Full-fee Scholarships@Loughborough University -Graduate School Development Trust Africa Scholarships:

Description: Loughborough University is delighted to announce full-fee scholarships for international full-time taught postgraduate students who are currently domiciled (permanently living) in Africa.. The scholarships will cover 100% of the course fees for your chosen postgraduate taught course for one year (replacing any Departmental or Loughborough University scholarships or bursaries you may already have been awarded).

Students will be expected to fund their travel and maintenance costs through other sources.

Requirements: Open competition. Students may only apply for the scholarship after an offer for a place has been made. Students who are in possession of an offer (conditional or unconditional) of a place on a postgraduate taught course can apply for the scholarship using the application form which can be downloaded with the given link.Applications will be initially shortlisted and the final decision on the awards will be made by a selection panel of senior staff of the University. The selection panel will use the following eligibility criteria when assessing applications:

·         Currently domiciled (permanently living) in Africa

·         Evidence of exceptional academic achievement (normally a 1st Class Honours Degree)

·         Commitment to return to their home country on completion of postgraduate programme

·         Evidence of the ability and commitment to making a significant contribution to their home country on their return

·         Full understanding of the costs involved in coming to study and live in the UK

·         Evidence of strong motivation and initiative to secure funds to cover the remainder of the costs involved

Applicants are advised to spend considerable effort ensuring that this application reaches the selectors in a form that is clear, well presented and which reflects your abilities and motivation.

Send application to: International Office
Academic Registry
Loughborough University
Leicestershire LE11 3TU
UK
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223971
Email: international-office@lboro.ac.uk

Link: For more details click here

Deadline:  30th April, 2011

2 Leadership post @ University Campus Suffolk -Heads of School

Description: UCS is one of the UK's most exciting higher education institutions, launched in 2007 in collaboration with the Universities of East Anglia and Essex. UCS provides a friendly, can do, innovative and ambitious environment for staff and students. Working with partners, it is focused on making a high impact at local, regional, national and international level. The posts are based at the stunning waterfront campus in Ipswich.
These key leadership posts arise from restructuring to best position University Campus Suffolk (UCS) in the wake of its new Strategic Plan - following the arrival of the new Provost, Professor Mike Saks. The appointments will provide inspirational leadership in teaching and learning, research and consultancy in their respective fields and will ideally be made at professorial level.
Appointees will promote student satisfaction, a research culture and income generation in their respective areas. Heads of School at UCS have significant authority and are members of the Executive Team - with substantial responsibility for budgets and developing their School's academic profile, not least through interdisciplinary working.
Successful candidates will be highly credible in their subject area and have an excellent record of academic leadership, teaching and learning, research and income generation. Proven success in securing external funding and meeting targets is essential. Candidates should meet our criteria for professorial appointments or will be expected to do so in the near future.
Link: For more details click here
Contact: Professor Mike Saks by telephoning 01473 338305.
Deadline:  4 February 2011

Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Bristol - School of Biological Sciences

Description:  The Research Fellow position is available to undertake an ERC-funded project to investigate mechanisms of generation of iridescence in tropical plants, and the potential impacts of this iridescence on plant growth and development. The project will use a number of plant physiology and plant molecular biology techniques.

Requirements:1). Candidates must have a knowledge of laboratory techniques including transcriptome and candidate gene analysis and heterologous gene expression in plants. A background in plant cell wall development would be a plus.

2). Candidates must have a PhD in a relevant subject area and an experimental laboratory background is essential. You should be an enthusiastic and innovative scientist, a good team-worker and an excellent communicator.

Time period:  The position is full-time and available immediately for a period of more than four years

Salary: £29,853

Contact: Dr H Whitney (heather.whitney@bristol.ac.uk | Tel:  0117 954 5910)

Deadline: 18 Feb 2011 at : 9:00am

Link: For more details click here

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Sales and Box Office Manager@ University of Warwick-- Warwick Arts Centre

Description: Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, is one of the UK's leading arts venues, attracting over 250,000 visitors to some 1,600 events, embracing music, theatre, dance, comedy, literature, film and the visual arts.
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Application Details.
Deadline: 3 February 2011.

