DURHAM UNIVERSITY
(including history and philosophy of science and medicine degrees)
The following funding opportunities are available for postgraduate students beginning degree courses in autumn 2012:
· 1 AHRC Doctoral Award
· A number of Durham Doctoral Studentships (distributed throughout all departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
· A number of MA Scholarships (distributed throughout all departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
· For the first time in 2012, the Philosophy Department also offers a newly inaugurated Butler-award of £3,000 p.a. for a period of three years, for outstanding PhD applicants who have no other external source of funding.
Information on the AHRC awards, the Durham Doctoral studentships and the MA Scholarships including guidelines for applying, is available at http://www.dur.ac.uk/arts.
For further information on any of the above awards, please contact Jonathon Gilderoy, Postgraduate Secretary, on +44 [0]191 334 6553 or philosophy.pgsec@durham.ac.uk. Applicants for a research degree are advised to get in touch with potential supervisors and/or the director of postgraduate research, Prof. Wolfram Hinzen, at wolfram.hinzen@dur.ac.uk, prior to submitting their application.
THE DEPARTMENT
Situated in the centre of a beautiful, historic city, the Department of Philosophy has a thriving postgraduate community, one of the largest in Britain. Our 17 full-time members of staff and 9 research fellows have interests and expertise in an exceptionally broad range of topics, from applied ethics to the philosophy of action, and from Buddhist philosophy to aesthetics. For more information, please see http://www.dur.ac.uk/
THE DEGREE PROGRAMMES
We offer five postgraduate degrees:
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