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Specimen Preparer

Deadline: 
Sunday, May 20, 2018 - 00:00
Employer: 
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Contract Duration: 
Permanent
Salary: 
£18,135 per annum

We are recruiting for a Specimen Preparer to join the Specimen Preparation Team within the Science Directorate. As part of this team, that includes five other Specimen Preparers, the successful candidate will contribute to the creation of over 30,000 herbarium specimens annually.
The Herbarium at Kew contains around 7 million preserved vascular plant specimens, these specimens contain a wealth of information about plants and are used by Kew Scientists and researchers across the globe in studies into biodiversity, conservation, ecology and sustainable development. The post holder will be a highly motivated individual, able to contribute to the herbarium collections by producing herbarium specimens to Kew standards in a timely way.
More details
Kew is the world’s leading botanic gardens, at the forefront of plant and fungal science, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major visitor attraction.
We want a world where plants and fungi are understood, valued and conserved – because our lives depend on them.
We use the power of our science and the rich diversity of our gardens and collections to provide knowledge, inspiration and understanding of why plants and fungi matter to everyone.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent organisational skills and the ability to undertake repetitive tasks through to completion. You will be keen to work as part of a team, but also have the ability to work alone and make independent decisions when preparing specimens.
The successful candidate will have good manual dexterity and an ability to work quickly and precisely. They will learn new skills, be able to demonstrate the specimen preparation process to others and be confident interacting with the public and visitors in an engaging manner.
The salary will be £18,135 per annum.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a broad range of Learning and Development opportunities, with access to the Civil Service training curriculum, generous annual leave entitlement for new starters, family friendly policies, a choice of competitive pensions and flexible benefits scheme.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
No agencies please.

Science Engagement Director

Deadline: 
Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 00:00
Employer: 
International Centre for Life Trust
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Contract Duration: 
Permanent
Salary: 
£70,000

The International Centre for Life is a pioneering science village based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. It brings together over 500 researchers, clinicians, business people and education and science engagement professionals, who are all united in their passion for science. Life is home to Newcastle University's Institute of Genetic Medicine and two NHS clinics, including a Fertility Centre. Life has achieved several world firsts and is renowned internationally for its work in regenerative medicine.

The Life Science Centre, which opened in May 2000, is the only purpose-built science centre in the North, attracting up to 300,000 visitors per year. The centre's innovative engagement programme attracts a broad audience of primarily families but also adults, pre-schoolers and teenagers. It also has one of the biggest programme of science workshops for schoolchildren in Europe.

We want to appoint a Science Engagement Director, who will be a key member of the senior management team.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, your primary responsibilities will be to contribute with energy and enthusiasm to the mission, to manage a comprehensive science engagement programme and to develop further Life's international reputation for science engagement.

Science in the 21st century is fast moving, potentially life-enhancing and certainly controversial.

As someone who is a forward looking and an experienced science communications professional, you will excel in offering cutting edge science in a form that is easily accessible to everyone.

You will be an inspirational leader, capable of developing a team that is both creative and effective.

You will develop strategic alliances and partnerships with cultural and commercial organisations and will have the vision and experience to create long term plans for exhibitions, programmes and education.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record at a senior level in a science centre or museum.

You will ideally have a post-graduate qualification in an appropriate science discipline, have excellent people management and organisational skills and be a team player.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for someone looking for a senior position with new challenges in an innovative organisation that is passionate about science.

Interpretation Developer

Deadline: 
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 09:00
Employer: 
The Natural History Museum at Tring
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Contract Duration: 
6 Months Fixed Term
Salary: 
£28,241

The Natural History Museum at Tring was once the personal collection of Lionel Walter, the second Lord Rothschild, upon Lord Rothschild's death in 1937, the Museum and his collections were presented to the Nation to become part of the Natural History Museum. The Public Museum at Tring is part of the Natural History Museum. All Museum staff provide a wide range of services to both Museum visitors and internal customers.

The Interpretation Developer is responsible for developing and delivering interpretation for the Natural History Museum at Tring's temporary exhibitions, and occasionally, other interpretation projects, ensuring they are in line with our Public Engagement Strategy.

It is an exciting role that is based at the NHM's Tring site and liaises closely with the wider creative team in South Kensington that is responsible for developing content and delivering exhibitions for the Museum.

