Applications are invited for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarships in the Sheffield Business School, commencing 2 October 2023.
The scholarship is for three and a half years full-time study (pro-rata part time) and covers home PhD fees, currently £4596, and pays an annual stipend at the living wage foundation rate of £18,178 per year in the academic year 22/23.
The GTA scholarship scheme aims to develop highly skilled postgraduate researchers. More information can be found here: https://www.shu.ac.uk/-/media/home/research/research-degrees/files/gta-scholarships-overview-of-scheme-for-applicants.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=F4D6FDE7809DAFD448DB0D16E870A5D5
Sheffield Business School
Sheffield Business School (SBS) is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), placing us within the top 5% of business schools globally. Our ambition is to be a world leading applied business school; our mission is to create real world opportunities: we pride ourselves on the relevance of our work.
As signatory members of PRME (UN Directive for Principles for Responsible Management Education), we are committed to embedding social responsibility, sustainability, and ethics in our teaching and learning, and across our research, innovation, and knowledge exchange activities. These commitments are reflected in our signature themes:
• Responsible Leadership and Socially Just Organisations
• Resilient Economies and Sustainable Supply Chains
• Responsible Consumption and Sustainable Lives
• Digital Transformation
SBS is part of the University’s College of Business, Technology and Engineering, enhancing our cross-disciplinary connectivity. Over 50 SBS colleagues included in our REF2021 submission across five Units of Assessment, with excellent results for our outputs and especially for the impact of our research. We are also proud contributors to Sheffield Hallam University’s Civic University Agreement, reflecting our responsibilities and contributions to our regional economy and jobs, education and skills, health and wellbeing, and community and regeneration.
Project title: Exploring the construct of ‘food addiction’ and implications for successful weight management
This programme of research will utilise mixed-methods to explore the perceptions of ‘food addiction’ as a construct, the interrelationship between ‘food addiction’ behaviours and weight management outcomes, and evidence for therapeutic use of transcranial electrical stimulation as a novel intervention in those at risk of overconsumption due to ‘food addiction’.
GTA scholarships are open to Home, EU and International applicants. Please be aware that the bursary will cover only the Home fee. Generally, the shortfall between the Home and EU/ International fee, currently around £10,300 per year, will need to be covered by the student for the duration of the studentship. As part of the Sheffield Hallam PhD scholarship programme, additional funding may be made available to assist International students with the fee gap as described above. This additional funding is limited, though, and will only be offered to exceptional International applicants. Allocation of this additional funding will be based on information obtained through the standard GTA recruitment process, and no additional application will be required.
Entry Requirements:
a) Applicants should hold a 1st class honours degree or a Masters degree in a relevant subject with a minimum score of 60% for the dissertation mark.
b) Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to demonstrate their English language proficiency through one of the following:
1. Recent academic IELTS demonstrating an overall score of 7.0 or above with no score below 6.5 in the other components or equivalent. Recent means that your IELTS results must have been awarded two years preceding the doctoral programme's start date.
2. Educated with a UK Master's degree level (merit and above) within one year preceding the doctoral programme's start date.
Further information about equivalent English language qualifications: https://www.shu.ac.uk/international/international-experience-team/pre-arrival-and-visa-information/english-language-entry-requirements
We strongly encourage all applicants to contact the Director of Studies or member of the supervisory team, prior to completing an application.
To apply for the PhD studentship, Please complete and submit an application form and provide a 1,500-word research proposal addressing the project title. Please note the project outline provided above is indicative, and the candidate will be expected to develop their own proposal in considerably more depth.
You can find our on-line application form on the ‘Apply Now’ section of the Sheffield Business School (Management, Finance, Service Sector) PhD page here PHD Sheffield Business School (Management, Finance, Service Sector) Full-time 2023/24 | Sheffield Hallam University (shu.ac.uk). Please choose the option to apply for the October 2023 intake.
Please add the project title and the studentship you are applying for clearly within the 'Personal Statement' field of the application form.
Applicants must live within a reasonable distance of the University, whilst in receipt of the scholarship.
Please submit your application form by the closing date of Friday 12 May 2023 at 12 noon GMT. Late applications will not be accepted. Please note that as part of the annual system upgrade our online application system will NOT be available from Friday 31st March 2023 at 6 pm to Wednesday 5th April 2023 (dates inclusive). You will not be able to make an application during this time. You can make your application outside of this period until the closing date for applications and we look forward to receiving them. Please e-mail [Email Address Removed] if you have any questions.
Provisional interviews, weeks commencing 12&19 June 2023.
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