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Thursday, October 4, 2012

European MBA Scholarships At Cranfield School of Management, UK

Description
The Scholarship awards are specially open to successful MBA candidates from the following countries;EU, Swiss, Norwegian and Russian Nationals and who want to pursue a full-time MBA at Cranfield School of Management.

The selection criteria for the scholarships will be based on both: Strength of the application: an applicant’s achievements, academic credentials and professional track record. The interviewer’s report: an assessment of the applicant’s communication and interpersonal skills, leadership and/or entrepreneurial potential as well as the candidate’s likely contribution to the professional and cultural make-up of the cohort and overall experience of the MBA class.

Scholarship benefits: the successful applicants will receive Up to £12,000 towards the tuition fees.

Eligibility
Applicants should originate from EU, Swiss, Norwegian and Russian Nationals

Application Procedure

There is no separate application form and if you would like to be considered for one of our scholarships, please indicate so in the application form, stating why you think you should be awarded this scholarship.You can either apply for the Cranfield MBA online or download the application form as an MSWord document for return by email or post.

Submission Deadline

1st May 2013

Website Link
http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/p17267/Programmes-and-Executive-Development/MBA/Fees-and-funding/Scholarships/2012-Scholarships-Europe

Monday, October 1, 2012

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Scholarship For Students From Developing Country At London Metropolitan University, UK

Description
This scholarship scheme is run jointly by International Students House (ISH) and London Metropolitan University. International Students House provides accommodation and a varied, multicultural social programme for full-time international students in the center of London

Benefit:
Successful students receive free tuition for the duration of their degree at undergraduate or postgraduate level Plus one year of free accommodation at International Students House. (Undergraduate scholars have the possibility to request a second year of free accommodation at ISH. Requests have to be sent to the University in writing in advance.)

Eligibility
Interested applicants must meet the requirements as follow: hold an unconditional offer on one of the undergraduate or postgraduate degree courses offered by the University. Applicants are judged on academic merit and on the likely economic/social benefit to their home country. (This must be clearly demonstrated in the personal statement. Evidence of paid and/or voluntary work done should also be included in the scholarship application, where applicable)

Nationality: Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Bhutan, Cameroon,Cuba,East Timor,Gambia, Indonesia,Iran,,Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tibet, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Application Procedure
Student may fill in the application form and return it to the address below or apply online.
Scholarships International Office
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB, UK

The application form can be downloaded at the official site below.

Submission Deadline
The annual deadlines are 31 May for courses starting in September and 31 October for courses starting in February.

Website Link
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/howtoapply/scholarships/postgraduate-scholarships/ishlondonmet.cfm

Saturday, September 22, 2012

International Scholarship Scheme Grant By the Higher Education, UK

Description
The HEA International Scholarship Scheme has been designed to benefit the UK Higher Education (HE) sector by bringing back interesting, challenging and innovative learning and teaching practice to the UK. There is a significant need for international policy and practice in HE learning and teaching to be shared and learnt. This scheme supports individuals in the sector to undertake specific investigations outside of the UK and deliver specific outcomes for dissemination within the UK sector at the end of the scholarship through various means, as appropriate to enhance the UK student learning experience.

Benefit the scholarship might cover as follow:
  • International travel
  • Accommodation and living expenses
  • Fees to be paid to organisations overseas
  • Release of time from teaching, research or administrative duties
  • Administrative support costs
  • Materials (e.g. production of poster)
  • Impact evaluation
  • Attendance at dissemination events

Eligibility
The interested applicants must meet the requirements below:
  1. The programme is open to bids from practicing academics in UK HEIs which subscribe to the HEA.
  2. The award of the International Scholarship to an HEI will be the responsibility of the HEA.
  3. The HEI scholar should have a successful track record in the relevant area demonstrated through publications and other disseminated work.
  4. The scholar will provide a series of report to the HEA outlining their progress.
  5. The HEI will be required to agree to the Terms and Conditions of the International Scholarship Programme. These Terms follow standard HEA Terms for receipt of Grant funds and are not able to be amended.
  6. An HEI Letter of Support is required as part of the application package to indicate the HEIs ability to meet these requirements, and to confirm any match funding that is noted on the application form.

