Fully-funded PhD Studentships within the Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development

Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development

Loughborough University

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Research plays a key role in understanding and modelling business success. It has the ability to provide individuals and businesses with the right resources to transform an idea into a reality and a venture into a profitable service. Research at the Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development at Loughborough University London focuses on the intersection between the entrepreneurial strategy of an organisation and the resulting organisational behavior
The Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development looks to partner with research communities across a broad range of specialist areas, in order to develop an interdisciplinary foundation to the research of Enterprise and Innovation Management.
You will have the opportunity to work with top researchers in the field, gaining first-hand experience of real-life problem solving. Presentation of research findings at key national and international conferences is an important part of your training. You will be actively encouraged to engage with research communities across the globe and you will become part of a talented research community across the wider University.
Loughborough University London is offering over 5 studentships within the Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development to fund research projects in:
• Social Network Intervention
• Downsizing & Innovation
• Entrepreneurs in Creative Industries
• Governance in Family Firms
• Women Governing Family Firms
• Management-buy-out in Family Firms
• Entrepreneurs’ affective and Cognitive Resources
The studentships include the full cost of tuition fees for the duration of your 3-year programme, as well as a tax-free stipend of £16,296 (inclusive of London weighting) for UK, EU and International students. The stipend will be paid in monthly instalments for the duration of your PhD.
The Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development will allocate 3 studentships to UK/EU applicants and 2 studentships to international applicants.
Research
Loughborough University London offers a passionate and creative research community, with unrivalled access to organisations across a broad range of industries and sectors, to ensure your research is informed by real-life challenges and driven by true industry pressures.
Loughborough University is one of the country’s leading institutions for research excellence and productivity. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, Loughborough was ranked 14th in the UK for research intensity, and has been awarded seven Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for the quality of its research.
Location
Loughborough University London is located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, within a new innovation quarter known as Here East. Overlooking the Lee Navigation Canal in the north west of the Olympic Park and surrounded by unrivalled green space, Here East was developed from the former Press and Broadcast Centers hosting the world’s media during the London 2012 Games. Now the site is a hub for the UK’s thriving creative and digital industries.
Loughborough University London is ideally located, with easy and affordable transport connections to and from central London, the UK and various European destinations

Funding information

Funding applies to:

Open to applicants from a range of countries

Contacts and how to apply

Academic contact:

For informal enquiries, please contact Bryony Stewart-Seume on B.Stewart-Seume@lboro.ac.uk

Administrative contact and how to apply:

If you are interested in research and would like to join a passionate and forward-thinking research community on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, please visit our website for details on how to apply http://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/research/phd-studentships/
Applications will be reviewed periodically until positions are filled. Early application is therefore strongly encouraged.

Application deadline:

10 June 2016