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SCOS in Warsaw 2013!

Please visit the SCOS website for all the details you will need for our exciting 2013 conference being hosted in Warsaw, July 13th – 16th 2013.

You’ll find details of how to register – don’t forget the early bird fee is open until the 20th May! And don’t forget that there are PhD bursaries available!

Please follow the link http://scos2013.wz.uw.edu.pl/home where you will also find the contact details for our organisers this year…


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WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2013

States of Work: Visions and interpretations of work, employment, society and the state 3-5 September 2013 University of Warwick

The British Sociological Association and the Work, Employment and Society Editorial Board are pleased to announce that the WES Conference 2013 will be hosted by the University of Warwick. Like the journal, the conference is sociologically oriented, but welcomes contributions from related fields.

The conference has an international focus and comes at a critical time for the study of work. Over the few last years, unprecedented state intervention in the economy and subsequent radical reform plans for the public sector and the welfare state have raised new questions on the ways work is socially regulated: the WES 2013 conference will bring together sociologists of work from across the globe to assess the evidence and consider the theoretical implications of changing relations between work, society and the state.

Confirmed speakers:
Saskia Sassen (Columbia University)
Han Dongfang (China Labour Bulletin)
Ruth Milkman (City University of New York)

Post-graduate workshop: Monday 2nd September 2013

Deadline for abstracts: 19th April 2013

Call for papers and registration: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/wes-conference-2013.aspx


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Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany, is an innovative university owned by a non- commercial foundation and with approx. 600 students and 15 full-time professors. It offers Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in management with a strong focus on the cultural sciences. Karlshochschule sees management from an interdisciplinary point of view, integrating cultural, social, and economic sciences into its research and instruction. The objective of the university is to contribute towards extending traditional economic approaches by taking into account cultural turns.

Karlshochschule places great importance on the personality development of its students. For this purpose, the didactic principle of the university is to offer integrated, interactive, and constructivist instruction by working with case studies, role plays, simulations, and project work.

For the winter semester 2013/2014 we are looking for a: Professor of International Business

You possess international and leadership experience in a business corporation or a non-profit organization and are able to hold lectures in Bachelor and Master modules completely in English, having excellent English skills or being a native speaker. Additionally, you have a special expertise in Global Economy, Sustainability or Green Economy. You integrate your own research into your instruction and are committed to a qualitative and interpretative research approach. Along with academic administrative responsibilities, you are willing to take on the mentoring and ad- vising of students and applicants.

Can you see yourself fulfilling this role? If so, then send an application with references of your professional and academic qualifications and the reference number 098 to the President Prof. Dr. Michael Zerr by 22 April 2013, Karlstraße 36-38, 76133 Karlsruhe, or via email to academics@karlshochschule.de. Test lectures and interviews are currently planned for the end of May.

For further information, please visit our website or contact Kathrin Seifert via academics@karlshochschule.de. The general employment requirements comply with §47 LHG Baden-Württemberg. In cases of

equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the applicants, female applicants will be given preference in the areas in which they are underrepresented.

www.karlshochschule.de


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Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany, is an innovative university owned by a non- commercial foundation and with approx. 600 students and 15 full-time professors. It offers Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in management with a strong focus on the cultural sciences. Karlshochschule sees management from an interdisciplinary point of view, integrating cultural, social, and economic sciences into its research and instruction. The objective of the university is to contribute towards extending traditional economic approaches by taking into account cultural turns.

Karlshochschule places great importance on the personality development of its students. For this purpose, the didactic principle of the university is to offer integrated, interactive, and constructivist instruction by working with case studies, role plays, simulations, and project work.

For the winter semester 2013/2014 we are looking for a: Professor of International Finance

You possess international and leadership experience in a business corporation or a non-profit organization in the area of international and corporate finance and are able to hold lectures in Bachelor and Master modules completely in English, having excellent English skills or being a native speaker. Additionally, you have a special expertise in management decision-making that considers the contextual factors of the business environment. You integrate your own research into your instruction and are committed to a qualitative and interpretative research approach. Along with academic administrative responsibilities, you are willing to take on the mentoring and advising of students and applicants.