Application Procedure
Further application process info, please visit this link: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/international-scholarship-scheme/apply/

Submission Deadline
9 January 2013.

Website Link
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/international-scholarship-scheme/grants

Thursday, September 20, 2012

International Undergraduate Scholarship At European Business School London, UK

Description
European Business School London offer 3 annual scholarship prizes for our BA (Hons) International Business and BA (Hons) International Events Management degree courses. One full scholarship and two half scholarships are awarded through a competition.

Scholarship Benefits
This scholarship is full scholarship which cover all the tuition fees for the full 3.5 years of the programme, worth approximately £50,000.Half scholarships covering half of the tuition fees for the 3.5 year programme, worth approximately £25,000 each.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all applicants who hold a conditional or unconditional offer to study on the BA (Hons) International Business or BA (Hons) International Events Management degree course, commencing in September 2013 or February 2014.

Application Procedure
Please learn further the detail of the application procedure at official site below

Submission Deadline
31 May, 2013

Website Link
http://www.ebslondon.ac.uk/courses/financial_info/scholarships/scholarship_information.aspx

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

2013 Michael Wills Scholarships At University of Oxford, UK

Description
The scholarships awards were presented in the spirit of post-World War II reconciliation and are named after Captain Michael Wills MC, a former student at Magdalen College who was killed in action in Tunisia in 1943. Michael Wills was a cousin and close friend of the 2nd Lord Dulverton, and it is the Dulverton Trust that generously funds these scholarships. The Dulverton Trust is an independent charitable grant-making organisation established by Deed in 1949 by the 1st Lord Dulverton. The Dulverton Trust also funds Dulverton Scholarships at the University of Oxford. In 2013-14, the Michael Wills Scholarships are being co-funded and run in conjunction with the Oxford Department of International Development. What does it cover? 100% of university and college fees, and a grant for living expenses (the rate in 2012-13 was £12,900). Awards are made for the full duration of a student’s fee liability for the agreed course. If your scholarship is offered for a course lasting more than one year, the continuation of your scholarship for the second year is subject to an annual renewal process based on satisfactory academic progress.

Eligibility
Main preference will be given to students from countries that have experienced conflict in the relatively recent past 30 years. Applicants who are resident in non-EEA countries should be intending to return to their country of ordinary residence on completion of their studies. Candidates should be applying to start a new graduate course at Oxford in one of the following courses: MPhil in Development Studies, MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies, MSc in Migration Studies, MSc in Economics for Development or the MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit. Financial need may also be taken into consideration.

This scholarship only available for undergraduate students from the following counties: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, FYR of Macedonia, Hungary, Kosovo Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland,Romania,Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine

Application Procedure
The interested candidates should submit complete University Graduate Application Form by Application Deadline 2: 18 January 2013. Candidates do not need to actively apply for this scholarship. All eligible candidates will be considered. In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must have secured a place on your chosen programme of study by the expected final decision date (13 March 2013). Applications with an outstanding admissions decision after this date, or applications which are re-evaluated against the later March deadline field, are not eligible for scholarship consideration.

Submission Deadline
18 January 2013

Website Link
http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/prospectivegrad/scholarships/university/michaelwills/

Postgraduate Student Awards, A Fullbright Scholarship Specially Offered for US Citizens, UK

Description
In the All-Disciplines Postgraduate Award category, approximately 5 Awards will be offered in the 2013/2014 cycle to US citizens for the first year of Master’s or PhD study in any subject, at any accredited UK university, or to conduct a period of independent research with a UK institution. (Please note: in the UK, Master’s degree programmes are typically one year long, and PhD study is typically three years long.) All-Disciplines Postgraduate Awards are open to any academic subject or discipline. What it covers:Fulbright Awards offer generous financial support for one year of study in the UK. Award funding is intended as a contribution toward the first academic year of tuition fees and general maintenance costs whilst in the UK. Grants are paid in instalments directly to the grantee. All-Disciplines Postgraduate Award grant amounts for the 2013/2014 cycle are: £12,000 for grantees studying outside of the Greater London area £13,500 for grantees studying within the Greater London area (Grant amounts may be amended if funding is duplicated by other sources.) Sickness and accident benefits (though typically not needed with access to the NHS), visa guidance and/or sponsorship, and assistance opening a UK bank account are also included.

