Beasiswa S2 : Hedley Bull Scholarship 2009 for Master in International Studies at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

The Graduate Studies in International Affairs program offers up to
four Hedley Bull Scholarships each year for full-time study in the
Master of Arts (International Relations) commencing in semester one.
Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Master of Arts
(International Relations).

When applying for the MA (International Relations), eligible
applicants for the Hedley Bull Scholarship should include a covering
letter indicating their interest in being considered for the
scholarship and making the case for being granted one. The covering
letter together with the application for the MA (International
Relations) (including transcripts and three academic references) will
be considered as the full application for the scholarship. There is no
need to provide a separate application. The scholarship provides a
full-fee waiver for three full-time sessions (semesters). This amounts
to 48 units of graduate coursework and a 24-unit thesis session.

Closing date for receipt of complete application for scholarship: 30 October 2009

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

MA (International Relations) (MAIR)

Master of International Affairs (MIA)

Applicants for the MAIR and MIA should normally have obtained at least
second class honours, division A, in their Australian bachelor degree,
or the equivalent in a degree from other countries. The degree should
normally be in any discipline of the social sciences or the humanities.
'Equivalence' may be met by a very good four-year bachelor degree, a
very good graduate diploma, or a very good three-year bachelor degree
and substantial relevant work experience demonstrating a capacity for
analysis and research. As a guide, 'very good' normally refers to an
A/B+ average and above, or distinction average and above.

Graduate Diploma in International Affairs (GDIA)

Applicants for the GDIA require a 'very good' bachelor degree. Although
a degree in the social sciences would be an advantage, degrees in other
areas will be considered.

English Language Requirements

International applicants should note that the University requires
evidence of an adequate standard of English. Unless undergraduate
studies were undertaken in Australia, Canada (if English was the
language of instruction) , New Zealand, the UK or the USA, international
students will normally be required to produce evidence of one of the
following:
* a verification of a tertiary degree of at least two years conducted entirely in English.
* an IELTS overall band score of 6.5 together with a score of at least 6.0 in all components

* a minimum TOEFL score of: 570 (old system); 230 (new system) and a
Test of Written English (TWE) score of 4.5; or 90 (internet-based) ,
with a minimum of 20 in all four sections. (You should check with the
Australian Diplomatic Mission in your country whether TOEFL is accepted
for student visa purposes.)

For the International English Language Testing System (IELTS),
contact any IDP Education Australia office or your nearest British
Council office; for The American Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL), contact: CN6151, Princeton NJ 08541-6151 USA [The ANU
institution code is #0506.]
application procedure:
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/gsia/admissions.htm

Source: http://scholarshiponline.info/australia-hedley-bull-scholarship-2009-for-master-in-international-studies-at-anu-college-of-asia-and-the-pacific/

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Beasiswa 2009 : EU Scholarships for SE Asia

A new EU-scholarship opportunity has become available for residents in South-East Asia (for list of eligable countries, see below)

Deadline for application is 28 Febr.!

We are very pleased to announce that ITC was selected to be a European Partner in this so-called EMMA programme (Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia)

ITC - the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation - offers courses in Applied Earth Sciences (including disaster studies e.g. floods, landslides, earthquakes) , water resource management, natural resources, urban planning, earth opbeservation and geo-information science.

The EMMA program profides funding opportunities for students, researchers and academic staff to take part in 'mobilities' between the target group countries and the EU. The programme offers study scholarships to attend courses at Master of Science level, pursue PhDs, Post Doctoral research and to facilitate academic staff exchange.

Eligable countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

For more information on the EMMA program and the other European partners, I refer to the EMMA home-page: http://math.unice.fr/EMMA

For the training opportunities at ITC, I refer to our ITC-EMMA page http://www.itc.nl/external/emma/fields.htm

Please note that the Hazard and Disaster related trainings fall under the program Applied Earth Sciences (section "Geography and Geology")

Applicants affiliated with one of the Asian partner institutes (see below) can apply as "target group 1"; Nationals of the EMMA-countries can apply as "target group 2"; - Students living in a vulnerable situation in EMMA-countries can apply as "target group 3" (see EMMA website for details)

The Asian Consortium Partners are: Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) ; BRAC University (Bangladesh) ; University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) ; Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia); Jadavpur University (India); NED University of Engineering & Technology (Pakistan); Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) ; University of the Philippines- Diliman (Philippines) .

I hope you'll find this opportunity interesting; please forward this message to anyone else you think may be interested.