Senior Service Desk Assistant @ Lancaster University- Information Systems Services

Description:  Two Senior Service Desk Assistant needed at information systems services. As Senior Service Desk Assistant, you will be part of a team providing first line support to users of the University's IT services. Applicants for this post must have experience of working in a customer service environment as well as certified IT experience. You will combine your IT and problem solving skills with a strong user-focus to ensure excellent service to the user community.
 Time Period: 12 months.
No of Position: 2
Salary : £17,111 to £19,185 Apprx.
Deadline: 9 February 2011.
Link: https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=N123R&forced=1

Undergraduate Scholarships for Students Outwith the EU @ University of Edinburgh, UK- Subject: Any subject

Description:  20 scholarships are available for the 2011-2012 session with each award worth £2,000 per year. Awards are tenable for the duration of the programme of study.
The scholarships are competitive and awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit.
They are awarded to students who are accepted for admission on a full-time basis for undergraduate study at the University of Edinburgh.
Students already on a programme are not eligible.
Applicants must also be nationals of a country outwith the EU

Deadline: 1 April, 2011

Link: For more details click here

PhD Studentships (20) for International Students@ Birkbeck University of London, UK- Subject: English and Humanities,Iberian and Latin American Studies,History of Art and Screen Media etc.

Description: Birkbeck is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all candidates irrespective of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, religious belief and sexual preference.

Applications are invited for up to 20 PhD studentships in the form of fee waivers at Home/EU and International rate for all subject areas in the School of Arts. Up to five maintenance bursaries, of £1,000 (per annum, full-time), will also be awarded with these studentships.

The studentships are open to full-time and part-time students, and home/EU and international students. Suitable candidates may also be put forward for AHRC awards.

Deadline: 4th February 2011
Link: For more details click here

Higher Education @ British Council Thai-UK Higher Education Scholarships Scheme for International Students, UK

Description: .Details of how the scholarships campaign will be organised:
1.All participating institutions’ scholarships will be promoted under the British Council Thai-UK Higher Education scholarships campaign.
2.The information will be promoted through several channels such as postcards, posters, brochures, British Council contacts, British Council website, and others.
3.There will be a central application form that can be obtained from the British Council to allow students to enter initial information such as name, address, e-mail address, their educational background, GPA, the subject they are interested in, and a short essay about themselves.
4.Students can state in the application form the institutions they are interested in or choose to let their information be considered by all universities participating in this scheme.
5.The completed application form will be sent by e-mail to the universities stated or all universities (if the student would like their information considered by every university).
6.Universities contact the students eligible for their scholarships individually and ask them to go through the selection process of the university or send the regret message to students if the university does not want to consider the student for the scholarship.
7.Universities make their own decision in selecting the scholars and contact students directly.
8.Universities must send the final list of successful students to the British Council who will then organize the post campaign to announce the list of scholars, the award ceremony, an orientation and press releases.
9.The announcement of the scholarship will be made by the British Council and the post-campaign will be given media coverage (e.g. scholar interviews). The award ceremony and orientation for successful students will be organized.
Deadline: 10 January 2011
Link: For more details click here

PHD Scholarships @ Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) – Nippon Foundation PhD Fellowship, UK- Subject: Social Science

Description: They would like to invite applications for a number 4 year scholarships offering exciting opportunities to study for PhD qualifications in maritime-related social science. Based in the UK, these unique fellowships are available to graduates of maritime or social science-related disciplines who have a strong desire to undertake academic research on seafarers and the human related aspects of the maritime sector.

Applications: Applications are welcomed from residents of any country but are particularly encouraged from those living in developing regions, as well as in Asia and Japan. Applicants are expected to hold a good honours degree (usually a 1st or 2.1) in a
social science or maritime-related discipline. In addition, all applicants for whom English is a second language will be required to possess a certificate from IELTS with a minimum score of 7 or a TOEFL certificate with a minimum score of 600. Tests of English as a foreign language must have been awarded no more than 2 years prior to the requested entry point to be deemed valid and all tests will be verified by the Academic Registry.
Deadline: 14 January 2011
Link: For more details click here

The Julius Nyerere Master’s Scholarship for Tanzania Students 2011@ University of Edinburgh, UK- Subject: Any Subject

Description: The Julius Nyerere Master’s Scholarship will cover the full overseas tuition fee, living costs of £10,000, and a return flight from Tanzania to the UK.

