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An additional full-time PhD studentship is available to work on a randomised controlled trial evaluation of the Letterbox Club in Northern Ireland. The Letterbox Club seeks to improve educational outcomes among primary school children in state care. It does this by sending children individualised packs of books once per month for six months. Further information on the Letterbox Club can be found at: http://www.letterboxclub.org.uk/
A previous report on the Letterbox Club conducted by the Centre for Effective Education can be downloaded from the Publications section of this website. This current studentship arises from one of the key recommendations from that report: to conduct a full randomised controlled trial evaluation of the programme. This studentship will be jointly supervised by Professor Paul Connolly (Education) and Dr Karen Winter (Social Work) and will be conducted in partnership with the Fostering Network Northern Ireland. The studentship will involve a mixed-method evaluation of the Letterbox Club as delivered to children in Northern Ireland that will include a randomised trial and qualitative process evaluation.
For more information on this studentship please contact Dr Winter at: 028 9097 3917 or via email at: k.winter@qub.ac.uk
Details on how to apply for this studentship can be found on the School of Education main website. Deadline for the submission of applications is 28 February 2012.