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<P CLASS="f55f1733-3684-4e1d-9411-9219b8f36734"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>We would be grateful if you would forward this opportunity to your final-year undergraduate students and any Masters students in relevant subject areas (Computer Science, Maths in particular). Many thanks for your help!</span><br><br></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Want to do research but tempted by industry? You can do both!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><a href="http://digital-entertainment.org/">The Centre for Digital Entertainment</a> is recruiting for the <i>October 2012</i> intake of doctoral students. These places are fully-funded and we can offer one to every well-qualified applicant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>We offer a unique doctoral programme with one year spent in the University but then you move into one of our leading edge companies to complete your chosen research. Under joint academic and industrial supervision your research leads to and <b>Engineering Doctorate</b> or <b>Professional Doctorate</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We have current students with <b>Disney Research, Electronic Arts, The<br>National Trust, Aardman Animations, Double Negative Visual Effects</b> and many others. They are a great bunch of students and you will really enjoy being part of the same group. In 2011we sent one group to ACM SIGGRAPH in Vancouver and another to the Eurographics conference. We have travel money for each student.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Current projects include offers with <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Reflections (Ubisoft)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> in <a href="http://digital-entertainment.org/current-opportunities/ubisoft-next-gen-tools/">Next Gen Tools</a> and <a href="http://digital-entertainment.org/current-opportunities/ubisoft-modular-vehicle-simulation/">Modular Vehicle Simulation</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>and <b>Plymouth Marine Laboratory</b> in <a href="http://digital-entertainment.org/current-opportunities/plymouth-marine-laboratory-pml/">Novel Visualisation and Imaging</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Centre will pay your university fees. We also pay you a yearly maintenance grant of £15,090 tax-free, typically with a further £3,000 when you are in the sponsoring company. This is higher than a standard PhD stipend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is the most exciting way to earn a doctorate so we are looking for really good students who can offer excellent academic performance and practical skills.<br><br>For more information on how to apply, the requirements and qualifications needed, please see </span><a href="http://www.digital-entertainment.org" title="blocked::http://www.digital-entertainment.org/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.digital-entertainment.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you have additional questions please contact </span><a href="mailto:cde@cs.bath.ac.uk"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>cde@cs.bath.ac.uk</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><b>CDE</b> is heavily funded by <b>EPSRC</b> and the <b>Digital Economy</b> programme. It is a collaboration between the <b>University of Bath</b> and <b>Bournemouth University</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <b>National Centre in Computer Animation</b> at <b>Bournemouth University</b> has been awarded the <b>Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education</b><b> in 2011</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>The <b>University of Bath</b> has been awarded the title of <b>'University of the Year 2011/12'</b> by the <b>Sunday Times</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Daniel Cox<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Research Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>The Centre for Digital Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>The Media School<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>W250 Weymouth House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>01202 966775<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:dcox@bournemouth.ac.uk"><span style='color:blue'>dcox@bournemouth.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>The Centre for Digital Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.digital-entertainment.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.digital-entertainment.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Personal - indie comics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://raggedman.wordpress.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://raggedman.wordpress.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></P>
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