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Biosciences.

PhD Studentship - Turning up the heat on soil carbon: Quantifying carbon dynamics and climate resilience of agave production in Mexico Closing Date: 31 May 2024

PhD studentship: Using next generation nitrogen sources for producing spring malting barley and its impact on yield and grain malt quality Closing Date: 31 May 2024

PhD Studentship: Concrete4Change and the Centre for Sustainable Chemistry Closing Date: 15 July 2024

The Universities for Nottingham and the Centre for Sustainable Chemistry - PhD Scholarships available Closing Date: 31 May 2024

Engineering

PhD Project: 3D printing next-generation actuators for soft robots and devices Closing Date: 15 September 2024

PhD Project: 3D-Printed Micro-Robots for Medical Applications Closing Date: 15 September 2024

PhD Project: Functional 3D/4D Printing of Responsive Structures Closing Date: 15 September 2024

PhD project: Functional Structural Colour Devices through 3D Printing Closing Date: 15 September 2024

PhD Scholarship: “Artificial Intelligence for Laser Ultrasonic Polycrystal Imaging” Closing Date: 20 August 2024

PhD Studentship in Engineering high-entropy manganese oxide nanocrystals for low-cost, robust rechargeable zinc-air batteries (RZAB) Closing Date: 16 August 2024

PhD studentship in advanced rotor-stator interactions through bearings Closing Date: 14 August 2024

PhD Studentship in Electromagnetic Compatibility for 25kV Rail Systems, funded by Network Rail Closing Date: 07 August 2024

PhD Opportunities in Mechanical and Aerospace Systems (MAS) Research Group Closing Date: 31 July 2024

PhD Studentship: Extra-long compliant snake robot capable of self-localisation for inspection in fusion power plants Closing Date: 30 July 2024

PhD scholarship: Developing a Miniaturised End-effector for Repair in Confined Spaces (UK Atomic Energy Authority sponsored) Closing Date: 25 July 2024

PhD opportunity in flow crystallisation with in situ X-Ray diffraction. Closing Date: 19 July 2024

Fully Funded Coating PhD Studentship with Rolls Royce Thermally Sprayed Coatings to inhibit bondcoat – Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Interactions Closing Date: 03 July 2024

PhD Studentship: Rolls Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Micromechanics and in-depth materials analysis of advanced aerospace materials upon the manufacturing process Closing Date: 30 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Computer vision and robot control for performing on-wing repair of aero-engines Closing Date: 30 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Design and simulation of stiffness-adjustable robotic systems for performing on-wing repair of aero-engines Closing Date: 30 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Laser Beam Processing of Aerospace Materials Closing Date: 30 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing Closing Date: 30 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Next generation bio-instructive materials for healthcare applications Closing Date: 28 June 2024

PhD Studentship – High Speed Railway Degradation Modelling Closing Date: 11 June 2024

PhD Project – High Speed Railway Degradation Modelling Closing Date: 07 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Cancer cell diagnostics using biomechanics and artificial intelligence Closing Date: 07 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Super-optical resolution imaging using a phonon probe microscope Closing Date: 07 June 2024

3-year PhD studentship: Functional Devices and Structures through 3D Multi-material Printing Scale-Up Closing Date: 01 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Ultra-thin opto-acoustic fibre optic probe for cancer characterisation. Closing Date: 01 June 2024

3-year PhD studentship: 3D printing of low dimensional materials for sensing Closing Date: 31 May 2024

PhD Studentship: Assessing the impact of deep shafts in urban areas Closing Date: 31 May 2024

PhD Studentship: Autonomous Bioactivity Searching Closing Date: 31 May 2024

PhD Studentship: Design and fabrication of multi-metal components for nuclear fusion applications Closing Date: 31 May 2024

PhD Studentship: Joint modelling of latent trajectories for dynamic prediction of competing outcomes in patients with liver disease Closing Date: 31 July 2024

Fully Funded PhD Opportunity within mental health research using a neuroscience or social science approach Closing Date: 21 June 2024

Nottingham University Business School

PhD Studentship: Mandatory ESG Reporting, Capital Allocation and the Green Behaviour of Firms Closing Date: 12 June 2024

PhD Studentship: Novel subsurface Raman microscopy technologies to enable the development of next-generation drug and implant therapies Closing Date: 03 July 2024

Veterinary Medicine & Science

PhD studentship: Development and application of recombinant antibodies to map pathology-related changes in glycosaminoglycans on breast cancer cells Closing Date: 14 August 2024

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PhD programme

Nottingham School of Economics has a reputation for producing internationally excellent, high-impact research. The School includes a number of research centres and groups, with their own research staff, active international networks and programmes of visiting researchers. These centres include The Centre for Globalisation and Economic Policy, which has a presence at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC).

