The Department of Government is recognised as one of the leading Political Science departments in the UK. It has a thriving postgraduate community and can provide research supervision across a wide range of sub-disciplines. Studentship in Representation and Democracy (UK/EU/Overseas fees + annual maintenance grant of £10,000). Candidates should have a research interest in any aspect of political and legislative representation, either from an institutional or behavioural perspective. Topics may seek to further existing research on legislative representation or may seek to compare ‘traditional’ models of political representation with alternative models such as direct, deliberative or participatory democracy. University Studentships (UK/EU/Overseas fees + annual maintenance grant of c£11,500) ESRC 1+3 / +3 Studentship Open Competition (UK fees + annual maintenance grant of £12,940) Studentships are tenable from September 2008 for three years (ESRC 1+3 four years) subject to satisfactory p

Applications are invited for a PhD Scholarship from students interested in pursuing a PhD in Computer Science on a topic in Information Security. The PhD work can be on cryptography, network security or critical infrastructures etc. We are seeking a talented graduate with at least an upper second class honours degree (first class honours preferred), or equivalent, in computer science, information security or similar. Students with a strong background in mathematics (in particular algebra, combinatorics, discrete mathematics and number theory) and/or algorithms are encouraged to apply. University College London (UCL) is a leading UK research university. It is regularly ranked in the top five universities in the UK. The Department of Computer Science at UCL is one of the largest Computer Science departments in the UK, and UCL’s Adastral Park Postgraduate Campus has been established by UCL as an independent research and postgraduate teaching institute at Adastral Park, Ipswich. The studen