Two doctoral studentships are available at the UNESCO Centre forComparative Education Research, School of Education, the University ofNottingham. These studentships offer full overseas student fees, togetherwith an annual stipend of �5,000 each. These are available for a period ofthree years from 30 January 2006 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The UCCER is interested in applications from students interested incomparative and international research in the following areas:
- The political economy of educational policy and planning, including responses to internal and external factors (including globalisation, the knowledge economy, HIV/AIDS and post-conflict situations).
- Private higher education in developing countries.
- Education, identity and citizenship.
- Rural societies and educational attainment.
- The role of post-school education and training in sustainable rural development.
- Anthropological perspectives on education, especially indigenous knowledge systems, local knowledge and Education for all.
- Child labour and access to education.

Students should hold the equivalent of a first or upper second UK Bachelordegree and a UK Masters degree and must provide evidence of competence inEnglish e.g. a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 (with 6.0 on the written test) orequivalent.

These studentships are competitive, but preference will be given to studentsfrom low-income or middle-income countries.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor W J Morgan, UNESCO Chair ofthe Political Economy of Education & Director of the Centre for ComparativeEducation Research, tel: 0115 951 3717, fax: 0115 951 4436 or Email:John.Morgan@Nottingham.ac.uk
Further details are also available at:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/ccer.