Eligibility: The scholarships will be awarded to Tanzanian citizens who are normally resident in Tanzania, and who are accepted for admission on a full-time basis for a postgraduate Master’s programme of study at the University of Edinburgh.

Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.

Deadline: 1 April 2011
Link: For more details click here

Master’s Scholarship for Southern African Students @ The University of Edinburgh,

Description: This scholarship will be awarded to a student from a Southern African country for postgraduate Master’s study for the 2011-2012 academic session.The scholarship will be awarded to applicants from Southern African countries who are accepted for admission on a full-time basis for a postgraduate Master’s programme of study at the University of Edinburgh. Applicants may apply from the following countries:

* Angola
* Botswana
* The Democratic Republic of Congo
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* South Africa
* Swaziland
* United Republic of Tanzania
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.
Criteria

Candidates should indicate within the personal statement of their scholarship application, the benefits and impact of undertaing their particular programme of study on the development of the candidate’s home country.

Deadline: 1 April, 2011
Link: For more details click here

Engineering PhD Funding Opportunities for EU/ UK and International Students @ Loughborough University, UK- Subject: Engineering

Description: Funding for PhD students is awarded on the basis of academic merit and your potential to become a member of one of our internationally recognised research teams.
Applications are now invited for PhD and EngD studentships commencing in October 2011. The Faculty has wide-ranging research capabilities and all six of our departments are able to offer unique and challenging research opportunities

Deadline: End of May 2011

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Community STEM Scholarships @ Oxford Brooks University, UK-Study subject: Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics

Description: Oxford Brookes is offering a small number of scholarships for those who are applying specifically for courses in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. These scholarships are worth £1,000 for the first year and £500 for two subsequent years.

If you are eligible for a Community Scholarship and applying to study a course in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics, you can elect to be considered for a STEM Scholarship. Electing to do this does not preclude you from consideration for a non specialist Community Scholarship Award.

Eligibility: You must be at a state-maintained secondary school or college of further education in Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire or Berkshire. If you are at Brooklands College, Solihull College, Swindon College or New College, Swindon then you are also eligible.

You must have firmly accepted a place on either a full time three or four year degree course or a foundation degree course at our partner colleges and demonstrate one or more of the following criteria:

Deadline: May 2011

Link: For more details click here

STEM, Oxford Brooks University,

PhD , Masters- Felix Scholarships for Indian Students 2011,UK @ University of Oxford / University of Reading / School of Oriental and African Studies

Study Subject: Archaeology, Anthropology, Applied Statistics, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Computation, Development Economics, Development Studies, Earth Sciences, Economics, Education, Engineering, English, Ethnology and Museum Ethnography, European Literature, Forestry, Geography, History, Human Biology, Law, Management Studies, Mathematics, Materials, Medicine, Microbiology, Oriental Studies, Pharmacology, Philosophy, Physics, Physiological Sciences, Plant Sciences, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, Social Policy and Social Work, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology, Arts.

