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Employment opportunities
Additional employment opportunities within the University are now available to view through the central online job search pages.
| Job title | Location | Reference | Application deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative Officer | Exeter | R11224 | 17 May 2012 |
| Associate Research Fellow | Exeter | R11180 | 21 May 2012 |
| Associate Research Fellow | Exeter | R11173 | 28 May 2012 |
| Associate Research Fellow | Exeter | R11216 | 31 May 2012 |
| Associate Research Fellow | Exeter | R11205 | 22 Jun 2012 |
| Professor or Associate Professor in Astrophysics | Exeter | R11166 | 2 Jul 2012 |
Postgraduate research studentships
Postgraduate research funding opportunities are highlighted below. Each award title links through to further information on the research project, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
| Award | Value | Application deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering PhD Studentship in Nanomaterials for Energy: Nanostructured porous materials for energy related gases storage and conversion | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU/International) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Wed 30th May 2012 | This project will aim at the design and preparation of novel nanostructured materials with appropriate functionalities and evaluation of their applications in a wide variety of energy-related fields. |
| Engineering Doctorate Studentship ('EngD') in Water Engineering: Rainwater harvesting in the wild | Four-year studentship funded by EPSRC through STREAM: Tuition fees [UK/EU] and an enhanced stipend of £19K p.a. in the first two years and £20K p.a. in the last two years, all tax free. | Thu 31st May 2012 | This project will focus on investigating the performance (in its broadest sense – water saving, runoff control, energy use, maintainability, acceptability, cost-effectiveness) of a number of rainwater harvesting systems. |
| PhD Studentship in Water Engineering: Dynamic licensing–integrated control of urban wastewater systems | Four-year studentship funded by EPSRC through STREAM: Tuition fees [UK/EU] and an enhanced stipend of £19K p.a. in the first two years and £20K p.a. in the last two years, all tax free. | Thu 31st May 2012 | This project will focus on modelling and control problems in the urban wastewater system in order to implement dynamic licensing, while a sister project with Sheffield University will investigate the related problems based on river water quality modelling |
| The Exeter-Brown PhD Studentship in High Frequency Spintronics | Three-year fully funded studentship: Tuition fees, travel bursary and an annual maintenance allowance | Thu 31st May 2012 | The project will explore the high frequency magnetisation dynamics of fully spin-polarized CrO2 nanostructures in response to time varying magnetic fields and current injection. |
| Physics PhD Studentship in Nano-optics and Magnetic Materials: A Plasmonic Antenna for Magneto-Optical Imaging at the Deep Nanoscale | A 42 month studentship funded by EPSRC: Tuition fees UK/EU and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. This funding covers UK/EU students only, however international students are welcome to apply and pay the difference. | Fri 8th Jun 2012 | The student will join an EPSRC funded £1.1M collaborative project between Exeter and the Queens University Belfast to fabricate a novel plasmonic antenna for near field magneto-optical sensing. |
| Engineering PhD Studentship in CFD Optimisation: The optimisation of wastewater treatment systems using adjoint solutions for CFD-based simulations. | Four-year studentship funded by EPSRC via STREAM Industrial Doctoral Centre: Tuition fees [UK/EU] and an annual maintenance allowance of £19,000 p.a. (yrs 1+ 2) rising to £20,000 p.a. (yrs 3+4). | Fri 15th Jun 2012 | The project will focus on optimising the geometry of solid-liquid separation devices through optimisation-driven CFD simulations, using gradient-sensitive adjoint functions. |
| Engineering PhD Studentship in Functional Materials: Graphene Optoelectronics | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU/International) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Fri 15th Jun 2012 | Applications are invited for a College PhD studentship to work with Dr Geoff Nash on the development of novel graphene based optoelectronic devices. |
| Geology PhD Studentship in Critical Metals Research: Proterozoic mantle lithosphere as a source of Critical Metals: insights from carbonate-rich magmatic rocks | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current Research Council rate. | Fri 15th Jun 2012 | The aim of this research project is to elucidate the nature of the mantle source from which carbonated magmas transport the critical metals in order to understand: (1) why the Proterozoic carbonatite intrusions are large relative to many Phanerozoic intru |