Can you see yourself fulfilling this role? If so, then send an application with references of your professional and academic qualifications and the reference number 099 to the President Prof. Dr. Michael Zerr by 22 April 2013, Karlstraße 36-38, 76133 Karlsruhe, or via email to academics@karlshochschule.de. Test lectures and interviews are currently planned for the end of May.

For further information, please visit our website or contact Kathrin Seifert via academics@karlshochschule.de. The general employment requirements comply with §47 LHG Baden-Württemberg. In cases of equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the applicants, female applicants will be given preference in the areas in which they are underrepresented. The position is funded for one year with the option of being extended.

www.karlshochschule.de


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Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany, is an innovative university owned by a non- commercial foundation and with approx. 600 students and 15 full-time professors. It offers Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in management with a strong focus on the cultural sciences. Karlshochschule sees management from an interdisciplinary point of view, integrating cultural, social, and economic sciences into its research and instruction. The objective of the university is to contribute towards extending traditional economic approaches by taking into account cultural turns.

Karlshochschule places great importance on the personality development of its students. For this purpose, the didactic principle of the university is to offer integrated, interactive, and constructivist instruction by working with case studies, role plays, simulations, and project work.

For the winter semester 2013/2014 we are looking for a: Professor of International Marketing

You possess international and leadership experience in a business corporation or a non-profit organization and are able to hold lectures in Bachelor and Master modules completely in English, having excellent English skills or being a native speaker. Additionally, you have expert knowledge in the fields of interpretative management, brand management or consumer culture. You integrate your own research into your instruction and are committed to a qualitative and interpretative research approach. Along with academic administrative responsibilities, you are willing to take on the mentoring and advising of students and applicants.

Can you see yourself fulfilling this role? If so, then send an application with references of your professional and academic qualifications and the reference number 100 to the President Prof. Dr. Michael Zerr by 22 April 2013, Karlstraße 36-38, 76133 Karlsruhe, or via email to academics@karlshochschule.de. Test lectures and interviews are currently planned for the end of May.

For further information, please visit our website or contact Kathrin Seifert via academics@karlshochschule.de. The general employment requirements comply with §47 LHG Baden-Württemberg. In cases of equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the applicants, female applicants will be given preference in the areas in which they are underrepresented.

www.karlshochschule.de


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University of York – in Organisation Behaviour (Closing date 26/4/13)

The York Management School is looking to appoint a Lecturer who can contribute to the teaching of organisation behaviour and research methods at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and carry out research in the topic area in order to advance the School’s national and international standing. The group’s teaching covers all aspects of organisation behaviour, theory and analysis, generic research methods at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, critical management studies at undergraduate levels, and the philosophy of research at postgraduate and doctoral levels.

You would be based in the Organisation Theory, Behaviour and Technology Group which has a distinctive strength in the specialist area of Critical Management Studies. We are keen to recruit individuals whose research interests resonate with ours in a wide range of qualitative methodologies, philosophies and theory. However, we also welcome applications from those with different research interests which fit with the Group and cognate areas of the School. Management for us is a cultural practice, and may even be a performing art, but one that draws on science for its realisation.

You should possess a strong publication profile, a PhD in a cognate area, and a commitment to developing your teaching skills. You would be expected to supervise masters and doctoral students. A potential to attract research funding would be an advantage.

The post is available from August 2013.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Lynne Baxter (tel: +44 (0)1904 325005, email: lynne.baxter@york.ac.uk) or to the Dean of The York Management School, Professor Jill Schofield (tel +44 (0)1904 325019) email Jill.Schofield@york.ac.uk

https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=163224


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Touring Consumption 2013 – Invitation for SCOS members

Touring in terms of travel, tourism or varying aspects of mobilities contribute substantially to particular conventions and rituals of consumer practices, especially with an eye towards the enactment of scripts. However, touring consumption delineates a kind of performance that is not only reproduced, but is productive and emergent in its own right. Hence, the more traditional conceptions of tourist, pilgrim, vagabond, refugee, expatriate, international student or business traveler are becoming more and more diffused with notions of what are considered local, regular or insider, and need to be re-examined in the light of a differentiated, complex and individualized everyday perspective. On the other hand, it is as important to consider a touristification of society in which touring as an everyday metaphor can be used to encapsulate new forms of mobilities as societal, economic, consumptive or scientific phenomena.

