About the Project
Here is an exciting opportunity to study a process which could lead to entirely new approaches in workplace mentoring.
This is a funded PhD, including a generous stipend and tuition fees, with well-resourced circumstances for a successful scholarship.
The selected candidate will apply their scientific and research skills and ambition to develop an ICTmediated mentoring process. This doctoral project, will allow the student to develop transferable knowledge and skills in this most exciting and active field of coaching and mentoring psychology research.
This Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS) project will be held in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education at the University of South Wales. KESS is a programme funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) awarded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) in the Welsh Government. The PhD will be associated with Trivallis, a social housing organisation in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The project will focus on the development of a mentoring programme as part of Trivallis’s organizational
development strategy. Specifically, it needs a program which will nurture current and future leaders and allow its leadership and management team to deliver efficiencies and improvements around energy usage and environmental impact. Given that the target population are spread across geographically-diverse sites, the development of efficacious mentoring via ICT media is central to this
programme.
The position is available from 1st October 2017
Eligibility of Student:
To be eligible to hold a KESS studentship, you must:
have a home address in the Convergence area (details below)* at the time of registration.
have the right to take up paid work in the Convergence area* on completion of the
scholarship.
be classified by the University as ‘home’ or ‘EU’ for tuition fees purposes according to the
University’s guidelines.
satisfy University of South Wales’s admissions criteria: see below, qualifications and
experience and application process
*The Convergence area covers West Wales and the Valleys, and is made up of the following 15 local authorities: Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen.
Qualifications and experience:
Eligible applicants will:
Have a degree (2i or higher) in psychology or a cognate discipline
Possess a reasonable understanding of mentoring theory and practice
Be highly self-motivated, with capacity to learn and develop defensible applied research
techniques
Have well-developed and positively collaborative interpersonal skills
Have an ability to deliver technical reports and communicate findings
Be willing to travel and work across Rhondda Cynon Taf and the surrounding region
Application Process:
To download an application package, please visit: Participant Application Package (http://gro.southwales.ac.uk/studentships/KESSII/participant/)
For any queries on eligibility, please contact: KESS Team at Research and Innovation Services, University of South Wales: [Email Address Removed] Tel: 01443 482578
For informal enquiries or further programme information, please contact: Dr. Catherine Jones
([Email Address Removed])
Closing date for applications: midnight Sunday 18th June 2017
Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS) is a pan-Wales higher level skills initiative led by Bangor University on behalf of the HE sector in Wales. It is part funded by the Welsh Government’s European Social Fund (ESF) convergence programme for West Wales and the Valleys. Ysgoloriaeth Sgiliau Economi Gwybodaeth (KESS) yn Gymru gyfan sgiliau lefel uwch yn fenter a arweinir gan
Brifysgol Bangor ar ran y sector AU yng Nghymru. Fe’i cyllidir yn rhannol gan Gronfeydd Cymdeithasol Ewropeaidd (ESF) cydgyfeirio ar gyfer Gorllewin Cymru a’r Cymoedd.
Funding Notes
The studentship will cover the fees for a 3-year full-time PhD programme and pays (typically tax free) a stipend of circa £14k p.a. There is also a total of £9k project support costs available for consumables, travel, minor equipment, training (including the KESS Grad School) and conference attendance.