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AstraZeneca PhD Studentship at MMUBS

Opportunity for an exceptional candidate to join an innovative business school

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS) and AstraZeneca wish to jointly fund a PhD studentship for October 2002 in the area of organisational diffusion of information technology in drug discovery. The studentship will be part of a major ongoing investigation into the strategic impact and knowledge management practices enabling innovation in knowledge-intensive firms.

The successful candidate, a highly motivated graduate in information technology management or business studies, will be based at the Graduate School of Business at MMUBS, and will be attached to one of our Research Groups or Centres.

Applicants should have a 1st or 2.1 class degree, and a Masters degree in an appropriate subject is desirable but not essential. The studentship will provide full-time home/EU fees only, and an annual maintenance award of 8300. Successful overseas applicants will be required to provide the difference (4720) between UK/EU tuition fees and overseas tuition fees.

Closing date for applications is 15 August 2002 (or postmarked no later than 15 August 2002). Interviews will be held on Thursday, 29 August 2002.

Application forms and further details are available from the Administrator, Graduate School of Business, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3GH, United Kingdom. E-mail: gradschoolbus@mmu.ac.uk  Tel: +44 (0) 161 247 6798.

Informal enquiries to Dr Angel Salazar, a.salazar@mmu.ac.uk or Dr Ray Hackney, r.hackney@mmu.ac.uk

For details of the Business School's research activities and a link to information about this studentship, go to www.business.mmu.ac.uk/research/index.htm