Visiting Fellowship - Call for Applications
The Governance of Clean Development Project (www.clean-development.com)


The Governance of Clean Development (GCD) Project is now inviting applications
for the second of its visiting fellowships, offering the opportunity for a
practitioner or academic to work alongside the GCD team at the University of
East Anglia (UK) on a topic relating to governance of clean development in the
area of energy.


What is included in the fellowship?The selected candidate will be based at the
University of East Anglia (UEA) for a period of a month or more during 2011 at a
time to be agreed. The candidate will work closely with the GCD team to produce
an agreed output on a theme relevant to the research programme on clean energy
development. This will include opportunities for meetings with key actors in
clean energy governance in London and at the Tyndall Centre, conference
participation and exchange of ideas with senior academics in the School of
International Development and other schools at UEA. The fellowship includes
international and UK travel costs, visa, insurance, accommodation in UK and a
small per diem. Salary replacement costs are not covered.

Expected outputs
The Visiting Fellow will be expected to engage with the GCD team and other
members of the department, present a seminar at the School of International
Development and prepare a paper for the GCD Working Paper Series

Who can apply?
The visiting fellowship scheme is open to academics and practitioners working on
topics relating to the governance of clean energy. Candidates from India,
Argentina and South Africa are particularly encouraged to apply, since these are
the countries where we are doing most of our field work, but we are open to
applications from candidates working in relevant areas from across Asia, Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean.

How to apply?
To be considered for the Visiting Fellowship, candidates should submit the
following:
* Proposal (maximum 3 pages) detailing the work you would conduct during the
fellowship, how this is relevant to the themes of the GCD project and how the
fellowship would benefit you and your work.
* CV including the names and full contact details of two referees that can be
contacted in the event that your application is short-listed
* Applications should be sent to Jon Phillips (jon.phillips@uea.ac.uk)
* Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by telephone
When to apply?
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 7th February 2011. If you are in any
doubt as to the relevance of your work to the themes of the GCD project please
contact us in advance of this date..

Themes of the GCD Project
We are keen to solicit proposals that relate to the following themes but are
open to suggestions from potential fellowship candidate about how their work
might fit with the research interests of the GCD Project:
* The governance of the CDM at the international level
* National and local level case studies of CDM governance or the governance of
clean energy beyond the remit of the CDM
* The role of international initiatives in the area of clean development and
clean energy (APP, REEEP, IRENA, PCF)
* The role of the World Bank in clean development
* The role of key regional actors (regional development banks, regional
institutions such as the EU, ASEAN, SADC)
* Sector specific cases of clean development and clean energy governance
* The role of business and civil society actors in the governance of clean
development
* The politics and governance of clean energy transitions (sectoral or
country-studies)
* Studies of the politics of tackling energy poverty and promoting clean
energy simultaneously
For more information on the GCD project, visit www.clean-development.com

Best Wishes,

Prof Peter Newell
Jon Phillips

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Jon Phillips

Governance of Clean Development Project | www.clean-development.com
International Development UEA | University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ |
jon.phillips@uea.ac.uk

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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*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.