Working closely with colleagues across the Museum, including researchers and curators, as well as external stakeholders and lenders, you will lead on developing exhibition content, making sure it is based on relevant science and research.

You will lead on shaping and developing the interpretation for our temporary exhibitions.

This involves shaping concepts, narratives, interpretation methods, as well as specimen selection, ensuring we make best use of the Museum's world class collections and, where appropriate arrange loans of material in close liaison with the Museum's registrar team.

Using an audience focused approach and knowledge of best practice in interpretation, you will shape key messages and visitor outcomes.

You will develop interpretation methods that engage intended target audiences, ensuring that our exhibitions and galleries are accessible, interesting, informative and appealing, and suit our audiences' needs.

You will work closely with colleagues across the Museum, particularly within Technical Production, Design, Science, Audience Development, Learning and the Project Office, as well as external stakeholders.

Ideally, you will have an understanding of the exhibition design development process.

As part of a small public programme team based in Tring, you'll need enthusiasm, creativity, and attention to detail to see projects to completion.

The successful candidate will have previous experience in Museum (or similar) content and interpretation development and familiarity with exhibition processes.

Some off-site travel may be required. A UK driving licence is desirable.

Curator, Insects

Deadline: 
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 09:30
Employer: 
Natural History Museum, London
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Contract Duration: 
Permanent
Salary: 
£29,678 per annum plus benefit

Embedded within the Insects Division of the Department of Life Sciences, the Curator of social insects or beetles (depending on the skills of the successful applicant) will manage a collection of over a million insect specimens, ensuring best practice in collections care and providing access to natural history specimens in their taxonomic area. Specimens are to be acquired, curated and made available to facilitate research, teaching, training, reference and exhibitions. An emerging expert in their field of collections-based science, the curator will demonstrate ability in scholarship science (e.g. taxonomy, systematics, organismal biology) and have proven expertise in taxonomy and identification of either ants, termites or beetles. The curator works with other curators within either the Hymenoptera, Small Orders or Coleoptera sections within the Insects division. This post line is managed by the relevant Senior Curator in Charge (SCiC).

Curator of Natural History

Deadline: 
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 09:00
Employer: 
Portsmouth Museums
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Salary: 
£27,668 - £30,152

Portsmouth Museums Service contributes to the council’s vision for Portsmouth as ‘the great waterfront city’. Our collections are inspiring, accessible and relevant, supporting learning, skills development, health and wellbeing.

We operate six museums in the city: Portsmouth Museum, Charles Dickens' Birthplace, The D-Day Story, Southsea Castle, Portsmouth Natural History Museum and Eastney Beam Engine House, and attract some 300,000 visits per year.

The postholder will be responsible for delivery of Wild about Portsmouth. With the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, this project will transform access to the city's natural history collection through better documentation, by involving volunteers and specialists, by delivering a programme of collection-based activities to engage a broad audience and by raising awareness through use of social media.

Working in partnership with wildlife organisations and other stakeholders, from families to specialists, will be fundamental to the success of the project.

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship: “The origins of object-led teaching in the nineteenth-century university and connect this to the current resurgence of interest in the use of museum collections as a teaching resource.”

Deadline: 
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 00:00
Employer: 
University of Leeds / Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Contract Type: 
PhD Studentship
Contract Duration: 
Three Years

The School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science, University of Leeds, in collaboration with Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded 3-year PhD studentship to explore the origins of object-led teaching in the nineteenth-century university and connect this to the current resurgence of interest in the use of museum collections as a teaching resource.

This studentship is funded through the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme (see http://www.ahrc-cdp.org/about/). Collaboration between a Higher Education Institution and a museum, library, archive, or heritage organisation is the essential feature of these studentships.

It is a fully funded research studentship covering 3 years of tuition fees and maintenance (living costs), with additional funds available to support some research costs. There is also the option to apply for up to 6 months additional funding for related professional development (see http://www.ahrc-cdp.org/resources/). The studentship is covered by standard AHRC eligibility rules.

The student will be jointly supervised by Dr Jonathan Topham (University of Leeds), Ms Eliza Howlett and Ms Kathleen Diston (Oxford University Museum of Natural History) and Dr Jim Harris (Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology). The student will be enrolled at, and will receive their PhD from, the University of Leeds, but will be expected to spend time in both Leeds and Oxford, as well as becoming part of the wider cohort of AHRC CDP students across the UK.

