Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) is now accepting applications for admission to the 2011 fall semester, and applications are due before 31 March, 2011

TIGP now also offers the option to apply online for admission to the program. If you wish to learn more about our online application system, please via the website at http://db1x.sinica.edu.tw/tigp/ .

http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/

Hong Kong Scholarship in Lingnan University 2011

Under graduate scholarship program to Hong Kong in Lingnan University 2011. Overseas Student Scholarships of HK$120,000 (i.e. about US$15,385) each per academic year will be awarded to successful applicants, covering tuition fee, hostel and other academic and living expenses.

Each scholarship is offered on an annual renewable basis and is tenable for a period of up to 3 years, subject to continued outstanding academic performance.

Eligibility

Non-local applicants (other than Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland citizens) should have attained at a recognised post-secondary institution outside Hong Kong an equivalent qualification to the Admission Requirements of the University, as stipulated below:

a degree, an associate degree or a diploma awarded by a recognised post-secondary institution;
an International Baccalaureate Diploma;
satisfactory completion of the first year in a four-year undergraduate curriculum or the first year of an associate degree programme of a recognised institution;
satisfactory completion of two years of full-time study in a post-Form Five institution, e.g. a technical institute; or
other equivalent qualifications which the University will consider on a case-by-case basis.
They may be required to achieve:
a minimum of Grade C in English in the GCE O-Level or GCSE Examination or an equivalent public examination; or
a TOEFL score of 213 in the computer-based test, or 550 in the paper-based test, or 79 in the internet-based test; or
an IELTS overall band score of 5.5.

Non-local applicants who enter Hong Kong for the purpose of education should make sure that they are eligible to apply for a student visa/ entry permit issued by the Director of Immigration of the HKSAR Government to stay in Hong Kong for the entire period of study at the University. The University will provide assistance as far as possible.

Application Procedures

Please click here (http://www.ln.edu.hk/admissions/da/intl/adm/procedures.php) to complete the Online Application for Direct Admission and Application for Overseas Student Scholarships through the Online Application System on or before 31 March 2011.

http://www.ln.edu.hk/admissions/da/intl/scholarships/index.php

Science@Leuven Scholarship

Application for the Science@Leuven Scholarship 2011-2012 is open from the 1st of December 2010.

The Faculty of Science of the K.U.Leuven and its Alumni Association Science@Leuven are proud to announce The Science@Leuven Scholarship!

Motivated and talented international students, interested in participating in an international master programme of the Faculty of Science of the K.U.Leuven are invited to apply for a scholarship.

Which masters give the right to apply for the Scholarship? :

Master of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master of Biology, Master of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Master of Chemistry, Master of Physics, Master of Geology, Master of Geography, Master of Mathematics and the Master of Statistics.

Amount of Scholarship

The amount of the scholarship can be up to 8.000 Euro for 1 year. The Board of the Science@Leuven Fund will decide exactly how much a scholarship will be. The scholarship will always cover the tuition fee for 1 year, the insurance and a basic health insurance coverage. The amount awarded for living expenses can vary.

Most master programmes of the Faculty of Science are 2-year programmes. A scholarship for the second master year will be only be continued for students having had outstanding results the first master year.

Admission requirements

Applicants must meet and prove the following requirements:

the applicants have not studied or worked at the University of Leuven before, the applicants have a bachelor degree from a foreign university that gives them access to the master programme they are applying for, the applicants can prove having had excellent study results during their former training, the applicants show strong motivation to follow a master programme at the Faculty of Science of the K.U.Leuven the applicants are willing to act as an ambassador for the programme.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS

Applications for the academic year 2011-2012 will open the 1st of December.

Selection Procedure (for 2011-2012)
The applicants fill out the application form of the International Office to apply for admission to the K.U.Leuven.
The applicants note in the application form that they want to apply for the Science@Leuven Scholarship.
Next to the information required by the International Office, the applicants also upload the following information: results of their former studies, a letter of motivation and two references of professors.
The selection of the students take place in June 2011.

http://wet.kuleuven.be/english/scienceatleuvenscholarship

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Jika berminat atau ada pertanyaan silakan hubungi contact info yg disediakan di website tsb diatas.

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Dr. Taufik
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/taufik

*O**ffre pour un stage au sein du département de la**communication du
SIPRI *
*(Institut international de recherches sur la paix**de Stockholm)*

link: http://www.sipri.org/about/vacancies/intern_communications

Internship for communications and outreach

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is looking
for an intern to join its outreach and communication activities for a
period of at least 4 months between January and June 2011.

