[Forum SIS] 1 Professor/Reader + 4 PhD Studentships, University of Bristol

[Leonardo Grilli]

Professor/Reader in Quantitative Research in Education, University of
Bristol (vacancy ref. 16859)

As part of its strategy to advance quantitative research in the social
sciences, the University is seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher
with interests in the development and/or application of advanced
quantitative methods to any aspect of educational research. The appointment
will be made at the Reader or Professor level and will be held in the
Graduate School of Education, and will involve working closely with the
Centre for Multilevel Modelling and others within the School and Faculty.

Candidates should have a track record in leading social research using
advanced quantitative research methods. Applications are particularly
encouraged from candidates with experience of handling large and complex
datasets, and with expertise in multilevel modelling, longitudinal data
analysis or structural equation modelling. It is not a requirement that
quantitative expertise has been applied to education, although candidates
will be expected to demonstrate how their experience and expertise will be
applied to educational issues. Candidates should also be willing and
enthusiastic to further strengthen postgraduate teaching in quantitative
methods both within the School and the wider Faculty.

Closing Date : 31 January 2012

Further details and an application form can be found at
http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=106171

Alternatively you can telephone (0117) 954 6947, minicom (0117) 928 8894 or
email Recruitment at bris.ac.uk (stating postal address ONLY), quoting
reference number 16859.

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4 ESRC Studentships in Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences &
Health

We are pleased to invite applications for 4 ESRC '+3' studentships on the
South West Doctoral Training Centre's Advanced Quantitative Methods in
Social Science & Health (AQM) pathway.  The AQM pathway is based at the
University of Bristol and these studentships will run from October 2012.
The deadline for applications is 17 February 2012.

The AQM pathway involves PhD supervision and core training on the
application of advanced quantitative methods in the social and health
sciences. It is run by leading academics from the University of Bristol's
Centre for Multilevel Modelling, Centre for Market & Public Organisation,
the School of Geographic Sciences, and the School of Social & Community
Medicine.

AQM is for social scientists who wish to develop their quantitative
research skills in order to address important substantive social science
questions, and in particular those questions involving secondary data
analysis. AQM is equally for researchers who wish to specialise in the
development of quantitative methods to address important but more generic
social science questions, rather than specific applications to a
substantive topic.

Applications are welcome from graduates in quantitative social science
disciplines and more technical quantitative disciplines like statistics and
econometrics. Applicants must have completed a Master's degree satisfying
the ESRC Postgraduate Training & Development Guidelines by 30 September
2012.

AQM is a priority area and it is expected that successful applicants will
be eligible for an additional AQM stipend of £3,000. Thus the total annual
maintenance stipend for 2012/13 will be in excess of £16,590.

For more details about AQM studentships and the applications procedure,
visit our website at http://www.bris.ac.uk/cmm/aqm