The successful candidate will begin their PhD in October 2018. They will be primarily based at the University of Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science, one of the leading groups in the UK for the history of science and technology. They will also work in partnership with Oxford University Museum of Natural History, one of the oldest natural history museums in the world, and the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, which is world-famous for its University Engagement Programme and the place where Buckland did his own object-based teaching.

The Project

In recent years there has been a ‘material turn’ in the humanities and social sciences that encourages researchers to look at the roles that objects play in human action as well as signification. Many university museums have sought to exploit this shift in order to reassert the importance of their collections – and objects more broadly – as a teaching resource. This study situates such modern initiatives in a larger historical frame, exploring the origins of object-led teaching in the early nineteenth-century, when Oxford’s first Reader in geology, William Buckland, routinely employed objects and illustrations in his lectures. Focusing on Buckland and his successor, John Phillips, the project draws on a wide range of evidence to analyse the ways in which they used these materials to teach and develop the science of geology.

The project is rooted in the extensive source materials in the OUMNH relating to the history of geological teaching, including collections of specimens, models and large-scale lecture diagrams as well as lecture notes, correspondence, and institutional records. This detailed work on Oxford will be contextualized through extensive comparative research on coeval developments in the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cambridge, and London, the Geological Survey’s Museum of Practical Geology, and provincial museums such as that of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The project will investigate the role both of both university teaching and of material and visual culture in the development of the disciplinary sciences, with a particular focus on geology. It will thus encourage a reappraisal of the approaches used in the teaching of this discipline today, including comparisons between nineteenth-century illustrative materials and modern-day digital visualisations such as virtual reality.

In addition to producing a thesis in the history of geological science, the student will work with museum staff to put the research findings to practical use. In the Museum of Natural History, the student will contribute to an online catalogue showcasing key images and objects from the historic teaching collections and exploring their biography from the nineteenth-century to the present day. Objects and images researched during the project will also be used to develop sessions for Oxford, Leeds and other Higher Education students through a partnership between the Museum of Natural History and the Ashmolean University, in which the student will be involved. The student will also be encouraged to participate in public engagement activities based on the objects and their findings.

Financial Support

Subject to standard AHRC eligibility criteria, the studentship will cover tuition fees at home/EU rate and provide a maintenance award at RCUK rates for a maximum of 3 years of full-time doctoral study from 1st October 2018 with the option of up to 6 months additional funding for related professional development (see http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/160125/).

In addition, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History will provide research expenses of up to £2,000 to the student each year, to a maximum of £6,000 over the duration of the studentship, to cover costs associated with undertaking research in Oxford.

The University of Leeds, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology will supply appropriate facilities to support the research project and limited additional funds for archive visits and conferences.

Eligibility

We are looking for a highly promising and suitably qualified student who will value the opportunity of combining academic research with close involvement in the work of a leading British museum. Applicants should have a strong academic record including a high Merit or Distinction (or equivalent) at Masters level in a relevant discipline such as history (especially history of science or education), museum/heritage studies, or visual culture studies, along with a willingness to work across these disciplines while being based primarily in a history of science context. Previous experience of work in museums or archives would be an advantage but is not essential.

Please note that all applicants must meet the AHRC’s academic criteria and residency requirements (see http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/documents/guides/research-funding-guide/).

Candidates should:
1. Hold a Masters degree.
2. Be a resident of the UK or European Economic Area (EEA).
In general, full studentships are available to students who are settled in the UK and have been ordinarily resident for a period of at least three years before the start of postgraduate studies. Fees-only awards are generally available to EU nationals resident in the EEA. International applicants are normally not eligible to apply for this studentship

The successful applicant will be expected to reside in Leeds when not undertaking work at the Oxford museums or research elsewhere.

