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8 Jan 2015
University funds 40 new PhD studentships
The University has announced funding for 40 new PhD studentships across the campus.
Awarded by the Graduate School, the studentships span all six research challenges at the University, with every academic school benefitting from the funding. Ten individual studentships have been granted, with the remaining 30 broken down into six mini Centres for Doctoral Training, each with five posts.
Professor Andrew Dainty, Director of the Graduate School, said: “This is a major financial investment by the University and underlines its commitment to supporting and developing doctoral research at Loughborough.”
Full details of the studentships can be found below:
Mini Centres for Doctoral Training
| Lead School | Participating Schools | Research Challenge | Proposal Title of Mini-CDT | Lead Academic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences | Social, Political and Geographical Sciences | Culture, Communication and Citizenship | Sport and Citizenship | Professor Richard Giulianotti |
| Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering; Science | Health and Wellbeing | Fighting Infectious Disease: Pushing the boundaries in diagnostics and therapeutics | Dr Sourav Ghosh |
| Social, Political and Geographical Sciences | None | Secure and Resilient Societies | Policing for the Future: Socio-technical resilience and innovation | Dr Karen Lumsden |
| Civil and Building Engineering | None | Energy | Halo: The RAEng Centre of Excellence PhD cluster | Professor Jacqueline Glass |
| Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering | Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering; Science | Enabling Technologies | Advanced joining technologies for high value manufacturing | Dr Gary Critchlow |
| Civil and Building Engineering | Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering; Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering; Loughborough Design School | Changing Environments and Infrastructure | Automated Mobility: Developing a safer and smarter transport system through advances in automation and intelligent mobility | Professor Mohammed Quddus |
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Article reference number: January News
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