Eligibility
The interested applicants must meet the minimum eligibility for this Award category:
  1. US citizen resident anywhere except the United Kingdom, and 
  2. hold or expect to receive a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent professional training or experience) in a relevant area before departure to the UK.

Application Procedure
Please find the online scholarship application at the official site below

Submission Deadline
17 October 2012

Website Link
http://www.fulbright.org.uk/fulbright-awards/exchanges-to-the-uk/postgraduates/all-disciplines-postgraduate-award

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship In Arts and Humanities At Birmingham University, UK

Description
This scholarship fellowship established under the Block Grant Partnership, the AHRC have specified the number, and type of awards available from the University of Birmingham for each academic year. The 2013-2014 spread of available awards, alongside an explanation of the type of awards can be found below.

Scholarship Benefits
Successful applicants will recieve A full award includes full payment of your course fees and a stipend payment, which is currently £13590 a year. You will also have access to apply for funding from the AHRC Research Training Support Grant to support study visits and overseas conference attendance. Your award will be for three years.

Eligibility
  • Home students (full award).
  • EU students (fees only).
  • EU students who have lived in the UK for at least three years directly preceding the start of the award (full award). -Overseas students who have have permanent leave to remain and have also lived in the UK for more than three years for purposes other than study (full award) The main criteria for consideration for an AHRC award is academic excellence.

Application Procedure
Please find detail information of the scholarship application at official site below.

Submission Deadline
28th January 2013

Website Link
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/fees/dr/AHRC-research-council.aspx

Sunday, September 9, 2012

International Graduate Scholarship of Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Scholarship, UK

Description
The University of Oxford announced a scholarship position of Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarships which will offer 15 annual international scholarships for the study of subjects including literature, history, music, art history, Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies and archaeology; and later rise to at least 35 scholarships a year. As Ertegun Scholars, the world's top graduate students in the Humanities are brought together with Oxford's exceptional community of scholars, in a unique setting that fosters dialogue across academic disciplines, across cultures, and across generations. Ertegun Scholars will leave Oxford prepared to be leaders – not only leaders in their chosen fields, but also leaders of global thought and opinion and leaders of positive action for the betterment of humanity.

Benefits
100% of university and college fees, and a grant for living costs (the rate in 2011-12 was £13,590).

Eligibility
  • Interested applicants must be applying to start a new graduate course at Oxford. Applications to The Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme may be made by those working in fields covered by the following faculties: Classics (including classical archaeology); English Language and Literature; History (including history of art and the history of architecture); Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics; Medieval and Modern Languages (covering most European languages and their literature); Music; Oriental Studies (including Far Eastern and Middle Eastern Studies, and the study of a wide range of languages); Philosophy; and Theology. Students from any countries are eligible to apply.
  • Applicants should be concerntrating at the following study programmes: Fields covered by the following faculties: Classics (including classical archaeology); English Language and Literature; History (including history of art and the history of architecture); Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics; Medieval and Modern Languages (covering most European languages and their literature); Music; Oriental Studies (including Far Eastern and Middle Eastern Studies, and the study of a wide range of languages); Philosophy; and Theology.

Application Procedure
  • Apply at the same time as you apply to Oxford by selecting ‘Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarships in the Humanities’ in the Funding Section of the University's Graduate Application Form. Candidates should apply by Application Deadline 2 (4 January 2013 for Philosophy; 18 January 2013 for all other subjects).
  • In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must submit your application for graduate study by the January deadline listed above and you must have been offered a place on your chosen programme of study by the expected final decision date (13 March 2013).
  • You must also complete a supporting statement and upload it together with your Graduate Application Form by the application deadline in order for your application to be complete.

Submission Deadline
4 or 18 January every year

Website Link
http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/prospectivegrad/scholarships/university/ertegun/

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Whitworth Scholarship Awards For Undergraduate and Master Program, UK

Description
This scholarship grants is Available to outstanding engineers, who have excellent academic and practical skills and the qualities needed to succeed in industry, who are wishing to embark/or have already commenced on an engineering degree-level programme of any engineering discipline.

