40 years and below.

For questions, please mail Prof. Dr. Frank Kansiime (
fkansiime@muienr.mak.ac.ug) or Dr. Jan Willem Foppen of UNESCO-IHE (
j.foppen@unesco-ihe.org).

Applications, including curriculum vitae, a motivation letter and 2 letters
of recommendation, as well as the names and contact details of three
contactable referees, all in one pdf file, should be sent by email to
t.morgenstond@unesco-ihe.org before *September 1st 2008*.

Please mention in the subject heading "PhD application SCUSA project *x*",
where *x* refers to the Ph.D. projects mentioned above. Short-listed
candidates will be contacted before October 1st 2008 to set a date of an
interview, possibly via video-conferencing.