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.



Posted 1/22/09