Scholarship benefits:
  • Full-time study - £5,000 per year for up to 4 years (excluding industrial placements)
  • Sandwich - The award will be paid on a pro rata basis
  • Part-time study - The award will be paid on a reduced basis normally £2,500 per year
  • MSc (1 year full-time) £5,000
  • MSc (2 year part-time) normally £2,500 per year

Eligibility
FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDY:
  1. Applicants must be a British, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen.
  2. Applicants must be normally resident in the United Kingdom and have lived here for the last 3 years.
  3. Applicants must have pursued a vocational route in an engineering discipline for at least 2 years after having left full-time education and before entering a degree-level engineering course.

FOR MSc STUDY:
  1. Applicants must be a recent graduate who has completed at least a 2 year engineering apprenticeship before entering an engineering degree-level course.
  2. Applicants must be a British, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen.
  3. Applicants must be normally resident in the United Kingdom and have lived here for the last 3 years.

Application Procedure
Please visit the web link below to find the detail

Submission Deadline
30th June each year

Website Link
http://www.whitworthscholarships.org.uk/wsa_details.htm

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Job and Internship Available - Russia-Eurasia - Robert Bosch Fellowship at Chatham House, UK

Description
Chatham House, in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, invites scholars from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine to apply for a Visiting Fellowship at Chatham House in London.  The Succesful applicants will spend six months each working at Chatham House with the Russia and Eurasia Programme team. During this time they will conduct a research project of their own design relating to the politics, economies and societies of the post-Soviet region.

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow - Russia (depending on experience) for the Russia and Eurasia Programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking research and research projects leading to published output on Russia and the western post-Soviet region and undertaking fundraising for such research. Although the primary focus will be Russia, expertise in one or more of the western post-Soviet states would be desirable.

Eligibility
The following are the main requirements of this job:
  • Minimum of three years' research experience (10 years for Senior Research Fellow)
  • Substantial track record of publishing on Russia. A Senior Research Fellow should be an internationally recognized authority on the area
  • Fluency in English and Russian
  • Evidence of successful project management
  • Proven history of successful fundraising.

Application Procedure
Interested applicants must send the documents below to Rhona Moir, recruitment@chathamhouse.org.
  1. Covering letter
  2. Curriculum vitae
  3. Research plan for the first 12 months, related to the international relations of the Russian Federation and including an outline of potential follow-on work and fundraising initiatives
  4. Publication sample
  5. Contact details of two referees.

Submission Deadline
7 September 2012

Website Link
http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/vacancies#job-177897

Monday, August 20, 2012

Master and PhD Commonwealth Scholarships for Students From Developing Commonwealth Country, UK

Description
Commonwealth Scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries are offered for Master’s, PhD, and split-site (PhD) study in the UK. These scholarships are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

Approximately 300 scholarships are awarded each year. The CSC invites around three times more nominations than scholarships available – therefore, nominated candidates are not guaranteed to get a scholarship. There are no quotas for scholarships for any individual country. Candidates nominated by national nominating agencies are in competition with those nominated by universities/university bodies, and the same standards will be applied to applications made through either channel.

Eligibility
All applicants will be selected based on te following criteria:
  • Academic merit of the candidate
  • Quality of the proposal
  • Likely impact of the work on the development of the candidate’s home country

Application Procedure
  • All applications must be made through your nominating agency (or university/university body, if applicable) in your home country. You must check with them in the first instance for specific advice on how to make an application and for their own closing date. The CSC cannot accept any applications direct from candidates.
  • The CSC expects all Commonwealth Scholarship candidates to be nominated by an approved nominating agency/university/university body, and to have completed an application form using our Electronic Application System (EAS).
  • Full help on how to apply using the EAS is provided in our guides, which should be read in full before making any attempt to use the EAS.
  • The complete information of the scholarship application process can be seen at the link below.

Submission Deadline
7 December 2012

Website Link
http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/scholarships-developing-cw/ 

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Kaplan International Colleges Scholarhip Awards For Nigerian Applicants, UK

Description
Kaplan International Colleges provide a year of foundation study to prepare international students for entry to some of the UK’s top universities.  One of KIC’s successful students is Chineze Agbu from Lagos, who has completed her Foundation Certificate in Science and Engineering at Sheffield International College and has achieved a Progression Scholarship to study Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield in September.