 Description: Up to six Felix Scholarships will be offered at University of Oxford / University of Reading / School of Oriental and African Studies for Indian graduates..Felix Scholarships will be offered at each of the three institutions above for Indian graduates taking up places in September/October 2011 for:
(i) Taught postgraduate Master’s courses (MSc, MAgrSc, MA, LLM, etc.) = 1 or 2 academic years or
(ii) Master’s degrees by research (MPhil) = 2 academic years or
(iii) Doctoral degrees by research (PhD/DPhil) = 3 academic years
Please note that not all of the above programmes are available at each institution.
Felix Scholarships are intended for scholars who would be unable, without financial assistance, to take up their place and who have not studied outside their home country. You should ensure that you apply for the correct course, as applications for an extension of a course or other additional funding will not be considered. Candidates must not, once installed at the relevant university, apply for any scholarship that would interfere with the tenure of the Felix Scholarship.
2. Application for a Felix Scholarship can be made through only one of the three academic institutions. Candidates must already have submitted a formal application for admission through one of the institutions before applying for a Felix Scholarship.
3. Commencing the academic year 2007/08 the Felix Scholarship will permit Felix Master’s alumni who have obtained a Distinction to apply for a PhD/DPhil Felix scholarship. Exactly the same criteria and application process will apply to Felix Master’s alumni as apply to any other candidate applying for a PhD/DPhil scholarship. Only one such scholarship will be granted to each university per year. Candidates should take into account the fact that because the results of Master’s examinations are notified after the commencement of an academic year, there will be a one-year gap between finishing a Master’s course and commencing a PhD/DPhil course.
4. Candidates must apply direct to Oxford/Reading/SOAS for admission to the course they wish to study. Detailed advice on such matters as course application forms, arrangements for fieldwork, etc., will be available on request from any of the three institutions (but about their own courses only). Applications for admission to courses should be submitted as early as possible.
5. The Felix Scholarships will cover full fees, living costs, a return air fare, and provide additional allowances for books, equipment, warm clothing etc. Spouses’ costs will not be met. Candidates must be Indian citizens and not currently be living or studying outside of India and must have not previously studied for one year or more outside India. Candidates must be under 30 years of age on 31 January 2011. Candidates must have at least a first class Bachelor’s degree from an Indian university or comparable institution. Exceptionally those with an upper second-class degree at the Bachelor’s level may be considered if they hold a first class degree at the Master’s level. Those who already hold degrees from universities outside India are not eligible to apply. Those who have already taken up a scholarship to pursue PhD studies at an Indian university are also not eligible for a Felix Scholarship.

Deadline:
Reading: 18 February 2011
SOAS: 31 January 2011
Oxford: Candidates applying to the University of Oxford do not need to complete the Felix application form but must have applied for their course of study (using the University’s Application Form for Graduate Study) by the appropriate January
07 January 2011 for Medical Sciences and Philosophy
21 January 2011 for all other subjects

Link: For more details click here

 

Chancellor’s Scholarships for International PhD Students @Warwick University, UK- Subject: Any subject

Description:Students and applicants who wish to apply for an AHRC doctoral award should apply to the WPRS competition and will automatically be considered for both competitions. More details on applying for an AHRC doctoral award are available here.

This competition, unlike most postgraduate funding, is open to Home, EU, and Overseas students from all disciplines at Warwick, and offers an equal award to all.

Applications :* Applicants for a full-time doctoral course at the University of Warwick, expecting to begin in Autumn 2011.
* Students currently enrolled on a three-year full-time PhD or MPhil/PhD (in the case of the Faculties of Arts, Medicine and Social Science), at the University of Warwick may apply in the first year of their registration only.
* University of Warwick students currently registered on a “1+3″ course at a Doctoral Training Centre, who are in their Master’s year and expecting to start doctoral study in 2011-12. These students will be eligible for a three-year WPRS or (if paying overseas fees) a Chancellor’s International Scholarship.
* University of Warwick students currently registered on the “2+2” MPhil > PhD course in the Department of Philosophy may apply for a postgraduate research scholarship in either (or both) the first and second years of their MPhil. Students applying in the first year will be eligible for a three year WPRS or (if an overseas fees-payer) a Chancellor’s International Scholarship. Students applying in their second year will be eligible for a two year WPRS, or (if a UK or EU student) a two year AHRC doctoral award, or (if an overseas fees-payer) a Chancellor’s International Scholarship. No student will be permitted to apply for a WPRS/Chancellor’s International Scholarship on more than two occasions. UK or EU Students will be eligible to apply (via a separate process) for an AHRC Master’s award to fund their two-year MPhil.

Deadline: 31 January 2011
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EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow@ University of Stirling, UK- Cognitive Control of Autonomous Systems- Subject: Science

Description: The Cognitive Signal Image Processing Research (COSIPRA) Laboratory of Dr. Amir Hussain at the University of Stirling invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on the EPSRC project “Dual Process Control Models in the Brain and Machines with Application to Autonomous Vehicle Control”.

