Stirling Media Research Institute (SMRI) has been awarded a three-year grant by the AHRC for a project on ‘Creativity: policy and practice. A study of Government, the BBC and the UK Film Council’.

Applications for a three-year postdoctoral research assistantship are invited from well-qualified candidates with an interest in, and extensive familiarity with, contemporary UK policy issues in the fields of film and television. Applicants should have a relevant PhD.

Informal contact should be made with Professor Philip Schlesinger, Director of the SMRI. Email: p.r.schlesinger@stir.ac.uk.

This appointment will be on the Research Assistant Scale (Salary £19,460 to £22,507 per annum), dependent on experience. The post is a full-time three-year appointment and will commence on January 1st, 2006.

Further particulars are available from the Human Resources Office, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA. Tel: (01786) 467028, Fax: (01786) 466155, e-mail hr-services@stir.ac.uk

Applications in the form of a CV and covering letter must be received by Friday 16 September 2005.

Please quote reference: 11277/3903.