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Information for Students

The EGN is a multidisciplinary environment which encourages a lively postgraduate community from a wide range of backgrounds. To find out more about our current students and their projects visit the EGN Research Students pages, and the PhD projects pages.

We also support the Postgraduate Forum for Genetics in Society, The PFGS is a volunteer postgraduate forum which seeks to bring together researchers interested in how biosciences and society intersect.

The EGN welcomes applications from prospective students at postgraduate level.

Take a look at the full list of taught Masters degrees offered by the network.

PhD Applicants may apply to do a 1+3 programme, starting with MSc or MA and continuing - subject to satisfactory performance on that programme - to a PhD. Or, with an appropriate Masters degree in hand, they may apply for direct admission to the PhD programme. To discuss a prospective application, please contact the research centre at which you wish to study.

2010 Summer Internship Scheme

The ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen) require second, third or completing final year undergraduates (preferably with an interest in postgraduate study) to carry out short research projects for a six week period between June and September. 

The projects available are:

  • Ethical, legal and social aspects of new developments in ICT ICT details.
  • Development and use of digital methods at the Sociomics Core Facility: Visualisation of Patent information. (Programming skills required) SCF details
  • Global Food Security Food details.

Please note additional internship added:

To apply, please send your CV, details of two referees and a covering letter describing which project you would like to work on and what you would bring to it, to Kate Wright, Cesagen, Institute for Advanced Studies, County South, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YD by 26 March. Please also contact Kate if you have any queries.

It is anticipated that interviews will be held between 26 April and 7 May.  If this would be a problem to you, please let us know in your covering letter.