SeNSS Collaborative Studentships
SeNSS is offering six collaborative studentships, each linked to a different research project. We are now seeking to identify the best candidate for each of these six collaborative studentships, to start their studies in October 2018. The research projects are listed below, and links are provided for where to find further information about each project, as well as how apply for one of these studentships.
1. Using new digital media to create young Global Citizens: Evaluation and developing the One Globe Kids ‘simulated contact’ education intervention
Primary supervisor: Dr Lindsey Cameron
Institution: School of Psychology, University of Kent
SeNSS Pathway: Psychology
Collaborative partner: Globe Smart Kids
Degree options: a three-year PhD programme, or a one year Masters degree, followed by a three-year PhD programme
For further details on this project, and the next steps to take to apply for it, please click here.
2. Ageing, automatization and the future of skills in the labour market
Primary supervisor: Professor Arnaud Chevalier
Institution: Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London
SeNSS Pathway: Economics
Collaborative partner: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Paris
Degree structure: a three-year PhD programme
For further details on this project, and the next steps to take to apply for it, please click here.
Ageing, automatization and the future of skills.pdf
3. Situation awareness in remote vehicle operators
Primary supervisor: Professor Polly Dalton
Institution: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London
SeNSS Pathway: Psychology
Collaborative partner: Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Degree options: a three-year PhD programme, or a one year Masters degree, followed by a three-year PhD programme
For further details on this project, and the next steps to take to apply for it, please click here.
Situation awareness in remote vehicle operators.pdf
4. The Young Interpreter Scheme: Linguistic features of peer-to-peer input and educational experience of participation
Supervisory team: Professor Ludovica Serratrice, and Dr Noami Flynn
Institution: School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism, the University of Reading
SeNSS Pathway: Linguistics
Collaborative Partner: Hampshire Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service
Degree structure: either a three-year PhD programme, or a one year Masters degree, followed by a three-year PhD programme
For further details on this project, and the next steps to take to apply for it, please click here.
The Young Interpreter Scheme.pdf
5. Increasing Access to Psychological Treatments for Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Supervisory team: Professor Cathy Creswell and Dr Brynjar Halldorsson
Institution: Department of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading
SeNSS Pathway: Psychology
Collaborative partner: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Degree structure: either a three-year PhD programme, or a one year Masters degree, followed by a three-year PhD programme
For further details on this project, and the next steps to take to apply for it, please click here.
Increasing access to psychological treatment.pdf
6. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for emotion regulation (MBCT-ER) for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder: Development and preliminary evaluation
Primary supervisor: Dr Richard De Visser
Institution: School of Psychology, University of Sussex
SeNSS Pathway: Psychology
Collaborative partner: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Degree structure: either a three-year PhD programme, or a one year Masters degree, followed by a three-year PhD programme
For further details on this project, and the next steps to take to apply for it, please click here. Guidance notes on how to apply for one of these studentships is available here.