We are very pleased to have Mr. John Urry, Mr. Steven Miles and Mr. Jorgen Ole Baerenholdt with us for the Touring Consumption conference as keynote speakers. Together with up to 30 further presentations and discussions and an accompanying program tailored to the overall ideas of Touring Consumption, these will add to an all inspiring, interactive and connective conference.

You can register for the conference online (see website below). The Early Bird period for discounted “All-In” tickets is open until 15th June 2013.

Despite the expired deadline for our Call for Papers, we are still open to suggestions and submissions by members of the SCOS network – as an exclusive offer! If you are interested in becoming a speaker at Touring Consumption, please visit the conference website for further information and send an abstract till 15th May 2013 to ssonnenburg@karlshochschule.de.

General Information
The conference will be held at Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany, Thursday 24th to Friday 25th October, 2013.

Conference Language
The conference language is English.

For further information, please check our conference website or contact Stephan Sonnenburg:
Website: www.tc2013.org
Mail: ssonnenburg@karlshochschule.de


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AIDEA - Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management, Summer school on research methods in management studies, Villa Orlandi, Capri, Italy, 23rd - 27th September 2013

Jointly organized by University of Napoli Federico II (Department of Economics, Institutions, Management) and Second University of Napoli (SUN), in cooperation with Cardiff Business School, HEC Paris, Grenoble Ecole de Management, University of Innsbruck, Keele University

First call for participation
This summer school provides a chance for doctoral students and early career researchers to develop their understanding of research methods in management studies, benefiting from an interdisciplinary setting, under the guidance of a panel of internationally renowned scholars. Our premise is that many shortcomings of business research (in accounting, management, organization, finance domains) are driven by a gap in the adoption and proficient use of suitable research methods. In particular, we believe that an in depth reflection on the use of qualitative research methods is highly relevant to appreciate the complexity of contemporary business systems. We invite doctoral students and early stage researchers who want to gain greater exposure to a range of qualitative approaches to apply for this summer school where they will be encouraged to share their work with fellow participants and senior researchers in the field. The most suitable candidates will be those who have made some progress in framing their research but are not so far advanced as to be unable to make changes. The overall aim of the summer school is to enhance participants’ research capabilities. Lectures will cover epistemological issues, data collection methods and analytic techniques such as content and discourse analysis; but it will also cover design aspects such as qualitative indicators, writing up new pieces of research and so on. There will be a distinctive focus on interactive sessions in which established members of the faculty may contribute to support initial drafts of chapters and articles written by those participating in the school. Sample topics addressed in the summer school will include a number of issues of interest to the development of suitable business research methods, such as:
- Ontological inquiry and its usefulness for organization studies
epistemologies of organization Studies
- research design;
- theories of the nature of management underlying business research methods;
- assessments of emerging alternative forms of organization
- analyses of discourses of management, development, and progress;
- fundamentals of building bodies of qualitative data, also as a result of quantitative assessments;
- comparisons of major and minor qualitative methods and their weaknesses and strengths;
- innovation and alternative heuristics in organization studies research

Aidea
Aidea (the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management) was founded in Bologna on 1813. The purpose of the association is to foster the advancement of management studies. It strives to carry out initiatives meant to support training, research and educational activities addressed to young scholars within the management domain.

Venue
The summer school will be held on the island of Capri at Villa Orlandi, a seventeenth century villa restored by the University of Napoli Federico II. The villa, surrounded by a nice park, is particularly suited for study and includes all essential facilities. Over ten desks equipped with PCs and Internet connections are available. The venue is open only to admitted participants.