| PhD Studentship in Building Physics: Building energy performance modelling and optimisation | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Fri 29th Jun 2012 | The overall aim of this studentship will be to produce a simplified lumped parameter computer modelling tool which is able to be used at an early stage in the building design process. |
| PhD Studentship in Building Physics: Climate change and buildings - the impact on human health | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. The studentship will cover UK/EU tuition fees plus an annual stipend of £13,590pa for three years. | Fri 29th Jun 2012 | Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in building physics at the Centre for Energy and the Environment investigating the impact of climate change to building occupants. This studentship will research the effect of thermal performance of buildings |
| Cornwall Heritage Trust Bursary | £1000 | Sat 30th Jun 2012 | A one year award of up to £1000 for one or more graduate students producing dissertations/theses centred on any aspect of Cornwall's heritage and who will be registered from October of the coming academic year. |
| Engineering/Physics PhD Studentship in Functional Materials: Anisotropic Elastic Properties of Wood and Nanocellulose-based Composites | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU/International) and an annual maintenance allowance at current UK Research Council rate. | Sun 1st Jul 2012 | This project will investigate auxetic properties of wood specimens and nanocellulose based composites. |
| Risk Factors for Late-Onset Dementia PCMD-GS-0050R2 | £13,590 | Deadline passed (Mon 3rd Oct 2011) |
Risk Factors for Late-Onset Dementia |
| Physics PhD Studentship: PhyBio-Inspired Optics - Developing Physical and Technological Insights in Colour and Structure | Three year studentship: UK tuition fees and annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate | Deadline passed (Fri 28th Oct 2011) |
This studentship will comprise detailed experimental and theoretical investigation into specific biological photonic systems that exhibit technologically exploitable light-manipulation capabilities |
| Renewable Energy PhD Studentship: Interdisciplinary study of the impact of a Marine Renewable Energy field research facility at Falmouth Bay | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current UK Research Council rate. This project is part funded by European Social Fund (ESF) project number 11200NCO5 and is only open to EU Nationals. | Deadline passed (Fri 28th Oct 2011) |
This interdisciplinary research project aims to de-risk the potential impingement of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) field research facility on the marine environment |
| ESF Renewable Energy PhD Studentship in Power Electronics: Power electronic converters for photovoltaic farm grid interface | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current UK Research Council rate. This award is part funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and is only open to EU Nationals. | Deadline passed (Fri 4th Nov 2011) |
This project will be concerned with the investigation of using alternative power electronic topologies and control systems to interface a sub 5MW solar PV farm to the grid. |
| PhD Studentship: The development of a simplified thermal model for building design | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Deadline passed (Fri 11th Nov 2011) |
A three-year PhD studentship on the development of a simplified thermal model for building design at The University of Exeter under the supervision of Dr Matt Eames. |
| Renewable Energy PhD Studentship: Reliability methodologies for the improvement in the availability of marine energy conversion systems | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current UK Research Council rate. This project is funded by EPSRC through the United Kingdom Centre for Marine Energy (UKCMER) | Deadline passed (Wed 30th Nov 2011) |
Applicants are invited for the reward of a prestigious SUPERGEN (UKCMER) PhD award to be supervised at the University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus in the field of reliability methodologies for the improvement of the availability of marine energy conversion |
| PhD studentship in offshore umbilical design: Best practices for the development of highly dynamic power cable (umbilical) for floating MRE applications | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current UK Research Council rate (£13,590/annum). | Deadline passed (Sun 8th Jan 2012) |