Students will be registered at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, and graduates will be awarded a University of Nottingham (UK) degree, which is also recognised by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Current Students

Supervision Areas

The PhD programme offers flexible supervision between the University of Nottingham Ningbo China and the University of Nottingham (UK). Students have opportunities to doing research with expert supervision in the following areas:

• Development Economics
• Economics of Emerging Economies (e.g., China & African Countries)
• Economics of Regional Integration
• Education Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Financial Economics
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Health Economics
• International Trade
• Labor Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Mathematical Economics and Game Theory
• Public Economics
• Theoretical and Applied Econometrics
• Tourism Economics

PhD Student Career Destination

Our PhD students have gone on to a wide range of careers, including academic positions in many famous universities. Below are some of the career destinations of our latest completed PhD students.

• Alex Bawuah (2023), Aberystwyth University, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Rural Health Economics
• Hanyuan Zhang (2022), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Assistant Professor
• Chunfei Weng (2022), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Teaching Fellow
• Samuel Ampaw (2021), Northwestern University, Postdoctoral Fellow
• Zhangfeng Jin (2018), Zhejiang University, Postdoctoral researcher
• Feicheng Wang (2017), University of Göttingen, Postdoctoral researcher
• Shubin Yang (2017), Central China Normal University, Lecturer
• Zhaohui Niu (2016), Beihang University, Postdoctoral researcher

For more details about the programme, please click  PhD Programme in School of Economics

Nottingham Trent University

Our mission is to create lasting, meaningful change throughout the world, and your research can be a key part of us achieving that goal. Our generous fully funded PhD studentships will allow you to concentrate on what matters most — producing high-quality, world-leading outputs that fulfil our reputation for excellence, by delivering real impact on a global scale.

Re:ducing barriers, inspiring re:search

Finance shouldn’t be a barrier to research innovation and excellence. Our ethos is ‘success for all’ — and if you’ve got the talent, the perspectives and the capacity to deliver change, we’ll support you. In return for your expertise and groundbreaking research outputs, our studentships will:

• cover the full cost of your PhD fees
• provide a tax-free stipend for your living expenses

2024 Nottingham Trent University PhD Studentship Scheme

Each studentship will be accepted as a full-time or part-time doctoral candidate at NTU, to pursue a defined research project.

The studentship will cover:

• Tuition fees for Years 1-3 of PhD study at Nottingham Trent University and the thesis-pending fee (a reduced fee for candidates in completing their thesis) in Year 4.
• A stipend to be paid in monthly arrears in Years 1-3 of PhD study at Nottingham Trent University in line with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) minimum rates. You can find further information on UKRI rates on the UK Research and Innovation website.

Eligibility criteria

The Nottingham Trent University PhD Studentship Scheme has funded some remarkable projects over the last few years, and we hope to see that continue in 2024. The 2024 Nottingham Trent University PhD Studentship Scheme is open to all UK, EU, and Overseas applicants who meet the academic and scheme eligibility criteria: to check that you are eligible to apply, please consult the criteria below. 

• To be eligible to apply to the 2024 PhD Studentship Scheme you must meet the standard qualifications entry criteria for PhD study at Nottingham Trent University which can be found in paragraphs 4.4 and 4.5 of the Quality Handbook Section 11- Research Degrees using the following link to our website:   quality-handbook-section-11-research-degrees-sept-2023.pdf (ntu.ac.uk)
• You must be available to begin study at Nottingham Trent University either on our 01 October 2024 entry date or on our 05 January 2025 entry date. 
• Existing doctoral level candidates based at Nottingham Trent University or applicants who already hold a doctoral degree will not be eligible for PhD Studentship funding under this scheme.
• You are only allowed to submit one application relating to one proposal to the 2024 Nottingham Trent University PhD Studentship Scheme. 
• Only full and complete applications, submitted by 12 noon (GMT) on 12 January 2024 to the NTU Doctoral School via the online application portal, will be eligible to enter the PhD Studentship scheme.

Any questions or queries can be directed to [email protected] .

2024 NTU PhD Studentship Scheme

16 oct 2023 12:00 pm (gmt), 12 jan 2024 12:00 pm (gmt).

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At the University of Nottingham Malaysia, have your pick of postgraduate courses that meet the demands of cutting-edge industries as well as provide an outlet for endless curiosity.

From engineering to biotechnology, finance to psychology, international relations to business management – you would be hard-pressed to find a more diverse and refined array of offerings. With a distinctively global outlook, our postgraduate programmes are designed to provide you with advanced knowledge that is highly valued by employers not only in Malaysia, but across the world. 

You will have access to faculty members with many years of experience in industry as well as state-of-the-art academic facilities equipped with the latest technology and resources.

