UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES DIVISION


MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE


EUROPEAN RESEARCH TRAINING NETWORK

PREDOCTORAL POSITIONS


Applications are invited for one or two posts of early stage researchers commencing 1st October 2005, or at a mutually convenient date thereafter, to work in the research groups of Professor Colin McDiarmid or Dr Alex Scott, at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford. Research topics are in the areas of



The successful candidate should have less than four years research experience counting from the date of acquiring the first degree and should not yet have completed a PhD. The appointments will be made for up to six months at a stipend of 1994.50 (or 2332.00 euro) including mobility allowance for a Fellow without (or with) family charges, and will be paid in sterling (current exchange rate of 1.6 is used). Candidates must satisfy EU eligibility criteria, which can be found at: www.cordis.lu/improving/fellowships/home.htm. Further details may be found on the network homepage http://dimatia.mff.cuni.cz/combstru/


Candidates should send a letter of application, full curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and two letters of recommendation to Brenda Willoughby, Administrative Assistant, Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St. Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LB [email brenda@maths.ox.ac.uk]. Referees should be asked to write directly to the above address so that references arrive by the closing date of 4 July 2005. Please quote reference BK/05/018.