This PhD studentship will be funded by the Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) with the aim to enable NSW to develop and design highly dynamic MRE power cables (umbilical) providing an engineering proof of survivability at high confidence level. The PhD |
| Mathematics PhD Studentship in Biomedical Modelling: An advanced systems-level model of glucocorticoid rhythms | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Deadline passed (Fri 27th Jan 2012) |
The project aim is to develop an advanced mathematical model of the stress-responsive Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis. This axis regulates the dynamic release of glucocorticoid hormones (cortisol in humans), crucial for the maintaining homeostasis. |
| PhD studentship in Systems Biology: Parasite disruption points in host networks | Tuition fees UK/EU and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate | Deadline passed (Tue 31st Jan 2012) |
This proposal will use a system biology approach to provide new insight into host-pathogen interactions. In contrast to a gene centric approach to host-parasite interaction, this proposal seeks a network level understanding of how parasites cause disease |
| Statistics PhD Studentship in Observational Climate Data: Development of statistical tools for validation of methods for creating homogeneous observational climate daily datasets | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current UK Research Council rate with CASE sponsorship from the Met Office. | Deadline passed (Fri 10th Feb 2012) |
This work will make a significant contribution to the field of climate science and statistics through quantifying methodological uncertainty and developing novel statistical techniques. |
| ESRC Doctoral Training Centre +3 and 1+3 Studentships in Environment, Energy and Resilience | UK/EU fees and an annual Research Council maintenance grant (in 2011/12 this was £13,590 for full-time students, pro rata for part-time students) for up to three years for +3 candidates, and up to four years for 1+3 candidates. | Deadline passed (Fri 17th Feb 2012) |
The University of Exeter is pleased to be offering up to 2 ESRC 1+3 or +3 studentships as part of the Environment, Energy and Resilience interdisciplinary pathway of the South West Doctoral Training Centre |
| ESRC Doctoral Training Centre +3 studentship: Public engagement with marine renewable energy: a Guernsey case study. | £13,590 plus tuition fees for eligible students | Deadline passed (Fri 17th Feb 2012) |
We are pleased to offer a +3 studentship funded by the ESRC and the Guernsey Government as part of the Environment, Energy and Resilience interdisciplinary pathway of the South West Doctoral Training Centre for entry in 2012/13 |
| BBSRC studentships | Fees and stipend at the Research Council UK rate | Deadline passed (Fri 24th Feb 2012) |
The South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP) is led by the University of Bristol, with the University of Exeter, the University of Bath, and Rothamsted Research. |
| BBSRC Systems and Synthetic Biology PhD Studentship: Design and construction of a tunable synthetic amplifier | Fees and stipend at the Research Council UK rate | Deadline passed (Fri 24th Feb 2012) |
BBSRC Systems and Synthetic Biology PhD Studentship offered by the South West Doctoral Training Partnership, led by the University of Bristol, with the University of Exeter, the University of Bath, and Rothamsted Research. |
| BBSRC Systems and Synthetic Biology PhD Studentship: Dynamic inference of large biochemical networks – uncovering transcriptional circuits in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Fees and stipend at the Research Council UK rate | Deadline passed (Fri 24th Feb 2012) |
BBSRC Systems and Synthetic Biology studentship offered by the South West Doctoral Training Partnership, led by the University of Bristol, with the University of Exeter, the University of Bath, and Rothamsted Research. |
| Environmental Engineering PhD Studentship: Evaluation of silver nanoparticle contamination impacts for biological wastewater treatment processes | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees [UK/EU] and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate | Deadline passed (Mon 19th Mar 2012) |
This project aims to understand the impacts of AgNP in biological treatment systems and subsequent effluents through a series of integrated studies using laboratory and modelling techniques |
| Camborne School of Mines PhD Studentship in Minerals Engineering: A fundamental study of the effect of the high voltage pulse power pre-weakening of mineral ores | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Deadline passed (Fri 23rd Mar 2012) |
