Call for Applications: LMI Bursaries for Masters and PhD Students

23 May 2022
23 May 2022

The Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) research programme is a 5-year multi-stakeholder programme being implemented by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), in partnership with the DPRU at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The LMI is funded through the National Skills Fund (NSF). The aim of this programme is to establish a credible institutional mechanism for skills planning.

Broadly speaking, the overarching work of the researchers undertaking this project will involve identifying and measuring the extent of skills imbalances in the labour market. The research team conducts research, collects information, tracks vacancies, analyses findings and informs labour market information users of ‘bottlenecks’ in skills demand and supply in the labour market.

The LMI is seeking to fund 2 Masters and 2 PhD students working in areas related to the above research themes of the LMI. The deadline for application submissions is: Sunday 31 July 2022.

Candidates must be accepted for a full time Masters or PhD programme with the aim to undertake qualitative or quantitative research broadly in the area of the labour market and skills development. The degree should be based in economics, post-schooling education, sociology or a similar discipline.

To read more about the conditions, value and tenure of the award, and for instructions on how to apply, please visit: https://lmi-research.org.za/research-bursary-application-2022 or download the Call for Applications information pack here.

DISCLAIMER: The LMI research programme and the DPRU reserve the right to:

  • Disqualify ineligible, incomplete and/or inappropriate applications;
  • Change the conditions of the bursary award or to make no awards at all.