What is a postgraduate taught degree?

Studied over one year full-time, a taught masters degree is an intensive taught higher level academic degree with a dissertation or project.

Taught masters degrees can provide anything from vocational training to preparation for further research and demonstrate a mastery or high level of knowledge of a specific field of study.

What is a postgraduate research opportunity?

Research degrees range from taught masters degrees with a research element, to full research doctoral work – the most advanced form of postgraduate study.

As a research student, you will work with at least two academic supervisors and be given research training to help you gain skills in research methodology.

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The Research Discovery Internship Programme (2024-2025) call for interns is now open.

The programme is designed to give budding researchers the opportunity to gain hands-on research experience and is open to students from all disciplines.

Research Discovery Interns work 10 hours a week during term time on a research project. As an intern, you will be based within a research team and will work closely with an academic supervisor and members of their team including postdoctoral researchers, research technicians and PhD students. 

Successful candidates will receive a stipend for 10 hours per week throughout the 2024/25 academic year and will be paid in three instalments of approximately £1,092 throughout the year (matched with the National Living Wage). We are committed to the highest standards of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, which are essential to a thriving and ambitious Research Culture.

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When the PhD path leads to career struggles

A doctoral degree is a major commitment. Think carefully.

I appreciated reading Kara Miller’s The Big Idea column “PhD: Pretty heavily disappointed” (Business, May 22), about people with doctoral degrees struggling to build careers in academia. It made me think back to a conversation I had when I was about to graduate from high school.

I happened to run into a former track coach of mine, and as we were reminiscing he asked me what I planned as a major in college. “History,” I responded. He said, “Why don’t you take some computer classes also? It never hurts to be able to do something useful.”

I did not reflect on his motivation at the time, but my track coach was a young guy, and he was probably giving me advice straight from his own life, as a parent trying to raise his own young children. I did take computer classes in college and ultimately received a PhD in chemical engineering. I always remember that conversation as being a kind of turning point.

Earning a doctoral degree is a life commitment of great proportion. It can take, as Miller notes, between four and seven years. If we think of working life as roughly between the ages of 22 and 65, then a PhD requires more than 10 percent of a person’s working life. People need to think carefully about that investment.

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Two powerful arguments in favor of the path of science, technology, engineering, and math are that there tend to be more STEM jobs for PhDs, and many universities’ STEM departments are generous in covering their PhD students’ tuition and cost of studies, including a stipend toward food, rent, and other expenses.

Stuart Gallant

Not much has changed in 30 years

As I prepared to graduate in 1995 with a doctor of education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, my mother memorably said to me, “Of my four children, you are the one with the most education and the smallest salary.” Apparently not much has changed in 30 years.

I must congratulate these students, however, on following their passion rather than following the money. I can’t help but think that their lives, though stressful, may contain greater happiness.

Peggy Clark

Lawyers & electricians & philosophers, oh my!

Kara Miller’s column on the career challenges for people with doctoral degrees generated more than 260 comments on Boston.Globe.com. The following is an edited sample of readers’ reactions:

Lots of law school grads are underemployed as well. (PL)

So true, PL. The market in Massachusetts is flooded with talented lawyers seeking work. (Roforma)

Supply and demand, the market at work. (guk)

Investing in education and research in all fields is the hallmark of a society with staying power. Disinvesting from these endeavors signals decline and decay. (Massachusetts citizen)

Electricians, plumbers, mechanics, and other skilled technical professions have no problems getting $100k jobs with great benefits. (ramsen)

Not enough turnover from tenured professors, leaving little space for new faculty. Although the tenured, well-established professors are needed, it’s the junior faculty who are hungry and with new ideas that help build new programs. The whole graduate program model is a bad model. I worked two jobs, had my tuition and some type of minimal student health insurance and could barely cover the rent with my stipend, and the second job paid for everything else. Though I was working on many faculty projects, it was the faculty who said this would be good for me. Never did they say it was also good for them. (TravelerofNJ2)

I just retired from a tenured faculty position in science. I’m in my early 70s. I have colleagues who are still doing what they do well into their 70s, a couple approaching 80. There is no active incentive from the university to move the older faculty on, to make way for a new generation. (Lola-lola)

The next step is for adjuncts to go on strike across the nation and hold colleges and universities accountable. The current system is completely absurd. (Wordsmith2358)

Universities should be required to release disclosure data about the fate of their PhD graduates. (davidman820)

I knew an attorney who managed a Cheesecake Factory. She had worked in food services through school. As an attorney, she really did not make that much money and was not doing the field of law of her choice. How many real estate closings can you do without dying of boredom? She went into management in the food industry and makes the same salary. (Antietem)

It was always a question and puzzling to me why people study philosophy. (Blazer27)

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