28 October: fyi -- phd funding, UK

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THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN SLAVONIC
LINGUISTICS

The Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of
Sheffield is offering a Postgraduate Studentship in Slavonic Linguistics
leading to a PhD, to begin in 2001. The successful applicant will
pursue a PhD in one of the research areas of the Slavonic Linguistics
cluster, specifically: language change and/or language culture in Russia
or the Czech Republic; translation studies, with a focus on Russian or
Czech. Applicants must be permanent residents of the UK or EU,
with an MA or equivalent postgraduate research training in a relevant
field. The Studentship includes a full fee bursary for three years, plus
a total stipend of at least 6800GBP, to be drawn over 1 to 3 years.

Informal enquiries about the Studentship should be directed to Dr Neil
Bermel, Graduate Selector, at n.bermel@shef.ac.uk . Information on
the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, which is one of
Britain's top-rated departments in the field, is available on our
website:

www.shef.ac.uk/russian

General information about postgraduate research degrees at Sheffield
can be found at:

www.shef.ac.uk/~gradsch/Recruitment/Introduction/index.html

Applications will be considered up to 31 January 2001. They should
be submitted on the standard University of Sheffield form for
admission to a research degree, available from the Department or
from the Web at

www.shef.ac.uk/~gradsch/Recruitment/ApplicationForm/index.html

Applicants should indicate clearly in answer to question 17 on the
application form that they wish to be considered for this studentship.

(The Department welcomes applications from prospective students
not meeting the residency requirements or academic qualifications, but
cannot undertake to offer the same level of funding.)

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