The Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews are offering a funded PhD on the use of passive acoustic monitoring of beaked whales and other deep divers for population assessment and mitigation. A brief description of the project can be found at <http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/projectSummaries.aspx?psr=79> While more details of the proposed work is at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~jg20/ <http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ejg20/> General information on PhD study in the School of Biology at St Andrews is provided at <http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/pageset.aspx?psr=68> For application procedures follow links from http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/pageset.aspx?psr=77 The closing date for applications is 31st August. Douglas Gillespie dg50@st-andrews.ac.uk or Jonathan Gordon jg20@st-andrews.ac.uk Can provide additional information if necessary