The Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentships

The Bloomsbury Colleges consortium brings together six University of London colleges comprising Birkbeck (Bbk), Institute of Education (IoE), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Royal Veterinary College (RVC), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and The School of Pharmacy (SoP).

The consortium is offering twelve PhD Studentships, each of three years duration, to start October 2011. The Studentships will cover course fees (at the usual level for UK and EU Studentships) and a student stipend. They will encompass a wide range of topics spanning the biomedical and social sciences, reflecting the diversity of disciplines represented in the consortium. The Studentships will be supervised by two of the partner colleges which are indicated after each Studentship.

Click on a Studentship from the list below for further details.

Please note that applications for all studentships beginning in 2011/12 are now closed.

Studentships 2011

Stakeholder perception of flood-risk (Bbk and IoE) This studentship is now closed.

Structural and functional studies of the Hsp90‐dependent phosphatase PP5 in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (Bbk and LSHTM) This studentship is now closed.

Gender violence and adult learning in post‐apartheid South Africa (IoE and Bbk) * This studentship is now closed.

Mechanisms of social influence in typical development and autism (IoE and Bbk) This studentship is now closed.

Evaluation of foot and mouth disease vaccine coverage, effectiveness and impact in Turkey and Iran (LSHTM and RVC)* This studentship is now closed.

Integrated informatics and statistical tools to assist the translation of pathogen sequencing data derived from new sequencing technologies (LSHTM and Bbk) This studentship is now closed.

Quantitative and qualitative investigations of mental health and wellbeing in veterinary, pharmacy and other undergraduate students (RVC and Bbk) This studentship is now closed.

The effect of missense mutations on the role of Fukutin related protein (FKRP) (RVC and Bbk) * This studentship is now closed.

Agricultural and health input subsidies in development: inter‐sectoral lessons from theory and practice (SOAS and LSHTM) * This studentship is now closed.

Intelligent Hands: a cross‐cultural study of apprenticeship and skilled work (SOAS and IoE) * This studentship is now closed.

Role of gastrointestinal microbiota in the development of Escherichia coli K1 neonatal meningitis (SoP and LSHTM) This studentship is now closed.

The Viral Achilles Heel: The nucleocapsid protein of FIV and related lentiviruses as a therapeutic target (SoP and RVC) This studentship is now closed.

*These four Studentships are related to international development and include additional funding for field research. For more information, please visit the LIDC website at this link http://www.lidc.org.uk/news_detail.php?news_id=110

The Bloomsbury Colleges, University of London: Birkbeck; Institute of Education; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; School of Oriental and African Studies; The School of Pharmacy; Royal Veterinary College.