The University of Cambridge/TWI Postgraduate Training Partnership (PTP) - offering PhD training in an industrially oriented environment - is recruiting its October 1999 intake of research students.
The Partnership is one of eight formed in a joint initiative of the UK's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The PTP scheme has twin objectives - industry-related research training of well-qualified graduates leading to a PhD, and transfer of new skills and knowledge to Industry.
The research projects undertaken within the TWI/Cambridge Partnership are generally developed from TWI's core programme, which spans the whole field of joining technology and materials engineering. They are jointly supervised by a TWI expert and an academic from one of four University Departments - Materials Science and Metallurgy, Engineering, Physics or Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics. Projects require a three year, full-time commitment, and as well as working on a project with clearly-defined industrial objectives, students receive formal training in the core competencies for a career in industry.
Read more information about the PTP scheme including typical projects, or contact Richard Smith at TWI.
For details of how to apply contact (quoting Connect No. 100) Dr Rosie Ward, PTP Co-ordinator, c/o Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ ( http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk).
