Postdoctoral Research Assistant Position Black College Scholarships

This Black College Scholarships is a 30 month fixed term position and is available from 1 August 2011 or soon thereafter.You will work on deriving partial differential equation models for the electrochemical and mechanical behaviour in a lithium battery and in dye sensitised solar cells and analysing these models both numerically and analytically. You will work closely with faculty at Oxford University where activity will concentrate on the mechanical properties of materials used in lithium batteries. This Black College Scholarships project is part of a larger initiative in the Mathematics Department related to energy.

The Black College Scholarships successful candidate will be expected to have a PhD awarded, or a Masters degree and PhD submitted, at the time of taking up the post in mathematics or a related discipline and a good record of research in mathematical modelling. This interdisciplinary research project requires you to be able to work as part of a team and have strong written, verbal, and presentational skills.

Black College Scholarships Applicants should read the job description document before writing their application. You will be required to upload a supporting statement setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, details of teaching experience, a statement of research interests, and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application.

Scholarship Application Deadline:11 May
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Postdoctoral Researcher Black College Scholarships in Climate Science and Eco-hydrology

The Black College Scholarships Amsterdam Global Change Institute (AgCI) is a new institute at the Free University of Amsterdam, to promote excellence and innovation in interdisciplinary research on environmental goals
Global change and sustainability. It combines five existing institutes and departments in three faculties of the earth and life, economics and social sciences at the university. Six new positions are created after the promotion in the first phase of the Institute to develop new and promising research lines. Postdocs are together in interdisciplinary collaboration with established researchers and academics from around the AgCI.

The Black College Scholarships successful candidate will have a PhD in ecology, environmental or land with a background in research on biogeochemical processes and functional relationships in ecosystems. Ideally, the candidate, his knowledge of the physiology of plants with either earth science or ecology would connect to. Besides a solid conceptual understanding, experience is the statistical analysis of large databases that often gathers in relevant areas of research is essential. The Black College Scholarships specific research project carried out depending on the interest and expertise of the candidate. However, the focus will be on the relationship between plant traits to stream hydrology data or for the use of global models.

Application deadline: 1 June 2011

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PERFORMS Technology Research Associate Black College Scholarships

Black College Scholarships Required to work on the national PERFORMS breast cancer screening project. The position entails providing computing input to develop and maintain the project’s databases and associated other computers and systems as well as researching alongside the PERFORMS team.

The Black College Scholarships post offers the opportunity to develop new IT processes and procedures to automate various interactive systems for the project. It will also provide computing input to ongoing research which encompasses the development of new on-line training approaches, new data analyses, and the development of a range of computing platforms for examining mammographic images.

Black College Scholarships Curriculum Vitae will only be accepted if accompanied by a completed University application form

Informal Discussions
For informal discussions, please contact Professor Alastair Gale (Head of AVRC) by email or on 01509 635703

Documentation
Job Description: PDF (52 Kb)
Conditions of Employment: Word doc (29 Kb)
Application Form: PDF (1519 Kb) Word doc (102 Kb)
Equal Opportunities Form: PDF (22 Kb) Word doc (43 Kb)
Printed copies of these documents can be obtained from the contact shown below.

Interviews
Week commencing 30 May 2011

Applications to:
Completed applications (and equal opportunities form for Loughborough University vacancies) should be sent, by email or post, to the contact shown below. Please quote the relevant job reference in all correspondence.

Human Resources
Email: hr@lboro.ac.uk
Tel: 01509 222169
Human Resources, First Floor, Hazlerigg, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

Phd and Black college Scholarships Postdoctoral Positions in Architecture and Fine Art

The faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU, announces six Ph.d.- and one post doctor positions.As Norway’s primary university for the study of science, engineering and technology, and with equally strong arts and humanities programmes, NTNU is eager to welcome international PhD candidates to our research community. The university offers degrees in a range of doctoral programmes.

A master’s degree or similar qualifications enables you to apply for a PhD programme in a field related to your degree. The university typically allows 3 years for the completion of a PhD, but the position can be extended to 4 years, including a 25 percent work requirement that’s often fulfilled by teaching.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11 April 2011

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