For the academic year beginning 1st October 2014, the Open University, UK is inviting applications for a number of full-time funded PhD studentships.
The deadline for applications is midday on Tuesday 11th March 2014.
In order to be considered for a full-time funded studentship your application must be based on one of the advertised projects and you should apply through the online Research Degrees Prospectus. The studentships cover tuition fees, research training support grant and a starting stipend of circa £14,000 per year.
All applicants should have a minimum of 2:1 at bachelors degree level in a related subject and have substantial experience or qualifications in advanced research methods - Ideally this would be an MRes (Masters of Research) qualification. Where candidates do not have sufficient research methods training they may be offered a place on the one-year full time Masters in Research Methods course.
Your application should comprise a research proposal of no more than 1000 words and a covering letter outlining your suitability for your chosen project. We must also receive a fully completed application form, copies of previous degree certificates and transcripts, and SELTS test results (if applicable), before we can consider your application.
Applicants who speak English as a foreign language and are applying for a Tier 4 visa must have achieved SELTS (Secure English Language Test) from a UK Border Agency-approved provider at level B2 or above in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), in all four elements (reading, writing, listening, speaking).
Interviews will form part of the selection process and will be held in May 2014 in person (or via web conference if required). PhD applicants are expected to give a 15 minute PowerPoint presentation about their proposal, followed by a question and answer session.
Funded studentships for the academic year beginning 1st October 2014 are listed below
Accounting and Finance
- Corporate governance in Africa
- Digital reporting and the constitutive entanglement of material technology, business, regulators and society
- Institional and behavioural determinants in the workings of finance and financial valuation
- A political economy of modern finance and its economic consequences
- Study of cost of capital and tariff determination processes of regulatory decisions in the electricity supply industry in India
Public Leadership and Social Enterprise
- The role of enterprise policies in promoting environmental sustainability: a comparative study
- The role and effectiveness of chairs of governing bodies of third sector organisations
- Leadership development in post-conflict contexts
- Understanding and developing responsible management education
- Managing international inter-organisational collaboration
People and Organisations
- A discursive investigation of leading in organisational conversations
- Participatory surveillance: Responsibilisation, Play or Entertainment?
Strategy and Marketing
- Implications of marked led initiatives through organic accreditation systems: evidence from small scale farmers in the African continent
- Understanding the strategic impact of China, India & Brazil in Africa: an international mangement perspective
- How digital is impacting marketing strategy
- The impact of non-market strategy on corporate competitive advantage
Law
- An analysis of the effectiveness of legal and policy responses to intersectional discrimination based on race, gender and culture on minority ethnic women’s experiences of gender-based violence in England and Wales
- An analysis of the impact of the EU Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (2012) on the prospects of enforceable rights for victims of crime in England and Wales
- An international and comparative analysis of the effectiveness of human rights and other legal instruments in combating the phenomenon of honour-based violence
- A critical analysis of the desirability of the convergence of adversarial and inquisitorial processes in European criminal justice systems
For more information and application please visit the PhD Studentships at the Open University page