Target group
The course is aimed at doctoral students and early stage researchers in the areas of management, interested in qualitative studies of accounting, management, finance, organization, etc. Candidates who are developing interesting ideas but who still have time to be influenced by participation in the summer school will receive the strongest consideration. Admission will be on a competitive basis. About 20 participants will be admitted: in addition to overall quality of content, factors such as position within the doctoral process and institutional representation will be taken into account. Participants will be selected by the faculty together with the organizing committee.

Preparing and submitting your summer school proposal
Potential applicants are invited to submit a single PDF file consisting of:
– A 4-page extended abstract of their thesis project/research idea.
Clearly specifying:
– Originality and importance of their intended topic
– Contribution of the work (expected)
– Methodological perspectives or epistemological positions they would think as useful to discuss during participation to the summer school

CV
A letter of recommendation from the primary dissertation advisor/leading member of the research group of the applicant.
All materials should be sent to caprisummerschool2013@gmail.com (as a single PDF file) by 31st May 2013. An email receipt of the letter will be sent to acknowledge submissions. Fees will be limited to 250€ for each participant (not including transport, accommodation and the social event).

At the school
All participants are expected to attend all sessions of the school. Each participant will attend lectures and present his or her work to the group with substantial time allowed for discussion and questions by faculty and fellow scholars. A preliminary program will be made available in due course, with information about plenary sessions and group discussions.

Faculty
This international summer school is supported by a number of leading faculty members belonging to a network of both promoting and external universities. Among those who have already confirmed their availability, there are:
Hugh Willmott, Cardiff Business School (chair)
Afshin Mehrpouya, HEC Paris
Damon Golsorkhi, Grenoble Ecole de Management
Richard Weiskopf, Innsbruck University
Roberto Di Pietra, Universiy of Siena
Emma Bell, Keele University
Daniele Dalli, University of Pisa
Deadlines
Submission of proposals: 31st May 2013
Notification of acceptance: 10th June 2013
Early bird registration: 15th June 2013
Final date for registration at regular rate: 20th August 2013


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ESRC Collaborative Studentship 2013

Project Title: Up, Out or Sideways? Comparing Career Patterns of Male and Female Executives in Accounting and Finance

KISS-DTC Theme: 5 – Work & Organisations (W&O)

Partner Organisation: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

King’s Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Centre (KISS-DTC) is inviting applications for one of the ESRC Doctoral Collaborative Studentships in the Department of Management at King’s College London in collaboration with the ACCA. The studentship is going to form part of Theme 5 - Work & Organisations (W&O) of KISS-DTC and will start from October 2013 onwards.

Project Description:
While women make up 50% of accounting graduates and 45% of accounting employees, only 21% of partners in accounting firms are women (Catalyst, 2013). Like in many other areas, women in accounting rarely reach senior positions. The scarce research on women in accounting and finance has largely focused on experiences of individual women rather than enablers of women’s careers (Sealy and Doherty, 2012). Research also often centres on big accounting firms excluding the experiences of women in other accounting and finance contexts. Most importantly, there is very limited research that would systematically compare the careers of men and women in accounting and finance to determine differences and similarities in their career patterns. The proposed research aims to provide an in-depth analysis of career enablers and disablers for men and women in accounting and finance. In order to achieve this, the careers of male and female executives in finance are systematically compared to generate insight into what hinders and what helps men and women to achieve an executive career in accounting and finance.

Funding Details:
The scholarship will pay an annual maintenance allowance at the standard rate of £17,590 (based on the ESRC's current rate), a Research Support & Training Grant fund (currently £750 per year) and all tuition fees at the Home/EU rate.

Length of Award: 3 years (PhD)

Eligibility: Full ESRC studentship support is normally available only to students who (a) have been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for the previous three years; (b) other than citizens of European Union countries, whose residence during that period has not been wholly or mainly for the purposes of full-time education; and (c) who have permission to reside permanently in the United Kingdom. Potential applicants who are uncertain as to their eligibility should contact Jennie Eldridge (jennie.eldridge@kcl.ac.uk).

