The College of Management and Languages is providing the next James Watt scholarship to begin within the academic year 2016-17.

The word from the scholarship is 3 years. Effective candidates is going to be expected to create a contribution to activities within the Department to acquire a charge-waiver, a maintenance allowance that is presently set at 14,296 for that year 2016-17, along with a research support allowance of two,250 within the registered duration of study.

Supply chains are uncovered to risks and disruptions, including financial shocks. You should explore the network structures that provide the very best ability to withstand such shocks. Risk profile modelling and financial impact evaluation will help logistics and logistics managers to handle such risks. Since it is complex and difficult to assess these interactions, there’s an investigation agenda in study regarding network linkages between firms as well as their partners. This PhD project aims look around the financial impact of disruptions to provide chains and logistics systems using financial aspects and statistics theories and techniques. This inter-disciplinary project is going to be conducted within two research centres in Heriot-Watt College – the Spatial Financial aspects Econometrics Center (SEEC) and also the Logistics Research Center (LRC). The study will try to create a new methodology and framework for financial logistics risk modelling.

Deadline
All applications should be posted by Monday 22nd August 2016.

Entry needs
All applications is going to be reviewed inside the relevant department having a shortlisting decision made according to qualifications and also the research proposal. Short listed applicants should have something like a minimum 2:1 Honours undergraduate degree.

along with a postgraduate Masters degree by having an average mark of 65% or greater in addition to a dissertation mark of 65% or greater. Applicants who’re unsure if their qualifications satisfy the minimum criteria should contact the college’s PhD Administrator to go over their application. Please be aware that having the minimum qualifications doesn’t guarantee shortlisting for interview

How you can apply
Please submit the application via our online application portal. Under Application Type please select ‘Research PG’ in the options. Within the section Planned Programme of Study please select ‘Economics PhD’ in the options. After you have completed the application, make sure that you click &#8220Application is finished&#8221 around the Listing. For those who have any issues with the internet application please email your query to pgadmissions@hw.ac.united kingdom

Please condition clearly in your application that you’re trying to get a PhD scholarship.

So that the application could be processed, make sure that the supporting documents listed here are posted together with your application:

1. RESEARCH PROPOSAL (roughly 5 – 8 pages)
The study proposal should contain whenever possible from the following: an intro or outline from the suggested subject an announcement of objectives and/or specific research questions a listing of a few of the relevant literature which assists the study objective(s) a sign from the intended research methodology a sign from the theoretical structure and/or conceptual outline a provisional timetable from the major phases from the research process results expected in the research e.g.

practical worth of the study or possible contributions to understanding or policy or methodology. At this time we’re not searching for any definitive document but just a sign you have considered the majority of the above issues.

Please be aware that work posted might be susceptible to screening via plagiarism software .

2. ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS DEGREE CERTIFICATES
Copies of full academic transcripts all previous academic degree courses and copies of degree certificates for levels already awarded. If you’re presently going after a diploma course please provide all available marks up to now.

3. British LANGUAGE Needs
If you haven’t already studied a diploma programme which was trained and examined within the medium of British we must have proof of language proficiency. For IELTS. the minimum overall IELTS score is 6.5 without any score less than 6. in Studying, Writing, Speaking and Listening.

4. REFERENCES
For those who have references available these ought to be posted together with your application. If they’re not presently available please make sure that you supply the names and phone details, including emails, of two academic referees on the approval.

Candidates might also submit a Resume.

More Information
Questions on the James Watt PhD scholarship might be forwarded to the college’s PhD Administrator, Caroline Murray: c.a.murray@hw.ac.united kingdom

To learn more, check out official website: world wide web.hw.ac.united kingdom .