How to Apply

Candidates should apply by the deadline of 5pm on Monday 23 April 2018 via the University of Leeds research postgraduate web application service (www.leeds.ac.uk/info/130206/applying/91/). Your application must include:

• Copies of all transcripts and degree certificates.
• A writing sample of your work. This should be a relevant academic essay on a question of your choice which must be no less than 3–4,000 words.
• A letter of application (maximum 1000 words) explaining how your current academic interests relate to the doctoral project, your reasons for applying for the studentship, and how your prior education and other experiences have equipped you to undertake the project. Please note: this should be entered in the application process in place of the Research Proposal.
• Three academic references in support of your application. The names and contact details of your referees should be entered in the Referees section of the application form. Your referees should be qualified to comment on your academic ability and should not be from people related to you by blood or marriage. You are responsible for contacting your referees and ensuring that all necessary references are received. References can be submitted on headed paper or using the referee's report form. Your referees should return their references by email to prhspgr@leeds.ac.uk or in sealed envelopes to Postgraduate Administrator, School of PRHS, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT.

Interviews will be held in Oxford on Tuesday 1 May 2018 for shortlisted applicants.

Further Information

Informal enquiries relating to the project can be directed to Dr Jon Topham j.r.topham@leeds.ac.uk.

Further information about the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science at the University of Leeds is available at https://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20042/.

Further information about graduate admissions at Leeds is available at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/125022/postgraduate.

Further information about Oxford University Museums is available at:
https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/home .

For any other information please contact Dr Harriet Warburton, Oxford University Museums Research Facilitator harriet.warburton@ashmus.ox.ac.uk.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Martian Meteorites

Deadline: 
Monday, March 12, 2018 - 09:00
Employer: 
Natural History Museum, London
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Contract Duration: 
Fixed Term 12 Months
Salary: 
£33,416 or £34,958

This is an opportunity to take up a research post in world-renowned institution with a unique scientific mission and public profile.

The successful applicant will join a large science group that comprises a group of approximately 300 scientists, that houses some of the largest and most significant scientific collections in the world, that is home to an internationally important natural history library, that includes a suite of advanced analytical and imaging facilities, and that has the opportunity to communicate science to a huge national and international audience.

Applications are open to researchers in the field of meteoritics and planetary sciences, or a related field. The successful applicant will work on a project with the goal of helping to refine the source location of martian meteorites.

Areas of particular interest include (but are not restricted to):

- Mineralogy and geochemistry of martian meteorites

- Mars science

- Hyperspectral data processing and analysis

- Spectral unmixing techniques

- Machine learning

Appointees will join the Division of Mineral and Planetary Sciences that sits in the Department of Earth Sciences. The appointee will report to Dr Peter Grindrod, Research Leader at the NHM, and will be part of a group involved in the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and 2020 Rover missions.

Archaeobotanist

Deadline: 
Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 23:00
Employer: 
Museum of London Archaeology
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Contract Duration: 
Permanent
Salary: 
£24,400 - £26,500

MOLA is seeking to recruit an archaeobotanist based at our London office.

The successful candidate will contribute to and develop understanding of the past through the identification, recording, analysis, interpretation and reporting of botanical macrofossil assemblages, including charcoal.

Applicants should have a degree in in archaeobotany or a relevant subject.

They should have demonstrable experience of identifying seeds and other plant remains in waterlogged, charred and mineralised states and experience of assessing and analysing archaeobotanical assemblages and reporting on the results.

Applicant should also have an understanding and awareness of current academic research within the specialism.

This post offers an opportunity to work with a team of other specialists on a wide range of exciting projects.

For full details of the required competencies and experience please see the Job Description and Personal Specification.

Employee Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to our employees including the following:

- 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata, rising based on service length

- Company pension scheme

- Life Assurance and Sickness Income Protection Policies

- Free health care cash plan (including dependent children)

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Payment of relevant professional memberships e.g. CIFA

- Cycle Scheme

- Season interest-free travel loan

MOLA have a policy of mentoring and training for staff at all levels in order to develop individual capability and enhance career prospects.

For more information about this role and how to apply, please visit http://www.mola.org.uk/about-us/careers where you will be able to download a full job description and application form.

Applications without an application form will not be considered. Please state clearly on your application form which position you are applying for.

The closing date for applications is 18th March 2018 at 23:59

Collections Assistant

Deadline: 
Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 00:00
Employer: 
Warwickshire Museum Service
Contract Type: 
Part Time
Contract Duration: 
Permanent
Salary: 
£10,069 - £11,329

Collections care and interpretation activities are central to the work of the Warwickshire Museum Service, as part of Heritage & Culture Warwickshire.