Application Details: Students for this award should hold a minimum 2.1 class undergraduate degree in business and management, sociology, women’s and gender studies or related discipline and have passed, or expect to have passed by autumn 2013, a Masters qualification from an ESRC-recognised research training course or a Masters degree with 65% or above, which includes a substantial research element or equivalent research experience in a work setting. In this project, qualitative research methods will be particularly important. The candidate will also need to be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the ability to make effective verbal and written presentations to senior level managers in a commercial environment.

Deadline: Applications must be made by 4pm on Monday, 27 May 2013. Formal interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on Monday, 8 July 2013 at King's College London.

Informal inquiries: Scarlett Brown (scarlett.brown@kcl.ac.uk).

Application: Please follow exact instructions available at http://kingsmanagement.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/esrc-studentship-2013/.


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8th Colloquium on organisational change & development: Inspiration desperately needed!

Tackling the hidden assumptions of change.

Ghent (Belgium), Semptember 12-13, 2013

www.eiasm.org

Co-organised with Vlerick Business School Belgium

Chairpersons: Ruth Alas, Estonian Business School, Estonia Christopher J. Rees, University of Manchester, UK and Beijing University of Technology Ralf Wetzel, Vlerick Business School, Belgium

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nils Brunsson, Uppsala University, Sweden

Please submit your abstract at

www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=963

Until April 30th 2013 EXTENDED TO MAY 6TH 2013!

Background:
“Nothing is more stable today, than change.“ This collocation is not only a common expression for a rather passive acceptance of dynamism, but arguably is a fatal description of the discourse of organisational change management. For while the conditions of organising have changed dramatically throughout the last 50 years (rising intransparancy and instability, acceleration, new forms of work and organisational design, reduced use of hierarchy, etc.) and still breathe the spirit of the pioneers of management, an increasingly loud voice of criticism expresses these sentiments as a diagnosis for the state of research and practice in the field of organisational change. The theoretical foundations of the field seem, to some, to be rather weak and unclear while the variety of perspectives applied to the subject is rather low despite the burgeoning number of related academic publications designed to shed light on both theory and practice. In essence, if it were a country, organisational change would be seen by many as a failing State. Yet, what if the high ratio of failed change efforts is less grounded on weakly skilled employees but rather on flaws in the hidden assumptions surrounding organisational change? In the myriad of academic publications and organisational change interventions, what is being overlooked and ignored?

Which cognitive and pragmatic tools should we abandon before we exert even more harm on organisations, employees and the wider society? The 8th colloquium of organizational change and development strives to open up the Pandora’s box of organisational change. We aim to explore what assumptions about organisational change need to be challenged, revised and even abandoned. We are therefore looking for contributions, which challenge mainstream ways of thinking about the theory and practice of organisational change and ideally offer insights into alternative directions. Since its original conception eight years ago, the Chairs of this colloquium have sought to garner a wide range of views about the theory and practice of organisational change, that is, a broad access to the topic of organizational change has always been an important and highly appreciated tradition of the colloquium. Thus, while placing this year’s focus upon exposing the hidden assumptions of organisational change, the event is open to all contributions discussing current trends and specific challenges in organisational change theory and practice.

As a guide only, papers are invited primarily, but not exclusively, on the following topics:
- constraints of current thinking of organisational change
- new approaches to observing and to managing change
- societal change and organisational development
- lessons learned from organisational change in public and non-business organisations
- new organisational forms and challenges to organizational change
- theoretical and philosophical foundations of management and organizational change
- organisational change in a time of austerity
- the enabling and restricting role of management development in change management
- the contribution of the HRM function to change management interventions
- arts and aesthetics as sources for inspiration and improvement in organisational change
- innovation and the process of change management
- the role of norms, values and ethical aspects on change management
- entrepreneurship and change management
- the management of organisational change with reference to product development and marketing
- influence of spirituality on change management
- diversity and organizational change and development
- the role of communication in change management projects
- the psychology underpinning organizational change and development
- the impact of organizational change on employees
- functions and benefits of resistance to organizational change

Due to the chosen focus, we are very open to contributions which even can vary in style of presenting an intriguing argument.

