PhD opportunity - Social learning in archerfish (UK only)

We are advertising a PhD project in this year's competitive funding round for the EastBio Doctoral Training Programme (if successful, these studentships are fully funded for 4 years, and come with £5K per annum research expenses, dropping to £2K in the final year) on the topic of social learning in archerfish. For more details of the project see this link: http://www.eastscotbiodtp.ac.uk/archerfish-model-sophisticated-social-learning, where you can also find more information about the EastBio DTP.

The PhD would be co-supervised by myself (http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/contact/staffprofile.aspx?sunID=ler4) and Dr. Mike Webster (https://mikemwebster.wordpress.com/), in the Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution (https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/solace/) at the University of St Andrews (https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/research/phd-study/).

For information on eligibility and how to apply, see this link: http://www.eastscotbiodtp.ac.uk/how-apply-0. Please note that applications can only be accepted via the process detailed there, but if you wish to discuss the opportunity then do contact myself (ler4@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Mike (mmw1@st-andrews.ac.uk) directly.