<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi all,<br></div>this might be of interest to some on this list.<br></div>andreas<br><div><div><div><br><br><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">AHRC funding for UK/EU Arts and Humanities research students</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The
Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership will be awarding 410 PhD
studentships over a five year period to excellent research students in
the Arts and Humanities. The DTP, a collaboration between Nottingham
Trent, Nottingham, Birmingham, Birmingham City, Leicester and De
Montfort universities, provides research candidates with
cross-institutional mentoring, expert supervision, including
cross-institutional supervision where appropriate, subject specific and
generic training, and professional support in preparing for a career.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Nottingham Trent University is inviting applications from students whose research interests include:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">peer production<br>
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style>(digital) commons<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style>digital media<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style>political economy<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style>free culture<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">, piracy, sharing, open access etc.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">networked labour </span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The deadline for AHRC funding applications is <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">9th January 2014</span></span>,
by which time students must have applied for a place to study and have
provided two references to a university within the DTP. For full details
of eligibility, funding and research supervision areas, please visit <a href="http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk" target="_blank">www.midlands3cities.ac.uk</a> or contact <a href="https://owa.ntu.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=9XPC5DfEikOQg7OyOEW2aLQR8npOvtAIJFZO_rOjOi79jFUdUGfzRP2kz4KonOZvjWtbSF0Ych4.&URL=mailto%3aenquiries%40midlands3cities.ac.uk" target="_blank">enquiries@midlands3cities.ac.uk</a>. </span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Please send initial expressions of interest and research proposals to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""></span></p>
</div><span style><a href="mailto:andreas.wittel@ntu.ac.uk" target="_blank">andreas.wittel@ntu.ac.uk</a></span></div></div></div></div>