The scholarship winner will recieve a total of £150,000.00. GBP 500 (£500) will be awarded for every A grade and GBP 300 (£300) for every B grade a student earns to a maximum number of 6 subjects.

Eligibility
The scholarship awards will be awarded to high-achieving Nigerian students accepted to study at Sheffield International College or Glasgow International College.

Application Procedure
Please visit the link below to find further information this scholarship.

Submission Deadline
There are several deadline. Please contact the scholarship provider.

Website Link

http://www.kic.org.uk/pathways/news/merit-scholarships-011

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Senior Research Fellowship Scholarship In Public Health and Tropical Medicine, UK

Description
The fellowship award supports outstanding researchers from low- and middle-income countries to establish themselves as leading investigators at an academic institution in a low- and middle-income country location. This fellowship is the most senior of a series of career awards aimed at building sustainable capacity in areas of research that have the potential for increasing health benefits for people and their livestock in low- and middle-income countries. Research projects should be aimed at understanding and controlling diseases (either human or animal) of relevance to local, national or global health.

Eligibility
  • Applications are only accepted in the Public Health and Tropical Medicine remit.
  • This covers research on infectious and non-communicable diseases within the fields of public health and tropical medicine that is aimed at understanding and controlling diseases (either human or animal) of relevance to local, national or global health.-You must be a national or legal resident of a low- and middle-income country, and be either a: -graduate in a subject relevant to public health or tropical medicine (for example; biomedical or social science, veterinary medicine, physics, chemistry or mathematics) with a PhD and at least five years’ postdoctoral experience, or medical graduate with a higher qualification equivalent to membership of the UK Royal College of Physicians (i.e. qualified to enter higher specialist training), or be recognised as a specialist within a relevant research area, and have at least five years’ research experience.

Application Procedure
The information of the scholarship application can be seen at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/Public-health-and-tropical-medicine/WTD025884.htm

Submission Deadline
26 November 2012
 
Website Link
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/Public-health-and-tropical-medicine/WTD025884.htm

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Merit Scholarship Award By School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, UK

Description
The School of Health Sciences is pleased to offer a number of merit scholarship grants to outstanding students who wish to study at the School from January 2013.

Eligibility
You may be an international student or you may be a UK / EU student wishing to study on a full-cost course. The following are the eligible courses for this scholarship fellowship:
  • MSc Physiotherapy (pre registration); scholarships available for both home and overseas students.
  • MSc Diagnostic Radiography; scholarships available for both home and overseas students.
  • MSc Health Improvement Health Promotion; scholarships available for overseas students only.
  • MSc Clinical Biomechanics and MSc Sports Biomechanics; scholarships available for overseas students only.

Application Procedure
You are required to complete the scholarship application form provided at the link below. You are also required to submit the following documents:
  • A scanned transcript of your highest academic qualification;
  • A scanned copy of your IELTS/TOEFL certificate or other English language qualification;
  • A scanned copy of your University offer letter (or email if you have not received your letter).

Monday, July 30, 2012

London Met Postgraduate Scholarship Award, UK

Description
London Metropolitan University offers merit-based postgraduate scholarships to outstanding international students who wants to pursue a Master’s Degree at the University.

The scholarship programme provides full and partial tuition fee financial support  for students on taught Masters degree programmes.

Eligibility
Interested applicants must fully admitted at one of our postgraduate degree programmes and who pay international tuition fees may apply for a scholarship. You can't apply for a scholarship unless you have applied for a course and been given an unconditional offer to study at London Met
(current continuing students are the only exception to this rule).

Application Procedure
This scholarship grant should be applied online. Please visit the official site to find the scholarship application link.

Submission Deadline
31 May for September entry
31 October for February entry

Website Link
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/howtoapply/scholarships/postgraduate-scholarships/gradschol.cfm

Sunday, July 29, 2012

International Master Scholarship In in Media Practice for International Development, UK

Description
The School of Media, Film and Music is delighted to offer a £5,000 scholarship award to UK/HEU and non EU students who have been accepted on the MA in Media Practice for International Development, starting in September 2013.

The scholarship award is offered as a reduction in tuition fees of £5,000 and will be awarded to the student who possesses the highest academic ability and potential (not made on the basis of financial need).

