Postgraduate Research Degrees:
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Supervision
The Department is able to offer supervision on a wide range of applied and
theoretical topics. Although we do not provide a precise list of topics, we can
usually supervise students working in the following areas:
- microeconomics
- macroeconomics
- industrial organisation
- econometrics
- economic history
- labour economics
- financial economics
- management economics
- international economics
Please use our staff pages for more detailed information on the
research interests of current members of the
academic staff.
Working Environment
The Department maintains a lively, friendly and informal atmosphere for
research, into which research students are fully integrated. There is, for
instance, plenty of opportunity for students to interact with all members of
staff, not just their own supervisors, and, of course, with each other. Much of
the Department's best work originates in its coffee room, shared by staff and
students!
The Department aims to provide shared office space for all its research
students. A typical office has desk space for four students and a networked PC.
All PhD and MPhil students participate in the weekly
Research Strategy
Seminar, at which they present their own work and discuss the ongoing or
completed research of other students. In addition all research students and
staff have the opportunity to present their ideas at the weekly
Wednesday
Workshop. There is also a
weekly Departmental Seminar at which academic speakers
from outside the University are invited to present their work.
The University is also home to the Institute for Social and Economic
Research and the
Centre for
Computational Finance and Economic Agents. The presence of these bodies, each of which runs its own
seminar series, provides further scope for interaction with other students and
academics.
Funding Opportunities
Funding for postgraduate study is highly competitive so please
research all the options available to you. Our scholarships finder
http://www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance/scholarships/scholarship_finder.aspx
Funding opportunities include:
- University of Essex Social Science Research
Scholarship
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Funding
- The University of Essex Silberrad Scholarship
1. University of Essex Social Science Research
Scholarship
Launching for 2012 entry the Faculty of Social Science is introducing
the
University of Essex Social Science Research Scholarship, which
offers PhD students studying in our department a selection of
competitive research and teaching awards.
Applications for funding close on 31 March 2012.
2. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding
The University of Essex has become one of only 21 Doctoral
Training Centres accredited by the UK Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC) following a highly competitive selection process. It will offer excellent
training opportunities and a highly stimulating research environment to
hundreds of postgraduate students, researchers, professionals,
practitioners and users.
From 2011-12 onwards, our ESRC Doctoral Training Centre offers
16 fully-funded ESRC studentships, worth between £18,325 and £21,575 per
year for each year of study, which
includes fees and a living allowance. These opportunities are available
to very strong applicants from:
- The UK (Home Students)
- European Union countries
PhD studies are fully funded for either three or four years.
- The three year programme is available to those
with a strong Masters level qualification in economics
(+3)
- The four year program includes a first year
comprising a variety of Masters level courses, before
progressing to the three years of study at the PhD level
(1+3). Students with a strong undergraduate degree in
economics or a related subject can be admitted to the
1+3 sequence.
Economics PhD Programmes
Of the 16 new doctoral places allocated each year, six are
specifically for economics and a further eight are for PhD programmes
that include a core of advanced quantitative methods. The two economics
pathways are:
- Economics
- Economics and Econometrics
We offer expert supervision in a
variety of areas of theoretical and applied economics and econometrics.
Find out more
For more information about three- and four-year PhD programmes
in Economics, see:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/economics/prospective/res/res-phd.aspx
For more information about our ESRC-accredited Doctoral
Training Centre, please see:
wwww.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance/pg/government_support/esrc.aspx
For more information, and to apply online for postgraduate
study at Essex, please see: www.essex.ac.uk/pgapply.
Applications for funding
close on 29 February 2012.
3. University of Essex Silberrad Scholarship
The University of Essex Silberrad Scholarship will be awarded by the University to provide support
for its own graduates to pursue PhD study. The scholarships are funded by a legacy from the Silberrad
Estate, which was bequeathed to the University in 2007.
Teaching Opportunities
The department expects to appoint several Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs)
from among economics research students
to teach undergraduate classes.
Economics research students who wish to be considered for
employment as GTAs should submit an application via email to
dhall@essex.ac.uk,
with a CV attached no later than 8 June 2012.
Existing GTAs should not
re-apply – their re-appointment will be determined separately.
For further information please contact:
The Graduate Office
Department of Economics
University of Essex
Colchester
Essex, CO4 3SQ
Tel: 01206 872647
E-mail: dhall@essex.ac.uk