Posted 1/22/09
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL (LUMS)
Doctoral Studentships in Accounting and Finance
We would like to invite academically excellent Masters
students/graduates to apply for the 2009 Doctoral
Studentship competition available in the areas of
Accounting and/or Finance at Lancaster University
Management School (LUMS), UK.
ABOUT LUMS:
In the latest UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE, 2008)
Lancaster is in the top four university business schools on
most measures of research quality. Three quarters of
Lancaster University Management School's research activity
has been assessed as world leading or internationally
excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour,
and virtually all its research (95 percent) is of
international standing.
The Financial Times January 2008 ranking of the world's top
100 global schools also ranks LUMS' PhD and doctoral
programmes 5th in the world, and 2nd in the UK, based on a
combination of numbers of graduates and where they were
employed after graduation.
Within the Department of Accounting & Finance, research
groups include:
- Accounting: Financial Reporting; Management Accounting;
Market-Based Accounting Research; Corporate Governance
- Finance: Corporate Finance; Asset Pricing; Market Theory
and Microstructure; Derivatives; Risk Management;
International Finance
ABOUT THE STUDENTSHIP:
We aim to continue to attract a cohort of talented doctoral
students, able to contribute to the advancement of research
within the School and also able to contribute effectively
to the teaching programme of the Department of Accounting
and Finance.
Our studentships include full payment of tuition fees and a
generous living allowance of up to British Pound 13k - 16k
per annum for up to three years.
APPLICATIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION:
To find out more, please visit our web pages at:
http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/departments/Accounting/Research/
or contact:
CONTACT: Jackie Hughes
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 593622
Email: MAILTO:j.hughes5@lancaster.ac.uk
Candidates wishing to be considered for our Doctoral
Studentship competition are strongly encouraged to apply or
enquire to Jackie Hughes before 28th February 2009.
We are also pleased to receive enquiries from fellow
academics on behalf of students.