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Angus McIntosh Centre PhD Studentship 2014

3 Mar 2014

We invite applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship...

John C Marshall PhD Studentship 2014

27 Feb 2014

This year the John Marshall PhD studentship is offered collaboratively between...

Edinburgh 1st in UK, 3rd in world for linguistics

27 Feb 2014

The University of Edinburgh is ranked 1st in the UK...

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