Studentships

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship commencing in October 2010. The successful candidate will be based in the Department of Sport and Exercise Science at Portsmouth University and will conduct research to identify the psychological strategies that elite sport performers who participate in extreme environments (i.e. ocean, mountains, desert or Antarctic) employ to facilitate effective performance and survival. Inherent within this aim would be the identification as to what skills are utilised, how they have been developed, where and when they have been most useful and how these strategies are employed in certain situations. It is anticipated that this PhD would utilise both qualitative and quantitative methodologies in order to achieve the thesis aims.

The successful candidate will have a 2.1 or first class honours degree in Sport Psychology/Science or a closely related field and preferably a Masters degree in a relevant discipline. The research work will be led by Dr Neil Weston in collaboration with Drs Richard Thelwell and Jenny Page.

The studentship provides a stipend of £13,590 per annum plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for three years.

Information about the Department of Sport and Exercise Science can be found at http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/sportscience/. Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Neil Weston. E-mail: neil.weston@port.ac.uk.

To apply please submit your application to (https://www.registryhub.port.ac.uk/online_application/). For further details regarding the application process please refer to our Graduate School site: http://www.port.ac.uk/sciencefacultygraduateschool, or email holly.shawyer@port.ac.uk (Faculty Research Admissions) for further enquiries. Applicants who are successfully shortlisted will be contacted soon after the closing date. Interviews are expected to take place in early September.