Data, information and knowledge management: driving effective environmental management practices

This is a fully funded studentship including UK/EU fee and stipend.

Sustainability is an issue of special concern for business and society, as it is unclear to what extent organisations apply effective environmental management practices. Managers and employees in today’s economy are knowledge-intensive workers working on a data-rich context, whose competences, capacities and capabilities to process data and work together on teams make them unique, allowing an alignment of learning practices and sustainable business growth.

This research project will help students understand how knowledge workers align strategic goals with sustainable business growth. In addition, the project will enable two students to build their research profiles while contributing to a sustained collaboration between UPCT and Coventry University in their efforts to achieve high quality research outputs. The project will allow other researchers from Coventry and Cartagena to collaborate between them and with other scholars. The project will also be an opportunity to open up opportunities to spend one year in Cartagena and Coventry respectively.

The Centre for Business in Society (CBiS), Coventry University
The Centre for Business in Society - CBiS - is home for specialist researchers within the Faculty of Business and Law. It includes over thirty specialist researchers, a dedicated research support team, more than 100 PhD researchers, many of the Faculty of Business and Law’s professoriate, staff currently undertaking their sabbaticals and a large designation of Associate Researchers.
Through understanding the impact of organisations’ activities, behaviours and policies, our research seeks to promote responsibility and to change behaviours so as to achieve better outcomes for economies and societies.

The Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT)
The Network of Chairs of the UPCT consists of Technological, Entrepreneurship and Socioeconomic Chairs with the presence of top companies such as Microsoft, Repsol, Navantia, etc (https://red-catedras.upct.es/)

UPCT International Doctoral School delivers high quality academic and professional support for researchers, from PhD to Professors (https://www.upct.es/escueladoctorado/)

Free training: research career planning, managing your doctorate, research communication skills, research ethics, research impact, research integrity, research methods and research supervision

Benefits
• Our research strategy is underpinned by a £250m investment in research and facilities
• Dedicated Doctoral College and Centre for Research Capability Development deliver high quality professional support for researchers, from PhD to Professor
• Free training: research career planning, managing your doctorate, research communication skills, research ethics, research impact, research integrity, research methods and research supervision
• Coventry is a member of the Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA), the largest multi-partner and only nationwide doctoral training initiative of its kind.

Candidate Specification
• Open to UK and EU candidates

A minimum of a 2:1 first degree in a relevant discipline/subject area with a minimum 60% mark in the Project element or equivalent with a minimum 60% overall module average.

In the event of a first degree classification of less than 2:1, a Masters Degree in a relevant subject area will be considered as an equivalent. The Masters must have been attained with overall marks at minimum merit level (60%). In addition, the dissertation or equivalent element in the Masters must also have been attained with a mark at minimum merit level (60%).

English Language Proficiency required for Research Degrees
Overseas applicants are required to demonstrate their competence through attainment of a notified overall minimum IELTS Academic score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component (or equivalent approved English language qualification and score) prior to application. View a list of approved English Language tests.

Applicants who have UKVI IELTS score of 6.5 (or equivalent) with a minimum of 6.0 in all components may be eligible to enrol on a Pre-sessional English (PSE) programme subject to availability as outlined in the Postgraduate Research Pre-Sessional English Guidance (doc).

In such cases a joint CAS will be issued for entry to both the Pre-sessional English programme and the research degree.

Progression to the Research programme will be subject to meeting the required level of English. Candidates not meeting the requirements will not be permitted to register for the research degree and under UKVI requirements will only be able to re-enrol on a further PSE course at a later date, having left the University to improve their level of English, in order to comply with Tier 4 visa regulations.

Candidates must apply and be accepted to both universities in order to be accepted for the cotutelle programme

How to apply
Candidates must apply both to CU and to UPTC as follows:

CU: Apply online https://pgrplus.coventry.ac.uk/ submitting full supporting documentation, and covering letter only.

Application: https://www.upct.es/estudios/admision/doctorado/

General information: https://www.upct.es/escueladoctorado/

Deadline for applications: 30th June 2020

Start date: September 2020

Duration of study: Full-Time – 3.5 years fixed term

Interview dates will be confirmed to shortlisted candidates

Enquiries may be addressed to:
Dr Alexeis Garcia-Perez
Reader in Cyber Security Management, Faculty Research Centre for Business in Society
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