[UK] PhD studentship - Birkbeck University
Founded in 1823 and based in Bloomsbury, Birkbeck extends educational opportunities while achieving world-class research results
The Intelligent Support for Mathematical Generalisation (ISMG) project is funded by the EPSRC/ESRC under the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. The project aims to design, build and evaluate a pedagogical and technical environment for improving 11-14 year old students’ learning of mathematical generalisation. The project will be based at the London Knowledge Lab, a unique collaboration between two of the UK’s most prominent centres of world-class research - the Institute of Education and Birkbeck. For all posts we seek people with a commitment to research on the improvement of learning, and willing to engage intellectually and socially in an interdisciplinary team of social and computer scientists.
PhD studentship, Birkbeck
Home or Overseas Fees, Stipend up to £12,600 per annum, start 01.10.2007 and end 30.9.2010.
This will be in one of the following, or related, areas relevant to the ISMG project: learner modeling, personalization/adaptation technologies for e-learning, visualization techniques for fostering communities of learners, personalized querying and search.
To apply, complete an application form, including a CV and statement of proposed research area, as detailed at www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/research/degrees-apply.html, quoting PhD studentships 0705
London Knowledge Lab
School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck
School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Institute of Education
Closing date: 12 June 2007, 12 noon
Birkbeck is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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