Three PhD studentships at School of Engineering for The Institute of Advanced Telecommunications
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The Institute of Advanced Telecommunications within the School of Engineering at Swansea University wishes to invite applicants for three prestigious PhD Studentships to work on the EPSRC/MobileVCE Core-5 research programme entitled Green Radio.
These prestigious studentships are available now to overseas applicants as well as UK and EU citizens.
Three PhD studentships jointly sponsored by the EPSRC and the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence
Radio Resource Management for Future Mobile Cellular Radio Networks
Radio Resource Management for Future Enterprise and Home Networks
Architectures and Network Coding for Enterprise and Home Networks
VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIPS
United Kingdom | Deadline : Apr 17, 2009
In respect of UK and EU applicants, each studentship will cover the full university tuition fees and provide a minimum starting stipend of L12,940 pa. Minimum stipends are fixed annually by EPSRC. Stipends may be topped up according to qualification, experience and/or performance.
In respect of overseas applicants, each studentship will cover the full university tuition fees including the overseas contribution and provide a minimum starting stipend of L12,940 pa. Minimum stipends are fixed annually by EPSRC. Stipends will NOT be topped up for
overseas applicants.
DEADLINE
The closing date for applications is 17th April 2009.
White Rose Studentships
There are four WhiteRoseStudentships to be taken up at the University of Leeds in September or October 2009. On each project there will be joint supervision with the University of Sheffield or the University of York.
VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIPS
These full-time studentships provide tuition fees at the UK rate and an annual maintenance grant of L13,290 to be increased annually in line with the basic Research Council Rate;
The School in which the student is registered at the University of Leeds will receive an overall Project Support Grant of L2,700 for the lifetime of the award, of which the School should pay L500 directly to the department/school in the collaborating institution. The remainder will be used at the discretion of the supervisors to support the research and inter-institutional collaboration.
CONDITION
United Kingdom | Deadline : Apr 30, 2009
The awards are available for candidates commencing full-time research degree study in September or October 2009.
Awards will be tenable for one year in the first instance and are renewable annually for second and third years of study, subject to the recommendation of the Head of School, and on condition that the student is registered as a candidate for the degree of PhD by the start of the second year of research;
The award holders will be registered as research degree students at the University of Leeds and are bound by the regulations of this University;
The University of the second supervisor will provide full access to its facilities on the same basis as it would to its own research students;
Any paid work undertaken by the student will be restricted to 8 hours relevant employment (eg teaching or demonstrating) each week;
The intellectual property rights arising from the research will belong absolutely to the two Universities that are providing the supervision. The students must agree to take such action as may be required (at no cost to themselves) to vest the title and interest in all property rights in the two Universities. In turn, the Universities acknowledge that out of any sums derived by the exploitation of any invention or discovery, they will make due recompense to the student for his/her contribution to the invention or discovery.