From edmund.hair at cantab.net  Sun Mar 22 19:43:40 2009
From: edmund.hair at cantab.net (Edmund Hair)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:43:40 +0000
Subject: [Bups-l] Essay Competition and PhD / MA Studentships at University
	of Reading
Message-ID: <49C694EC.6090701@cantab.net>

I have been asked to pass on details of the following two items of 
interest for BUPS members (and more generally philosophy students) - an 
essay competition from the Subject Centre for Philosophical and 
Religious Studies, and news of PhD and MA studentships in philosophy at 
Reading University.


1) Essay Competition from the Subject Centre for Philosophical and 
Religious Studies

*Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies student essay 
competition 2009 ? /Are there any unacceptable points of view in the 
seminar room?/*

In subjects such as philosophy or religious studies, free discussion is 
a vital part of learning, but when the issues being discussed go right 
to the heart of people?s personal beliefs or perceptions of themselves 
and others, should we limit what one may say in the seminar room? How 
far should freedom of expression be allowed to go?

The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies annual 
student essay competition, sponsored by Continuum books 
<http://www.continuumbooks.com/>, is now open. Entries are invited of 
not more than 2,000 words, which address the above question, and justify 
the response, with originality and style.

The winner will receive a cash prize of ?150, ?100 worth of books from 
the Continuum list, and an invitation to the Higher Education Academy 
Annual Conference. The winning entry will also be considered for 
publication in our journal, /Discourse: Learning and Teaching in 
Philosophical and Religious Studies 
<http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk/publications/discourse.html>/.

Closing date: *12 noon, Monday April 27th*.

Please note that you must be registered as a student on a philosophy, 
theology, religious studies, history of science or philosophy of science 
course (undergraduate or postgraduate, single, joint or combined 
honours) in a UK higher education institution to enter the competition.

Please see our website for eligibility, judging criteria, and how to 
enter: http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk/studentcomp

If you have any questions about this competition, or the work of the 
Subject Centre, please contact Julie Closs at: jules at prs.heacademy.ac.uk 
<mailto:jules at prs.heacademy.ac.uk>


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2) Reading PhD and MA studentships

Professor Brad Hooker requested that we offer details of the following:

Reading's Philosophy Department invites applications for 3 PhD 
studentships and 1 MA studentship to begin in October this year.

Deadline for these applications: 31 March '09.
For further information, contact: Vanessa Combeer
Email: v.a.combeer at reading.ac.uk