Saturday, March 29, 2014

Scholarships in Canada - New Faculty Graduate Student Research Position

Description: Dr, Pei-Ying Lin from the College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education is seeking a new full time Masters student who is interested in writing a thesis in one of her research areas: Assessment policy analysis for students with special needs, or Data analysis of student performance data.

Duties: The student will work on relevant research projects and must conduct his/her thesis based on one of the projects. This student is expected to complete a thesis during the funding period.

Stipend: This is a stipend of approximately $15,000 per year up to two years. This will be paid in monthly installments at the end of each month. Please note the amount includes all payroll deductions and benefits.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will be a student who has educational background in related areas: quantitative psychology, applied statistics, special education, educational assessment/measurement, and/or educational policy. To obtain this stipend, the candidate must be qualified and admitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education of the University of Saskatchewan and supervised by Dr. Lin. Active knowledge of English and French as well as relevant research experience is preferred. The student must also meet the following requirements in order to be eligible for this position: they must be a new full-time and fully qualified Masters student in a thesis program, have a minimum average of 80%, and they must meet the departmental standards as indicated in the devolved scholarship plan on
file at the College of Graduate Studies and Research.

Conditions: As the purpose of this position is to provide the student with the opportunity to focus on their studies, remuneration from outside employment unrelated to the graduate program must not exceed 12 hours a week, and
they may not accept this position if they hold another award valued at more than half the remuneration of this position.

Close Date: Applications will be accepted until the position is successfully filled. Only candidates that are interviewed will be notified.

How to Apply: Candidates must apply for our Special Education master’s program and meet the admission requirements.
Dr. Pei-Ying Lin
Office 3108,
Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education,
College of Education,
University of Saskatchewan,

28 Campus Drive,
Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X1 Canada

Apply here
http://jobs.usask.ca/job_postings/jobs/research_education.php#.Uzbqp85ectQ

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