PhD Graduate Teaching Assistantships, College of Law, Swansea University, 2015 – £18 000 pa
26th March 2015
PhD Graduate Teaching Assistantships, College of Law, Swansea University, 2015 – £18 000 pa
Swansea University College of Law will commence a significant period of expansion in 2015. . Complementing a number of appointments at Professorial level, the College invites applications for full-time Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs). The positions are tenable for three years from September 2015. Those appointed will undertake PhD research in the College and will contribute to the core LLB teaching programme. GTAs will be exempt from payment of fees and, in an unprecedented level of investment in our postgraduate research community, will be awarded an annual stipend of £18 000 for the duration of the expected three-year candidature. In exceptional circumstances funding may be provided to cover up to a maximum of one further year.
The College will provide careful mentoring for GTAs, led by staff with supervisory competence across a diverse range of research fields, including: public law, human rights law, legal philosophy, criminal law and theory, international trade, tort, contract law, commercial law, competition law, and extending to specialist and emerging fields including but not limited to neuro-law, devolution, ‘legal-Wales’, and children’s rights.
Applications are welcome from candidates who are able to demonstrate exceptional academic ability. In the first instance candidates should apply, by e-mail, to the Director of Postgraduate Research, Dr Bebhinn Donnelly-Lazarov (b.donnelly@swansea.ac.uk), attaching a letter of application, a complete CV, including the details of two academic referees, and a PhD proposal of no more than two pages. Applicants should further include a piece of written work, which may have been prepared as part of a current or previous programme of study. Applications should be received by 5pm on 10th April 2015. Interviews will be held shortly thereafter.