Hi All, We have some PhD positions in Leicester (and more may be coming up next year). I would be very grateful if you could let this know any potential candidate you might now. Thanks a lot in advance and best wishes, Alexander === *Graduate Teaching Assistant* Department of Computer Science Package up to £13,590 (£9,641 maintenance grant plus Salary £3,949 per annum, and also Home/EU fee waiver) Please note, if you are a national of a non-EU country you will be responsible for any monetary difference between International and Home/EU fees Part-Time Fixed-Term Contract for 4 years commencing October 2010 or January 2011 Ref: SEN00089 Applications are invited for a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Computer Science. A Graduate Teaching Assistant is expected to undertake teaching or system development related duties within the Department of Computer Science, not normally exceeding seven contact hours per week during term, while undertaking research leading to a PhD supervised by a member of staff. In the first instance, prior to making an application, candidates must submit a short statement (not more than half a page) outlining the topic in which they would like to do a PhD and one or two members of academic staff under whose supervision they would be willing to work (information about PhD studies in Computer Science, including staff interests, can be found at http://www.cs.le.ac.uk/admissions/MPhil-PhD). Candidates should feel free to contact staff to discuss possible research areas and should also indicate what kind of teaching duties would better fit their interests and ambitions. Information about the various undergraduate degrees offered by the department may be found at: www.cs.le.ac.uk/admissions/BSc <http://www.cs.le.ac.uk/admissions/BSc>. *Informal Enquiries* Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Professor José Fiadeiro, Head of the Department of Computer Science, on jose@mcs.le.ac.uk <mailto:jose@mcs.le.ac.uk>. *Applications* For further information and to apply on-line, please visit our website: www.le.ac.uk/joinus <http://www.le.ac.uk/joinus> In the first instance, prior to making an application, candidates should contact the Department, no later than 1 September 2010, to discuss their planned PHD Thesis. Please remember, two applications must be completed, one for the PhD proposal, one for recruitment to the teaching element of the GTA posts. Your PhD plan must be submitted by 4 September. The closing date for the teaching element is midnight on 8 September 2010 Candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted by the University. If you do not receive a communication from the University within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. Interviews are anticipated to be held 29/30 September 2010 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]