Award details

The GTAs will be offered on a competitive basis and are available to Home and EU as well as International students. Each Graduate Teaching Assistant will undertake broadly 6 hours work per week. This will include teaching, delivering tutorials, marking and, where appropriate, lecturing.

• The School will meet the full cost of Home/EU tuition fees
• Successful candidates will receive an annual, tax-free maintenance stipend of £13,590. The stipend will be paid pro-rata for part-time students
• These scholarships fund up to three years full time (six years part time) study, subject to satisfactory progress

Eligibility

• You should have, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second class UK honours degree or equivalent
• You should be applying to start your first year of study on a full-time or part-time PhD with the University in the 2012-13 academic year
• Awards are open to UK, EU and International applicants.

Details on how to apply are available here www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/researchdegrees/assistantships/apply

About the University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is among the top 10 in the Russell Group, the association of leading UK research-intensive universities. Among its many achievements, is the recent recognition as “University of the Year 2011” by The Times Higher Education Awards. You can find out more about the University at http://www.shef.ac.uk/