Please submit your abstract at: www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=963
Until May 6th 2013

Venue
Vlerick Business School (Ghent Campus)
Reep 1, 9000 Gent
Belgium

Administration
Ms. Cristina Setyar
EIASM Conference Manager
EIASM
PLACE DE BROUCKÈRE-PLEIN - 31
1000 BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
Tel: +32 2 226 66 69 - Fax: +32 2 512


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University of Leicester School of Management – Graduate Teaching Assistantship September 2013

Following similar competitions during previous academic sessions, the School of Management is delighted to be able to offer one new PhD Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTAship), worth approximately £18,600 per year over four years. These GTAships are for full-time study only and will commence in September 2013. They will cover tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only (currently £3,900) and include a stipend of £9,956 each year as well as a salary of £3,994. The successful applicants are, further, entitled to a Research Training Support Grant of £750 per annum to finance their research activities as appropriate.

We welcome GTAship applications from those interested in the critical rethinking of any of the following fields: organizations and organising; business and management; global work and employment; industrial relations and trade unionism; labour markets and the labour process; training and development; marketing and consumption; finance and accounting; and management of science, technology and knowledge. Our PhD programme is distinctive because it is firmly located within a broadly defined critical social science tradition. Our students draw on any of the different fields of management as well as on anthropology, cultural studies, economics, sociology, politics, philosophy and psychology amongst other disciplines in undertaking their research.

Suitable applications are encouraged from both UK/EU students and from international students (outside the EU). However, please note that the award covers the UK/EU tuition fee rate only: an international student would need to pay the difference between this and the international tuition fee rate themselves. Further, applicants need to specify on the University postgraduate application form that they are applying for a GTAship in Management.

Please see document entitled “Further Guidance” for more information about GTAship applications and the process we will use to allocate them. The entry requirements for this GTAship are identical to those for any other entrant on to the School’s PhD programme, but the process requires an additional personal statement. The closing date is 28th June 2013.

How to Apply for the September 2013 Graduate Teaching Assistantship

All applicants for the GTAships must submit a completed postgraduate application form, a CV, a PhD research proposal of no more than 4000 words (see PhD proposal guidance notes on our website), two references (preferably from academic institutions), copies of your degree transcripts and proof of English language capabilities where required (see the application form). References should either be signed and on official letterhead or sent from the referee’s institutional email account. Your application form should specify in the department box on the first page that you are applying for a GTAship in Management. You should also enter this information in the Financial Support section of the application form. An application form can be found at http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/application-form.pdf

You also need to supply a 750 word statement explaining:
1. Why a GTAship would enable you to do a PhD in financial terms - i.e. details of why other funding is not available to you;
2. How it will contribute to your professional academic development – i.e. the ways in which you expect to benefit from the teacher training and the seminar teaching, assessment and supervision duties which being a GTA entails; and
3. How your proposed research constitutes a critical rethinking of the field of your study (as part of management and organization studies).

You should give equal attention to each aspect of the statement.

Applicants who do not supply the statement, or whose statement does not conform to the expectations outlined above, will not be considered for shortlisting.

It is also essential that you read the Further Guidance on the GTAship award when preparing your application.

All short-listed GTAship applicants will be interviewed for suitability.

Making the application

Please then send the statement, the application form, your CV, references, transcripts and research proposal (plus proof of language capabilities where relevant) directly to Mrs Teresa Bowdrey either by email at ulsmphdinfo@le.ac.uk or by post at:

PhD Programme,
University of Leicester School of Management,
Ken Edwards Building,
University Road,
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK

Please do NOT apply online.

Deadline for Applications
The deadline for applications for the September 2013 GTAship is 28th June 2013. GTAship applications will be considered for September 2013 entry ONLY. We cannot consider late applications.

All applicants should allow a minimum of four weeks for an application to be considered.

We expect to interview for these awards late July or early August.

Further information: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/management/postgraduate/research/fees