We are seeking an experienced, qualified, organised and creative person, to support our Curators of Human History and Natural Sciences and job-share with our existing part-time Museum Collections Assistant in a range of tasks involving our archaeology, geology, social history and natural history collections.

These will include assistance with preparing displays, exhibitions and other media (including digital photography and use of design software); day-to-day collections management and documentation; assisting with collections-based projects and supporting our partnership work throughout the county.

Possessing a relevant degree or equivalent, you will have experience of collections-based museum work, and will be able to use your own initiative and also work effectively as a team member.

Excellent literacy, I.T. and interpretation skills are essential and a postgraduate museum qualification is desirable.

We are also looking for someone who is willing to work at different sites across the County.

Rewards & Benefits of working for Warwickshire

It really is true that every single job role here at Warwickshire County Council contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our County; we want to do this for our employees, too. We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours, technology to support remote working (such as light laptops and phones where the role allows).

Time to recharge is so important; we provide a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us. You get all Bank and public holidays off, plus all staff are given an extra day of holiday over Christmas.

As if that wasn't enough, you'll also have access to membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers, a host of enhanced family friendly policies and some of the very best Learning and Development training courses to support your ongoing development.

This is a part time role, 18.5 hours per week; days to be agreed and confirmed with museum staff.

Our method of application is online via WM Jobs https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/29579/collections-assistant/

You will also be required to upload a supporting statement of how you meet the essential criteria.

Please note, CV's should not been submitted unless asked to do so.

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship: “Nature of replication: Natural History Museums & the circulation of casts and models”

Deadline: 
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 00:00
Employer: 
University College London / Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Contract Type: 
PhD Studentship
Contract Duration: 
Three Years

The UCL Institute of Archaeology, and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded three-year doctoral grant 2018–21, to enable the exploration and reassessment of the history, significance and curatorial future of natural history cast collections.

This studentship is funded through the AHRC's Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) scheme.
See http://www.ahrc-cdp.org/about/

Collaboration between a Higher Education Institution and a museum, library, archive, or heritage organisation is the essential feature of these studentships. The studentship is a fully funded AHRC research studentship covering three years of tuition fees at the university and maintenance (living costs), with additional funds available to support some research costs. There is also the option to apply for additional ‘student development funding’ which covers up to six months extension of the studentship, or use of the equivalent funding for training, work placements and other development opportunities.
See http://www.ahrc-cdp.org/resources/

These studentships are covered by standard AHRC eligibility rules.

This project will be jointly supervised by Dr Alice Stevenson (UCL) and Mark Carnall (OUMNH) and the student will be expected to spend time at both UCL and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as well as becoming part of the wider cohort of CDP funded students across the UK.

The successful candidate will commence their PhD on 24th September 2018. They will hold their studentship at the Institute of Archaeology at UCL, one of the world’s leading centres for research and scholarship in heritage and museum studies, and will work in partnership with the cast, model and replica collections of Oxford University Museum of Natural History, one of the oldest natural history museums in the world with comprehensive natural history collections dating from the 17th century through to contemporary scientific and teaching collections.

The Project

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, plaster casts, models and replicas were key to sharing unique and rare specimens between museums for scientific scrutiny, museum display and as ‘backups’ to the originals. In many types of museum the status of such materials in the hierarchy of objects was low and, as studies in classical archaeology have shown, contested. The status of such reproductions in the context of natural history museums has never evaluated, but is likely to have operated differently from examples in the art historical world. This project will address this lacunae in scholarship.

Today these casts may give us an insight into the ideas and objects that were being shared, as well as telling us about the techniques and networks used to produce and disseminate casts, models and replicas. Many are now deserving a status as museum objects in their own right or invaluable in instances where the original objects have been lost or destroyed. In some cases these objects are the only remnants of ideas and interpretations where archives do not exist.

This area is very poorly researched and, due to the comparatively low value perception of these objects, not much is known about the network of technicians, artists, modellers and salespeople who spread these objects to almost every museum. This project would look at the cultures of casting and modelling to explore the different techniques used in manufacture, key individuals who sold them, existing catalogues, invoices and correspondence in museum archives and the networks of museum curators who commissioned, swapped and shared this material. The value of casts, models and replicas in the past and in modern museums will also be examined, looking at questions like should they be accessioned objects? Do they have a role in museum displays? What is the value of such objects? Can this history be informative for developing new curatorial approaches to 3D replicas?

