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Saturday, December 19, 2009

UK: Wellcome PhD Studentship: Philosophy of Medicine at King’s College London

Overview

The Centre for the Humanities and Health at King’s College London has been created with the help of a £2 million Strategic Award from the Wellcome Trust and offers unparalleled opportunities to develop a wide ranging interdisciplinary interface between health sciences and the humanities. More information about the Centre and its strands of research can be found here: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/groups/chh/

The Centre invites applications for a PhD Studentship commencing in 2010. This studentship offers an opportunity to work within the Concepts of Health strand of research, across the area of the Philosophy of Medicine, broadly construed. This project is led by David Papineau, Professor of the Philosophy of Science, and Mary Margaret McCabe, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, in the Department of Philosophy at King’s College London. The candidate will register for a PhD research degree in Philosophy. The aims and background of the Concepts of Health strand of research and academic qualifications required for the studentship are given in the Further Particulars.

CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD:

The holder of the studentship will be expected to:

- Prepare and submit a doctoral dissertation in a timely fashion
- Prepare papers for submission to peer-reviewed journals
- Participate in and contribute to the research activities of the Centre


Eligibility criteria

•Open to the following nationalities
◦All Nationalities
•Applicable subjects
◦Philosophy
◦Medicine and health related studies

Information about the application

Although the award only covers Home/EU fees, applicants from outside the UK/EU are also invited to apply for the studentship on the understanding that the difference in cost of tuition fee is payable by the candidate. The tuition fee for full-time international postgraduates is currently £11,700 per year.

Value of award

Covers Home/EU postgraduate fees of £3,450 per year, and includes a stipend of c.£21,000 per annum (tax free), plus an annual travel allowance for attending conferences

Specified use

The studentship is funded full-time for 3 years and may be held full-time or part-time, though not beyond the end of 2013. The award covers Home/EU postgraduate fees of £3,450 per year, and includes a stipend of c.£21,000 per annum (tax free), plus an annual travel allowance for attending conferences.

Application procedure

All applicants for the studentship must complete the following forms by the deadline of 1st February 2010.

1. The Wellcome PhD Studentship Cover Sheet. The Cover Sheet and Further Particulars can be downloaded from the bottom of this webpage. Please see below.

2. A current CV which should include:
- your full name with title
- education: degrees (subject, class, institution, date of award)
- other academic/professional qualifications (subject, level, institution, date of award)
- employment history, where relevant

3. Two academic references. References should be sent directly by email to Abi Matthewman at the address below.

Contact details: Abi Matthewman, Centre Manager, Centre for the Humanities and Health, Department of English, King’s College London, London, Strand, WC2R 2LS. Email: abigail.matthewman@kcl.ac.uk Direct Tel: 020 78481405.

Applications may be submitted

from 01-Dec-2009 until 01-Feb-2010

Interviews will be held in February/March 2010.

Application form Download

Download

Contact details

Contact at King's

Abi Matthewman,
Centre Manager,
Centre for the Humanities and Health,
Department of English,
King’s College London,
London, Strand,
WC2R 2LS
Email: abigail.matthewman@kcl.ac.uk
Tel: 020 78481405


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