Graduate Teaching Assistants

Aston Business School is delighted to offer 10 new Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) posts for the October 2011/12 academic intake. 

Graduate Teaching Assistants are funded for three years full-time and are valued at £20,000 per year.  Students will be expected to pursue the PhD programme on a full-time basis and will be required to assist their Academic Group with its teaching load for an average of 6 hours per week plus associated duties.

Aston Business School is one of an elite group of business schools in the world to hold triple accreditation from AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB.  In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ABS's position as one of the leading business schools in the UK was confirmed and, in a submission which included 96% of our academic staff, the majority of our research activity was judged to be either 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent'. 

In addition to its reputation for high quality research, ABS offers:

an intellectually stimulating environment for doctoral researcha rigorous training in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies a teaching-related training leading to the award of a teaching certificatefunding for conference attendance and research-related expenses   

To be eligible to apply for the GTA's candidates must first hold an offer of a place on the PhD programme at Aston Business School.  Further information on the application procedure, application forms, and programme structure are available at http://www1.aston.ac.uk/aston-business-school/programmes/research/

All self-funded students (Home/EU and International) who have been offered a place on the PhD programme at Aston Business School are eligible to apply for the GTA's. 

The closing date for applying for the GTA's is 13th May 2011. 

For any queries, please email rdp@aston.ac.uk  or telephone +44(0)121 204 3219

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