*Doctoral Studentship in the Centre for Research in Communication and
Culture, Loughborough University Reference GSRC2015*
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (CRCC) at
Loughborough invites applications for a funded PhD studentship to start
in January 2015 (or as soon thereafter as possible).
Loughborough University has an outstanding international reputation for
its research and teaching in communication, media and cultural analysis.
In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, our submission to the D36
Unit of Assessment ‘Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library
and Information Management’ was ranked 7^th / 67 according to Grade
Point Average and 2^nd in both Research Power and Research Intensity. In
October 2015, the QS World rankings rated the university among the top
50 Universities in the world for Communication and Media Studies, for
the fourth year in succession.
The Centre is particularly well-known for world-leading research in:
* Social Interaction, Conversation Analysis and Social Psychology;
* Political Communication;
* Social, Cultural and Media Theory;
* Migration and Nationalism;
* Media and Communication History.
Details of the application process can be found here:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/postgraduate-research/apply/__
You must*identify and contact a potential supervisor before submission*
in order to discuss your proposal
Details of potential supervisors can be found here:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/
The closing date for applications is December 7^th 2015. For general
enquiries please contact Deirdre Lombard, D.Lombard@lboro.ac.uk
<mailto:D.Lombard@lboro.ac.uk>__
Please quote reference GRC2015