The Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) at the Open University is offering up to 4 fully-funded, full-time studentships for a 1+3 programme (MRes and PhD) or +3 programme (3-year PhD).

Funding is available for UK, EU and International students. Full funding for studentships will include fees and maintenance (£14057 in 2016/17) for either four years (1+3) or three years, depending on satisfactory progress.

Further information, including more details of CREET research, here.

Closing date: 31 March

Interviews will commence in early May

Potential topics for research are listed on the website and will include:

How are digital tools and technologies influencing participation in citizen inquiry initiatives?

This project will combine several lines of complementary research to explore citizen inquiry activities. Building on the findings of previous doctoral research (Curtis, 2015), you will explore developments with digital tools and technologies and how they mediate interaction and online activity, influencing and extending opportunities for participation and collaboration, and the ways in which the greater visibility and value afforded to stakeholders and publics is shifting and extending academic scholarly practices. We are particular interested in proposals that address one or more of the following issues in relation to citizen inquiry initiatives: 1) what role does gender play in participation; 2) what are the factors affecting participation in different disciplinary domains, e.g. comparing arts-focused and science-based projects? 3) how does participation translate into learning in technical environments such as a publicly accessible telescope service offering images of the night sky 'on demand’, or a community-building biodiversity website for proper identification and logging of flora and fauna?

For further information about these topics prior to application, please contact: Richard.Holliman@open.ac.uk

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