Every year the University of Salford offers a number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) for suitably qualified candidates wishing to study for a PhD. Applications are now invited for scholarships based in the School of Languages starting in October 2010. The scholarships are worth £13,290 per annum per year over three years and are open to UK/EU students.

Subject areas include:

Linguistics

Pragmatics, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, First and Second Language Acquisition , Arabic linguistics, Documentation of endangered Semitic languages, Applied linguistics (teaching English as a second language)

Translation and Interpreting

Translation and Interpreting Studies, Interpreting, Literary translation, Screen translation, Genre-specific translation studies, Sociology of translation, Psychology of translation, Pedagogy of translation /interpreting, Contrastive linguistics and translation, Terminology and translation

Intercultural Studies

Literary studies with reference to: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish, French politics and contemporary history, Geo-politics, Comparative social politics

Graduate Teaching Assistantships offer students the opportunity to study for a PhD while undertaking teaching duties in areas usually related to their PhD research. Successful candidates will work under the direction of an academic staff member on a range of teaching activities, up to 180 hours over the academic year (based on an average of six hour per week).

Please note there are TWO closing dates:

1. The closing date for GTA applications is 5 February 2010.
2. Outstanding candidates will also put forward for external funding. Please note the earlier deadline for applicants wishing to be considered for ESRC/AHRC funding: 8 January 2010.

For details on how to apply please visit:

http://www.esri.salford.ac.uk/esri/p/>s=5&pid=17

For any additional queries, please contact:

Professor Janet Watson, T +44 (0)161 295 4463

Email: j.c.e.watson@salford.ac.uk