We currently have a number of full-time or part-time PhD Studentships available in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences based in Milton Keynes starting in October 2022. These studentships are available to both UK and International applicants.
OU1 – Indian Summer Monsoon variability in response to Pliocene climate
(Monsoon, Geochemical proxies, Pliocene, Foraminifera)
Funding: CENTA or OU STEM
OU2 – Global carbon cycle changes during the middle Miocene Climate Transition
(Miocene, climate, organic geochemistry)
Funding: CENTA
OU3 – Ice microenvironments and biogeochemistry within seasonal glacier-associated ice deposits on Svalbard, Arctic Norway
(Geochemistry, cryosphere, field work)
Funding: CENTA or OU STEM
OU4 – Predicting the resilience of coastal habitats to climate change
(Ecohydrology, nature conservation, plant ecology, soil water regime, sea-level rise)
Funding: CENTA or OU STEM
OU5 – Deep ocean circulation dynamics during warm greenhouse climates
(Paleoclimate, Eocene, climate modelling)
Funding: CENTA or OU STEM
OU6 – Rapid emplacement of the lower Deccan Traps and its implication for late Cretaceous climate change
(Volcanology, geochemistry, field work, climate, basalt)
Funding: CENTA
OU7 – Leaf venation and the macroevolution of flow phenotypes
(Palaeobotany, networks, modelling, fossils, evolution)
Funding: CENTA or OU STEM
OU8 – Tropical forest carbon, habitat structure, and faunal biodiversity: implications for conservation
(Earth observation, fieldwork, biogeography, endemism, Wallacea)
Funding: CENTA
OU9 – Microbial survival in the Makgadikgadi Basin, Botswana
(Extremophiles, geobiology, field work)
Funding: CENTA
OU10 – After the dust has settled: The post-impact hydrothermal system at Rochechouart impact crater and implications for Early Earth
(Impact processes, mineralogy, geochemistry)
Funding: CENTA
OU11 – Written in stone: evaluating geodiversity as a natural, social and economic asset
(Geology, natural capital, heritage, public engagement, National Trust, Natural England)
Funding: CENTA or OU STEM
OU12 – Building quieter greener cities with trees
(Noise pollution, environmental monitoring, acoustics)
Funding: CENTA
OU13 - Reconstructing vegetation and fire history in response to past Indian Monsoon changes
(Palaeoclimate, Pliocene, IODP)
Funding: OU STEM
OU14 - Evolving fieldwork teaching: the benefits and challenges of a mixed economy of virtual and ‘in field’ learning in the environmental sciences
(Environmental Science; Fieldwork; Technology Enhanced Learning)
Funding: OU STEM
OU15 - Hyperspectral signals of change in grassland ecosystems
(Earth observation, calcareous grassland, species-rich, long-term experiment)
Funding: OU STEM
OU16 - Biocontrol of vector-borne diseases: a community led approach
(Environmental microbiology, Guyana, capacity building)
Funding: OU STEM
For projects funded through the Doctoral Training Partnership CENTA successful candidates will receive:
For projects funded by the OU STEM faculty the successful candidates will receive:
Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in a relevant subject with a grade at least equivalent to a 2:1 OR must demonstrate at least a pass at MSc level. These studentships are available to both UK and International applicants.
For projects labelled either with funding "CENTA" or with funding "CENTA or OU STEM" you will need to submit:
For projects only labelled with funding "OU STEM" (OU13, OU14, OU15 and OU16) you will need to submit:
Applications must be sent to STEM-EEES-PHD@open.ac.uk by Friday 7th January 2022 (12 pm, noon)
In order to address a historical imbalance, it is our ambition to guarantee up to half the available interviews for certain under-represented groups of Home-award-eligible students who meet the academic requirements (at least a 2:1 at UK BSc level or at least a pass at UK MSc level or equivalent).
For the 2022 intake you qualify for our interview scheme if you identify as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) or if the postcode where you went to secondary school or grew up (in the UK) is classified as Quintile 1 in the POLAR4 category of the following website: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/young-participation-by-area/search-by-postcode/
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