Given the inherent similarities between the two problem domains of AVC and action selection in animals, this ambitious project aims to leverage new results from psychology and neurobiology discovered in the laboratory of the project Co-Investigator (Prof Kevin Gurney at The University of Sheffield) and apply them to the AVC controllers under development in Dr Hussain’s Lab at Stirling. The outcome should be a new generation real-time cognitive AVC controller, more directly inspired by the biological ideas. The appointed postdoctoral researcher will work closely with our industrial partners (Industrial Systems Control and SciSys) to evaluate the benefits of these novel controllers within the challenging context of regular road driving and planetary rover vehicles.

 Deadline: 5 Januarary 2011 at 12 noon
Link:For more details click here

PhD Scholarships- China Scholarship Council (CSC)/ Queen Mary Joint, @ University of London, UK- Subject: Science, Engineering, Geography, Linguistics, Dentistry, Business and Management, Medicine, Mathematics

Description: Queen Mary is pleased to be able to offer 56 joint PhD scholarships in co-operation with the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for 2011. These scholarships are available for students who would like to study for their PhD at Queen Mary.
Under this scheme Queen Mary, University of London provides a scholarship to cover all tuition fees and the CSC provides living expenses and one return flight ticket to successful applicants.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for these awards applicants must:
+ Be a Chinese national;
+ Want to study a PhD at Queen Mary in one of our research areas;
+ Be a student at any Chinese Universities or research institutions that are eligible for CSC scholarships;
+ Meet CSC’s other criteria for the scholarships.

 Deadline:14 January 2011

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16 PhD Studentships @ School of Business, Economics and Informatics ,UK

Description: Applications are invited for up to 16 PhD Studentships in the form of fee waivers at Home/EU rate for all subject areas in the School of Business, Economics and Informatics. The studentships are open to full-time and part-time students, home/EU and international students, and current and prospective students. Suitable candidates may also be put forward for additional awards by departments to cover maintenance costs, subject to availability of such funding.
MPhil/PhD degrees offered by the following departments of the college are relevant for this funding:

• Computer Science and Information Systems
• Economics, Mathematics and Statistics
• Management
• Organizational Psychology

Apply Link: Apply online for relevant PhD programmes
Download the BEI Research Fees Studentship form
Contact: Conatct from here.

Journalism Fellowships @University of Oxford, UK

Description: The Thomson Reuters Foundation Fellowship Programme offers fully funded Fellowships to well established mid-career journalists from throughout the world. Fellowship for those students who have experience more than 5 years in the field of Journalism - mid-career journalists. Fellowships may be for three, six or nine months covering one or two terms or a full academic year respectively. Dates of entry are agreed with the Head of the Fellowship Programme.
Requirements: Applicants must have a minimum of five years experience in any branch of journalism and demonstrate sufficient proficiency in English to be able to participate fully in the life of the Programme and write a research paper in English of publishable quality.
Priority will be given to journalists proposing research projects within the areas of focus of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Details of these can be found within Research.
Other areas of research can be considered providing these are clearly related to the professional work of applicants and will lead to greater excellence in journalism.
Other Fellowships are available specifically for journalists from Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, Australia, Germany and Austria. Details of these can be found under Funding Opportunities.
Deadline: 1 February 2011
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(Total 9)Three US$10,000 scholarships and six US$5,000 scholarships TOEFL Scholarship Program in India-2011

 Description: The TOEFL test is currently recognized by more than 7,500 colleges and universities around the world, including the U.K., Canada and the United States.A total of nine TOEFL scholarships will be awarded to Indian students demonstrating academic excellence. Three US$10,000 scholarships and six US$5,000 scholarships will be presented to Indian students for academic study in 2011 at a college or university listed in the TOEFL® Destinations Directory, including institutions in the U.K., Canada and the United States. TOEFL scholarship winners will be notified in May 2011.
Eligibility
TOEFL® scholarships will be awarded to students in India who meet the following requirements:
* You must currently be living in India.
* You must begin undergraduate or graduate study in 2011 at a college/university listed in the TOEFL Destinations Directory (PDF).
* You must hold a grade point average (GPA) of 80 or higher on a 100-point scale or 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
* You must have a valid TOEFL score.
* You must return a completed application form with your TOEFL test scores, written essay and official transcript in a sealed envelope.
India Contact: Geraldine DeBrass-Ee
09379915377,Geraldine-at-the-practice.net
 Deadline:15 april,2011
Link: For more details click here