With kind regards,

Dinand Alkema

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Beasiswa S2 Bahasa: Spanish & General Linguistics: MA / MSc Student, University of Massachusetts, MA, USA

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Institution/ Organization: University of Massachusetts
Department: Language, Literatures and Cultures
Web Address: http://www.umass.edu/spanport/programs/grad_program.html#HispanicLinguistics

Level: MA / MSc

Duties: Teaching

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics
Hispanic Linguistics
Required Language(s): Spanish (spa)

Description:

The University of Massachusetts is offering a limited number of graduate
teaching assistantships to students admitted to the M.A./Ph.D. program in
Hispanic Linguistics through the Department of Languages, Literatures and
Cultures for the upcoming 2009-2010 academic year. Graduate students in Hispanic
Linguistics may specialize in such areas as Spanish dialectology,
sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, computer-assisted language
learning, and computational linguistics. Students are also encouraged to take
classes in the Department of Linguistics (http://www.umass.edu/linguist/), one
of the top-ranked Ph.D. programs in the country.
Qualified applicants will be considered for a graduate teaching assistantship,
which includes a tuition waiver as well as a monthly stipend during the academic
year. Graduate assistants teach undergraduate courses offered as part of the
Spanish language program. Demonstration of native or native-like fluency in
Spanish is necessary prior to appointment.

Students applying for the Ph.D. program should have an M.A. in Hispanic
linguistics, linguistics, or related areas.

Contact Information:
Prof. Patricia Gubitosi (gubitosi@spanport.umass.edu)
Prof. Luiz Amaral (amaral@spanport.umass.edu)

Application Deadline: 15-Jan-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/prospective_student_online_application.htm

Contact Information:
Dr. Patricia Gubitosi
gubitosi@spanport.umass.edu
Phone:(413) 545-4917

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Beasiswa 2009: Asian Graduate Students Fellowship Programme 2009

The Asia Research Institute of NUS invites applications from citizens
of Asian countries enrolled for a fulltime advanced degree at a
university in an Asian country (except Singapore) for consideration
for the award of Asian Graduate Student Fellowships. These
fellowships are offered to current graduate students doing their
Master's or PhD degrees and working in the Humanities and Social
Sciences on Southeast Asian topics, and will allow the recipients to
be based at NUS for an `in residence fellowship' for a period of
three months. The aim of the fellowship is to enable scholars to
make full use of the wide range of resources held in the libraries of
NUS and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Scholars will be
expected to commence on 4 May 2009, and to make a presentation on
their work at the Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies
at the end of July 2009.

Successful candidates can expect the following benefits:

1) A monthly allowance of SGD$1,750 (inclusive of housing
allowance).
2) A one time round trip travel subsidy by the most economical
and direct route on a reimbursement basis upon being accepted for the
fellowship.
3) Access to library and computer resources on campus.

Applicants are invited to e-mail/facsimile/ mail their curriculum
vitae, a 2-page outline of their research proposal in English (this
may be accompanied by a longer statement in a Southeast Asian
language) to the address below by 15 November 2008. Arrangements
should also be made by which at least two letters of reference, one
of which is from your principal supervisor, are sent confidentially
to the same address by the same deadline.

The 2-page research proposal must include the following details:

1) Whether the data collection or fieldwork stage of the
research has already been completed;
2) how the fellowship will contribute to the research;
3) the types of sources to be consulted in Singapore;
4) proposed work plan during the fellowship.

You can look forward to excellent library and internet computer
facilities at NUS' main library (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/), the
library at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
(http://www.iseas.edu.sg/library.html) and the Lee Kong Chian
Reference Library at the National Library (http://www.nlb. gov.sg) to
facilitate your research for the dissertation. NUS' main library has
2 million volumes covering all topics while ISEAS' library has
200,000 on Southeast Asian topics, half of which are in Southeast
Asian languages.

Selvi
Asia Research Institute
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469A Tower Block #10-01
Bukit Timah Road,
Singapore 259770
E-mail : arikk@nus.edu. sg
Fax: 65 67791428
Website: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/

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Beasiswa 2009: PhD Fellowship in Economics at Leiden University

Ph.D.Fellowship, in Economics
Leiden, 2300RA, (The Netherlands) , 38 hours per week Leiden University

Job description:
The research will preferably be part of the Research Program “Reform of Social Regulation”, which deals with the design and effects of social protection programs. In consultation with professors Kees Goudswaard and Koen Caminada, the successful candidate may propose and design his or her own specific topic. The research will have to result in a dissertation.

The teaching will focus on seminars, and supervising thesis`s and essays. The fellowship does not require teaching experience, but a teaching certificate has to be concluded during the first year of the appointment.


Requirements:
University Graduate

The successful candidate:

has completed a masters in economics or a masters in another program with a substantial number of courses in economics (with good results);
has a proven interest in the proposed subject of economic aspects of social policies;
is available to teach in the courses offered by the Economics Department;
is a team player.


Organization:
Leiden University Faculty of Law

Conditions of employment:
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional Information:
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
* About the organization
* About the department
* About the function

Application:
You can apply for this job before 06-10-2008 by sending your application to:

Faculty of Law
Steenschuur 25
Prof.dr. K.P. Goudswaard
Postbus 9520
2300 RA Leiden
Nederlands
E-mail address: k.p.goudswaard@law.leidenuniv.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 8-134.
The short URL code for this job opening is: 00359-309.
You can use this as a direct link to the job by adding the code to the URL www.academictransfer.org/

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