This project links to current research being undertaken by OUMNH in collaboration with Warwick Manufacturing Group (University of Warwick) to explore the use of the next generation of 3D visualisation and prototyping in museum spaces, together with the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of user experience.

Starting with examples from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, which holds the ‘Oxford dodo’, one of the most replicated museum objects in the world, alongside other examples of specimens which were and still are displayed and produced as casts and replicas, this project will piece together the history of cast production as way of sharing ideas as well as examining how museums can best record, promote and display these sometimes second class objects today.

Financial Support

Subject to standard AHRC eligibility criteria, the studentship will cover tuition fees at home/EU rate and provide a maintenance award at RCUK rates for a maximum of 3 years of full-time doctoral study from 1st October 2018 with the option of up to 6 months additional funding for related professional development. See http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/180118/

UCL and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History will supply appropriate facilities to support the research project and limited additional funds for archive visits and conferences. In addition, Oxford University Museum of Natural History will provide research expenses of up to £2,000 to the student each year, to a maximum of £6,000 over the duration of the studentship, to cover costs associated with undertaking research in Oxford.

Eligibility

We are looking for an excellent, highly promising and appropriately qualified student who will embrace the opportunity to bring together academic research in museum studies with experience and training in a leading British museum.

NB. All applicants must meet the AHRC’s academic criteria and residency requirements.
See http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/documents/guides/research-funding-guide/

Candidates should:
1. Hold a Masters degree with an overall grade of 70% or better, with at least 70% for the dissertation.
2. Be a resident of the UK or European Economic Area (EEA).
3. In general, full studentships are available to students who are settled in the UK and have been ordinarily resident for a period of at least three years before the start of postgraduate studies. Fees-only awards are generally available to EU nationals resident in the EEA. International applicants are normally not eligible to apply for this studentship

Applicants may come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds (e.g. archaeology, anthropology, history, heritage studies, natural history, history and philosophy of science, museum studies, archive and information studies, geography, cultural studies), but it is expected that the successful applicant will be able to clearly explain the relationship between their existing training and the topic of the studentship, and indicate how their present research interests relate to the proposed topic area. Students who are able to show evidence of experience working on museum collections or archive related topics or fields (e.g. through previous work placements or work experience, etc) would be particularly welcomed to apply.

Closing date for applications: 18th April 2018 Interview date: 2nd May 2018

How to apply

Applications are based on the existing UCL application form for Postgraduate (Research) degrees that can be downloaded from:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/apply/application-for...

The application should also include:
1. The applicant’s Curriculum Vitae
2. A covering letter including a statement concerning eligibility for this fellowship
3. A research proposal of 1,000–1,500 words. This should identify how your current academic interests relate to the doctoral project, and explain your reasons for wishing to undertake this research. The research proposal should also indicate critical contexts for the project. It can also outline how you might wish to refine the project so as to meet specific research aims of your own.
4. Transcripts of relevant studies and – where appropriate – a letter from their course coordinator predicting the expected degree result (for those who still have to complete their current Master’s programme); and
5. Two reference letters in sealed and signed envelopes.

Submission of application

All application documents should be sent in to Lisa Daniel, Graduate Admissions Administrator, ideally in hard copy, at UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, UK. Your referees can email their references to l.daniel@ucl.ac.uk directly if necessary.

Only complete applications received, with both references, by the deadline, can be considered.

Please do NOT submit the application via the UCL admissions portal, since this will unnecessarily delay the receipt of your application.

Further Information

For informal enquiries relating to studentship, please contact Dr Alice Stevenson, email alice.stevenson@ucl.ac.uk Questions regarding the application process should be addressed to the Lisa Daniel, UCL Graduate Admissions Administrator, email l.daniel@ucl.ac.uk Further information about UCL Institute of Archaeology is available at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology

For any other information please contact Dr Harriet Warburton, Oxford University Museums Research Facilitator, email harriet.warburton@ashmus.ox.ac.uk .
Further information about Oxford University Museums is available at:
https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/home

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