Archive for March, 2011

Three PhD Scholarships in  Project Deep Carbon – Particle Detector Physics, Geo-Engineering and Law for Environmental Carbon Sequestration, University of Sheffield, UK

Study Subject: Energy and Environment
Employer: University of Sheffield
Level: PhD

University´s interdisciplinary Energy and Environment theme addresses the international scientific consensus of rapid and globally damaging environmental change driven by natural resource demand and greenhouse gas emissions. This network forms one strand of our commitment to address the imperative to adapt the way humans capture and utilise energy, manage waste, do business and govern themselves to mitigate and manage the impacts of environmental change. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) of CO2 underground is now recognised as a major tool we have for tackling environmental climate change in the short to medium term. The Deep Carbon network will focus on this by building new physics technologies using muon particle detection, needed to monitor what happens to the carbon placed underground, on new geo-physical and engineering models for CO2 storage, needed to optimise selection of suitable deep sites, and new international governance structures, required to underpin legal aspects of safe carbon storage. Award details: A network of three PhD scholarships, one each in Physics, Engineering and Law, is being funded by the University for 3 years, providing a stipend at the standard Research Council rate (£13,590 in 2011-12), UK/EU fees and a research training grant of £1,000 p.a.
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University of Sheffield and UKEAS Announce Taiwan Joint Scholarship for Taiwan  students 2011

Study Subject: Courses offered by University of Sheffield
Employer: University of Sheffield and UKEAS
Level: Master’s

The University of Sheffield and UKEAS Taiwan are delighted to offer a new joint scholarship exclusively for students from Taiwan. This scholarship is worth £2000 towards the cost of tuition fees, for one year of study. To apply for this scholarship you must complete the online application form available at the link below. Please remember that the deadline for applying for this scholarship is 31 July 2011. Applications received after this deadline will not be considered. The winner will be chosen in August 2011 and will be notified in late August/early September 2011.

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A University Postgraduate Merit Scholarship is available to a postgraduate student registered for a full-time Honours, Masters or PhD degree,University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Study Subject: Subjects taught at the university
Employer: University of the Witwatersrand
Level: Honours, Masters orPhD .

University Postgraduate Merit Awards will be awarded on the basis of academic merit..Students who register for postgraduate diplomas, BEd, LLB degrees or GDE are not eligible for University Postgraduate Merit Awards.

Please note that the normal maximum tenure of a postgraduate merit award is:
a) Doctors (Post-Masters) – three years
b) Doctors (Post-Honours) – four years
c) Masters – two years
d) Honours – one year

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Fellowship Programme  in the field of  Sustainable Development  for the applicants from  Australia

Study Subject: Sustainable Development
Employer: The Westfield Group and The American Australian Association
Level: Masters, PhD or post-doctoral

The Association is pleased to announce a Westfield Fellowship for up to US$30,000 a year. The Westfield Fellowship will support Australian researchers who wish to conduct leading research in sustainable development at a top US educational or research institution.The Westfield Group is the largest retail property group in the world by equity market capitalisation and one of the largest entities listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Operating on a global platform, the Westfield Group is an internally managed, vertically integrated shopping centre group, undertaking ownership, development, design, construction, funds and asset management, property management, leasing and marketing.
The American Australian Association awards Fellowships at the graduate (Masters, PhD or post-doctoral) level. Fellowships are available for Australians who will benefit from doing advanced research or study in the fields of business, science, technology, medicine, engineering and sustainable development in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

2011- Doctorate Fellowship in the field of Literary Studies in K U Leuven 2011 in Netherlands

We offer an employment as full-time research assistant starting on 2011, October 1st for 1 year. (renewable till 4 years) Interested in the department of literary studies the focus of the Research Unit: Text and Interpretation lies on the rhetorical, narrative and poetic strategies in literary texts , that are looked at from a theroretically reflected point of view and analysed within a discursive context.

A four-year fully funded PhD-fellowship as part of the FWO Research project in cooperation with the members of the Research Unit: Text and Interpretation, the Department of Literature in Leuven and researchers from the Institute of Jewish Studies in Antwerp: ‘As German as Kafka’. A Comparative Analysis of the Articulation of National Identity in German-Jewish Literature in the early 20th Century and German Literature of Migration in the early 21st Century.
• The main task of this fellowship lies in conducting research that will result in the writing of a doctoral disseration.
• Occasional participation in organisation of research activities within the context of the project or within the Department of literature.
• MA in Literary studies or a comparable degree; major in German
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Taught Masters Scholarship at University of Kent in the field of Law -2011

Study Subject: Law
Employer: University of Kent
Level: Masters

Kent Law School offers a limited number of scholarships to students who are liable to pay overseas students’ fees. The scholarships are open to all overseas applicants on the LLM programmes offered at the Canterbury campus. The scholarships will provide tuition fees at the full overseas rate. For the academic year 2010/11, the overseas rate was £10,850.The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence.

Applicants for study on an LLM programme at the Kent Law School in Canterbury may apply to be considered for an Overseas Scholarships.The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence.
Where candidates are rated equivalent in terms of academic excellence, their financial circumstances will (if possible) be taken into account in deciding on an award. The number of scholarships to be awarded will be at the discretion of the Law School.An applicant should make a case for the award of the scholarship to them, as outlined below. Applications should be submitted to the KLS Postgraduate Officer, by post, to the addresses given for correspondence below. Read the rest of this entry »

University of Strathclyde offers Research Associate position  in the Department of Physics, UK

Study Subject: Detection of vibration in silica fibres and silica test masses
Employer: University of Strathclyde
Level: Postdoctoral

This position is available until 31 March, 2012, in the Gravitational Physics group led by Dr N.A. Lockerbie. The work is aimed at detection of vibration in silica fibres and silica test masses, using elecro-optical techniques, for use in gravitational wave detectors. The successful candidate will possess a Ph.D in experimental physics, with direct postdoctoral experience in both the fabrication and failure-mode testing of vitreous silica fibres for the suspension of optical components in gravitational wave detectors.  Equally, evidence of work on the measurement (and, ideally, damping, too) of  ‘violin-mode’ resonances in such fibres is essential.  A sound practical background in the relevant optical and electronic instrumentation is therefore mandatory, and a knowledge of stress and failure analysis theory in disordered solids would be desirable, A letter of application telling us why you have the energy, skills, knowledge and understanding of Higher Education or other ‘Not for profit’ sectors to make a real and strategic difference in the post described,   A completed application form to which a full curriculum vitae should be attached. The names and addresses of three referees should be given on the application form.  The referees may be contacted by the University without further permission from the candidate unless you indicate to the contrary Read the rest of this entry »