EAC Opportunities: Events, funding, leadership

NTU fully funded PhD studentships

Available studentships to apply for:

One Health drivers of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections in rural Ugandan communities

Overview:

This project will combine microbiological and public health approaches to studying the prevalence and transmission routes of antibiotic resistant bacteria, and factors contributing to their spread, in rural Ugandan communities, to answer the following research questions: What human, animal, and environmental factors contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria in rural Ugandan communities, and what roles might CHWs play in mitigating these?

• School: School of Science and Technology
• Study mode(s): Full-time
• Starting: 2025
• Funding: UK student / EU student (non-UK) / International student (non-EU) / Fully- funded
• This is a fully funded PhD studentship opportunity, open for both UK and international applicants
• Essential: Willingness to spend time in both the UK and Uganda during the project.
• Essential: Ability to communicate in the Luganda language
• Desirable: wet lab microbiology skills.
• The closing date for applications is Friday, 14 February 2025
• Find out more about Nottingham Trent University's fully funded PhD studentships
• Find out about guidance and support for PhD students.

Closing date: Friday 14 February 2025

Eastern Africa Centre (EAC) Fully Funded PhD at Distance Studentships

Previous studentships:

• Biocultural Restoration of Kenyan Ecosystems

Funding  for this PhD was provided by the NTU Eastern Africa Centre.

A selection of previous Africa-related NTU fully funded PhD Studentships:

• Climate change politics in authoritarian states: how to talk about climate change under political constraints
• Foreign Policy, Agency and Africa Approaches to Global Health
• Pathways to resilience of agro-pastoral communities in Kenya
• Use of local plant materials to reduce greenhouse gas production from small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa
• Exploring the role of communities in addressing antimicrobial resistance using a socio-ecological lens

Eastern Africa Centre (EAC) Fully Funded PhD at Distance Studentships

Previous studentships:

• The role of soundscapes in monitoring ecological restoration

Funding for this PhD was provided by the NTU Eastern Africa Centre.