[University of Salford] Graduate Teaching Assistantship; Immersive Technologies

£13,290 per year

Applications are invited for the Graduate Teaching Assistantships at the University of Salford, starting in October 2010.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships offer a valuable opportunity for postgraduate researchers to study for a PhD while teaching in subjects broadly related to their PhD research.

Graduate Teaching Assistants work with academic staff in a range of teaching, learning and assessment activities to support undergraduate student learning for 180 hours per academic year.

The scholarships are worth £13,290 per year (2009-2010 levels) over three years and, within this School, are available to UK/EU students only.

In the School of Computing, Science & Engineering, scientists and engineers with expertise in many different areas, including multimedia and the internet, computing, physics, robotics, music recording, acoustics and nanotechnology all work together to develop courses and research programmes in both their own speciality subjects and also in multidisciplinary areas of increasing importance to 21st century society.

In 2010 graduate teaching assistantships will be available in the following area:

Informatics

• Immersive technologies

Eligibility:  UK and EU

GTA Coordinator: Professor Ian Morrison

T: +44 (0) 161 295 5303

Email: i.morrison@salford.ac.uk

For further application details, please visit www.pg.salford.ac.uk/GTAS

To find out more about research at the University of Salford please visit

www.research.salford.ac.uk/

The closing date for applications is 5 February 2010