"GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT (GTA) PHD STUDENTSHIPS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE X 4"

Job reference: SRF46989

Salary: £27,979 - £32,982 per annum (pro rated) + maintenance stipend for the research component

Closing date: 09/04/2024

Department: School of Mathematical Physical & Computational Sciences

Location: Whiteknights Reading UK

Employment type: AAS-Clerical

Division: Computer Science

Hours Per Week: 0.25 FTE

Job live date: 12/03/2024

Employment Basis/Type: Part-time, Fixed term

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Candidates will study for a four year, full time funded PhD (3 quarters of your time) whilst working and receiving a salary to gain valuable teaching experience (1 quarter of your time). Candidates will receive a salary and stipend package. All fees are included along with a package of support to enable you to develop a research career in this exciting field.

See candidate pack for more details about funding/salary and the PhD research projects available.

Candidates will be provided with training to develop teaching and pedagogical skills, no prior experience of teaching is necessary. On the research side, our package of support includes access to MSc courses and bespoke training through our Doctoral and Researcher College will help you in developing your professional skills as a researcher.

Working hours for the teaching portion will be variable during the academic year but will be no more than 20 hours per week. The terms of the offer of funding for the PhD and the offer of employment will rely upon the postholder being registered as a full-time doctoral student.

Successful candidates will be paid an annual salary and stipend (£14,428 per annum) over the 4 year period and will have PhD fees covered at the Home level (Please note that students liable for international fees will need to pay the difference between these and the home fee rate). Fees for 2024/25 (amount payable each year) can be found here.