As an intern you will have the opportunity to work closely with the SIPRI
communications and editorial team during an exciting period. During the
period of the internship, SIPRI will be preparing its renowned Yearbook
and will release its key data sets on international arms transfers, arms
production and worldwide military expenditure. These media launches
traditionally attract wide international media coverage.

You will help to assemble and develop the contents of the Yearbook,
prepare background media material, draft press releases, follow up with
journalists, facilitate interviews, help make media material available
through the webside and facebook, help setting up launch events, help
monitor media coverage and more.

As a candidate ideally:

* you have a background in or are studying communications or public
relations [or publishing?]

* you have a rough understanding of international relations and
security issues
* you have a strong interest in communication, outreach activities and
enjoy talking to journalists
* you are organized, reliable, taking initiative, independent and
enthusiastic about the tasks
* you have some basic knowledge of website content management systems
and a basic understanding of social forums such as Facebook and
YouTube
* you have good language skills, English is a prerequisite, Spanish
highly advantageous, Swedish useful

SIPRI cannot not pay for housing, travel or any other expenses and does
not pay interns a salary. Applicants should indicate in their applications
that they can provide their own funding to cover all their costs in
Sweden. However, we can offer a highly stimulating working environment and
a truly international experience with relevant topics and advanced media
work.

Send an email with your CV to Stephanie Blenckner, SIPRI's Communications
Director, email: blenckner@sipri.org.

Starting time: According to agreement, as soon as possible during January.

Semoga bermanfaat !

Wisnu ADIHARTONO
Étudiant Doctorat
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Marseille
Centre Norbert Elias (UMR 8562 - CNRS - EHESS)

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Call for funding application 2011
Honours, Masters, Doctoral, Post-Doctoral students, Senior Researchers

IFAS-Research would like to remind research teams, researchers and
students in the Human and Social Sciences working on Southern Africa,
that all applications for the financing of research works, events, field
trips or publications for 2011 must imperatively reach us by email only
(research@ifas.org.za
)
before the 30th of November 2010.

All applications will be considered. However, research in line with that
of the Institute will be an advantage. As a reminder, we list hereunder
our four current focus areas. No conditions of nationality apply. This
call is therefore clearly intended to elicit projects from researchers
from both Europe and Southern Africa. Beyond the themes indicated below,
Southern African researchers willing to submit projects of a comparative
nature (between Southern Africa and Europe) requiring fieldwork in
France are welcome.

The 3 essential eligibility criteria are:

* an existing or potential scientific partnership between France and
Southern Africa, and with Francophone countries when applicable;
if in doubt the applicants may contact IFAS to be put in touch
with researchers likely to collaborate with them
* an overall budget of less than 40 000 South African Rands or 4000
euros;
* financial participation from another institution (details of which
should be provided in the project).

*Focus areas : *

1. *Southern African Cities: Urban Dynamics and Governance*
Issues of security, privatisation of public services, local
government and the adoption of "best practice" models,
participation, migration and xenophobia, historical development of
Southern African cities, spatial justice and the right to the city.
2. *Democratic Transformation in the Region*
1. Mapping of electoral dynamics, party politics, republicanism;
2. Law and transformation : constitutional changes, protection
of minority rights, equity policies; human rights regime,
refugee & asylum regimes, citizenship and its
transformation, challenges posed by right of access to basic
services;
3. Democracy and the media including the challenges of
E-government and digital democracy;
4. Education and transformation: school and nation-building
processes, language policy, higher education transformation,
elite formation.
3. *Long Term Perspective on the History of People's Settlement in
Southern Africa*
Multidisciplinary knowledge of Middle and Late Stone Age; past and
current migration trends in the field of history, archaeology,
rock art, socio-anthropology, linguistics, current issues of
memory and the celebration of history in contemporary Southern Africa
4. *Comparative Developments Economics*
Formal/informal labour, economic policy development, governance,
effects of liberalisation on Southern African economies,
sector-focused studies, SADC-NEPAD – EU relations, critical and
comparative approaches to development economics, in particular to
sustainable development issues (such as environmental justice).

*Selection process of applications:*

* Deadline for applications : *30 November 2010*
* Pre-selection of applications and sending to the reporters of the
Research Advisory Comittee : mid-December 2010
* Feedback from the Research Advisory Committee members and
validation : end of January 2011

Responses will be sent to applicants by e-mail by mid-February 2011.

/Please note that financing of research projects will be granted with
the condition precedent that IFAS has enough allocated budget to this
end in the year 2011./

*[Application form
]
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