Eligibility
  • Applicants must have been offered a place on the above Masters degree.
  • Applicants must commence the degree in September 2013 (awards cannot be deferred to subsequent years).
  • Current Sussex undergraduate students are eligible to apply.

Application Procedure
Applications should be made on the attached application form. Please visit the official site to find further.

Submission Deadline
1 May 2013

Website Link
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/funding/opportunities/view/80

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

(scholarship fellowship) Teaching Fellow in Philosophy At Bristol University, UK

Description
The Department of Philosophy wishes to appoint three full-time teaching fellows and Scholarship Awards on fixed-term contracts, two for a period of ten months, the third for six months. The start date for all three appointments is 1 October 2012. The department welcomes applications from all areas of analytic philosophy, and may favour candidates with teaching expertise in the following areas: philosophy of biology, philosophy of medicine, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, personal identity, and value theory broadly conceived. Teaching will be across the full range of undergraduate study and will include the delivery of introductory seminars in metaphysics and epistemology and the supervision of final-year dissertations. Supervision of Masters-level essays may also be required.

Eligibility
The scholarship applicants must study on philosophy of biology, philosophy of medicine, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, personal identity, and value theory broadly conceived.

Application Procedure
Please download the application form at the web link below

Submission Deadline
31 Jul 2012

Website Link
http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=114172

Sunday, July 8, 2012

(Master Scholarship) London Met Postgraduate Scholarship, UK

Description
The scholarship grant provides full and partial tuition fee financial support  for students on taught Masters degree programmes. Applicants are judged on academic merit and on the likely economic/social benefit to their home country of them doing a Masters degree in the UK.

Eligibility
The scholarship is targeted to Students who hold an unconditional offer for one of our postgraduate degree programmes and who pay international tuition fees may apply for a scholarship.

Application Procedure
Your application could be sent either online or by regular mail. The application form can be downloaded at the web link below.

Submission Deadline
31 May for September entry
31 October for February entry

Website Link
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/howtoapply/scholarships/postgraduate-scholarships/gradschol.cfm

Friday, July 6, 2012

(scholarships grants) International PhD Scholarships in English At The University of Leicester, UK

Description
The School of English is pleased to offer two scholarships grants for October 2012 entry to its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme. The scholarships will pay full-time University UK/EU tuition fees for three years or the part-time equivalent.

Eligibility

Applicants must have a first-class or high upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in English and meet the University's standard English language entry requirements. It is expected that applicants should also have a Masters degree with merit or distinction in English or a related discipline or be able to show evidence that they will achieve this before October 2012.

The scholarships are open to suitable new UK/EU and International (i.e., outside the EU) applicants. Please note though that the awards cover tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only. International applicants (and those not eligible to pay UK/EU tuition fees) must demonstrate at the time of their application that they can fund the difference in tuition fee rates.

Application Procedure
To apply this scholarship, please follow the following steps:
  1. Have a good idea of what you want to research and identify one or two members of staff whose research interests are compatible with the area you want to work in
  2. Draft a research proposal that tells us what you want to research, how you intend to do it, and why it is worth doing
  3. Prepare your supporting documents
  4. Submit your online application or apply by post

Submission Deadline
01 August 2012

Website Link
http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/english-phd

(Scholarship Award) International Excellence Scholarships (AIES) At Aberystwyth University, UK

Description
Up to 51 scholarships, each worth either £2000 or £3000 towards tuition fees will be available for full-time non-EU students on taught Masters courses that commence in September 2012. The scholarships will be awarded for academic excellence (minimum of a UK upper second class honours degree or the equivalent for the £2000 award and a minmum of a UK first class honours degree or equivalent for the £3000 award, either already achieved or predicted by the candidate’s awarding university).

Eligibility
1.Up to 59 scholarships worth either £2000 or £3000 from tuition fees of full-time non-EU students on taught Masters courses are available for students who commence their studies in September 2012.
2.A minimum (UK) 2.i Honours (or equivalent) is required for the £2000 award and minimum of a (UK) 1st Class Honours (or equivalent) is required for the £3000 award.

Application Procedure
Please find the application link at the web link below

Submission Deadline
27th July 2012.

Website Link
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/postgrad/funding-fees/noneu-taught/funding/aberystwyth/
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