This PhD, which is supported by SELFRAG AG and builds on previous research, aims to promote a greater understanding of the breakage process in terms of machine operating variables and rock properties. |
| Mathematics PhD Studentship: EPSRC funded PhD studentships in Mathematics | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate (UK students only). | Deadline passed (Fri 23rd Mar 2012) |
We invite applications from excellent students to compete for three fully-funded (UK only) PhD studentships in Mathematics at the University of Exeter. The research project may be in any area of applied mathematics, pure mathematics or statistics. |
| Mathematics PhD Studentship in Mathematical Ecology: Population Dynamics and Environmental Change | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU) and an annual maintenance allowance at current UK Research Council rate. | Deadline passed (Fri 30th Mar 2012) |
Motivated by fundamental biology, this PhD project will explore a range of mathematical techniques from dynamical systems and control theory, matrix theory and differential equations, optimization and game theory, to develop new modelling and analysis too |
| Engineering PhD Studentship in Marine Renewable Energy: Tidal Stream farms | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU/International) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate | Deadline passed (Fri 13th Apr 2012) |
The project will concern tidal stream energy capture farms and is part of the activity of the SuperGen Marine consortium which has the responsibility for steering the direction of marine renewable energy research in the UK. |
| Engineering PhD Studentship: Biomass/waste co-gasification with carbon capture utilisation and storage | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU/International) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Deadline passed (Mon 16th Apr 2012) |
The experimental work will involve different biomass feed /waste feed; computer simulation for the gas product; and investigate the impact of different biomass/waste to coal ratio on the carbon capture system. |
| PhDs in Holocene tropical hydrological change and the global carbon cycle | The studentship will cover tuition fees (UK/EU) plus an annual stipend of £13,590pa for three years | Deadline passed (Fri 20th Apr 2012) |
We are inviting applications for a PhD studentship to commence in October 2012 (or earlier if possible) in the general area of tropical paleohydrology and the global carbon cycle |
| Cost optimization for experimental design | £13,590 plus UK/EU tuition fees for eligible students | Deadline passed (Sun 29th Apr 2012) |
Supervisors: Dr Zheng Rong Yang and Prof Murray Grant. |
| Genetics and Genomics of Common Human Diseases and Traits PCMD-GS-0047R3 | £13,590 | Deadline passed (Sun 29th Apr 2012) |
The successful applicants will join the highly productive research team led by Prof Tim Frayling. This team has been at the forefront of genetic and genomic advances in common human diseases/traits and has jointly led discoveries of gene variants influenc |
| Modelling the Fluid Dynamics of Large-Scale Algal Culture Systems for Optimal Production of Sustainable Chemicals and Biofuels. | £13,590 plus UK/EU tuition fees for eligible students | Deadline passed (Sun 29th Apr 2012) |
The supervisor for this studentship will be Dr John Love and Dr Gavin Tabor. |
| NERC CASE PhD studentship: Impact of tropospheric O3 on crop production under future climate and atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and their interactions within the Earth System | £15,590 plus UK/EU tuition fees for eligible students | Deadline passed (Mon 30th Apr 2012) |
This is a NERC CASE studentship between the University of Exeter (Prof. Stephen Sitch, Prof. Peter Cox) and Met Office Hadley Centre (Dr Jemma Gornall). |
| Engineering PhD Studentship: Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies | Three-year studentship: Tuition fees (UK/EU/International) and an annual maintenance allowance at current research council rate. | Deadline passed (Tue 1st May 2012) |
The work will investigate appropriate methods for electrode and device fabrication at bench-scale. The successful applicant is intended to explore new advanced materials and fabrication methods for electrochemical energy storage. |
| Quasi-experimental approaches to modelling observational dementia studies PCMD-GS-0045R3 | £13,590 | Deadline passed (Fri 11th May 2012) |
In many situations where it is not ethical or practical to perform randomised controlled trials, observational studies provide a rich source of information for assessing effectiveness of treatment interventions. However, the modest effects of modern medi |
