POSITIONS: PhD Bursary Studentship - University of Bedfordshire

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

PhD Bursary Studentship - University of Bedfordshire
£13,290 per annum
Closing date: 26 May 2009
Interviews will be held within the first 2 weeks in June 2009

Bedfordshire Business School is one of the largest in the region with some 100 staff and over 4000 students, of which about a third are from overseas and about a quarter are postgraduates. The School offers practical, relevant, vocational courses underpinned by research excellence. Our staff have a multitude of teaching, research and commercial experience. In the 2008 RAE results, Business and Management Studies have been recognised as 'internationally excellent'. The school has a Business and Management Research Institute (BMRI) which manages all of research activity within the school. It is committed to producing high quality research that is applied and applicable, and relevant to the needs of the business community. The school has a strong record in attracting external funding and conducting collaborative research with both UK and international partners.

The Institute currently has more than 30 research students and is offering up to nine studentships in the following areas:

· Intelligent systems in business and management: applications and impact.
· Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management
· Finance and Banking, especially the risk and perception of risk by lending institutions
· Entrepreneurship
· Public relations in the new media

More info at http://www.beds.ac.uk/contactus/jobs/vacancies/academic/BU3078