August 10, 2009

Program PhD Scholarship in England

Our vibrant, modern University has ambitious plans for its future. Our two main campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford are being transformed with major capital investments. With an annual income of £120m, 25,500 students and 2,000 staff, we are a major force for higher education in the East of England.

The Ashcroft International Business School is offering a PhD studentship to work on the commercialisation and internationalisatio and of innovative companies in the East of England.

This scholarship will enable the successful applicant to develop a specific proposal to address this generic issue drawing on previous work carried out in this area by the supervisory team and the regional and international contacts with actors in the business support and development networks in Canada, Europe, China and India and agencies such as the European Commission, East of England International and the OECD.

The successful applicant will have a good (minimum 2:1) undergraduate degree in business, management or a related discipline and will have, or be near to completing a Masters degree.

Experience of working in an entrepreneurial environment will be desirable, as will experience of living and working outside their country of birth. Willingness to travel internationally, including undertaking a research internship outside the UK, is essential.

This is a full-time scholarship and the successful applicant will be expected to form part of a vibrant, busy research group based on our Cambridge campus, working with other researchers and research students to enhance our scholarly and publishing output in this area.

Contact: Terry Mughan, Professor of International Management, terry.mughan@ anglia.ac. uk , 0845 1962248 or +44-1223-363271 ext. 2248 (international)

Notes:

Students for whom English is not their first language must meet our required minimum level of English language proficiency (IELTS 6.5 in all skills, or equivalent).

To apply, please follow the regular research degree application process, as shown on our website:
http://www.anglia. ac.uk/ruskin/ en/home/research /prospective_ students/ initial.html


Please specify that the application is in response to this advert and include in your application a project proposal matching one of these two topics.

Closing date 01 September 2009

Applications should be received by: 1 September 2009

Terry Mughan
Professor of International Management
Ashcroft International Business School
Anglia Ruskin University
East Rd
Cambridge CB1 1PT

Tel: (0044) 1223 363271 Ext. 2248

Ph.D. Scholarship in Kochi University of Technology, Southern Japan

1. PROGRAM OF STUDYCourse for International Students
Doctoral Program (3 years)
Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering

2. NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO BE ADMITTED
20 students per year

3. ENROLLMENT TIME
April/October

4. SCHOLARSHIP TERM
One year
The term will be extended for increments of one year up to a total of three years, unless the university terminates the scholarship for any of the reasons.

5. OBLIGATIONS
(1) Scholarship recipient must work as a research assistant under the specific research project.
However, the total paid working time per week, including research assistant work, should not exceed 28 hours.
(2) Scholarship recipient must report his/her study and research achievements to the dean of the graduate school of engineering at the end of each semester. The submitted reports will be evaluated.

6. BENEFITS
(1) Receive up to 1,200, 000 yen per year for working as a research assistant.
(2) Exemption from 300,000 yen enrollment fee and 535,800 yen (per year) tuition fee.
(3) Receive 200,000 yen for travel and initial living costs (given only to applicants who are living outside Japan at the time of application)

7. ELIGIBILITY Applicants are required to meet all of the following conditions
(1) To have or to be expected to acquire a master`s degree before enrollment.
(2) To have intention, adequate knowledge and research skill to work as a research assistant under the one of research projects listed here
(3) To have an excellent academic record
(4) To have a high English proficiency
(5) To be 35 years old or under at the time of enrollment
(6) To have other than Japanese nationality

8. APPLICATION PROCESS
(1) Choose the research project from the SSP Research Project List for October 2009 & April 2010 Enrollment.
(2) Complete and submit all required documents.
Please refer to the List for SSP Application Documents

SSP Research Project list --> http://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/gs_e/project/ssp_projects.html
SSP Application document --> http://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/gs_e/ssp_documents_list.htm

Application deadline - September 30, 2009 for April 2010
- March 31, 2010 for October 2010

Read more : http://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/gs_e/admission/index.html


All inquiries and application documents must be addressed to:
International Relations Center
Kochi University of Technology
Tosayamada. Kochi. 782-8502. Japan
Tel: +81 887 53 1130
Fax: +81 887 53 1131
E-mail:international@ml.kochi-tech.ac.jp

August 5, 2009

Scholarship graduate program in the East of England

PhD Scholarship program - Commercialisation and Internationalisation of Innovative Companies in the East of England


This modern University has ambitious plans for its future. Two main campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford are being transformed with major capital investments. With an annual income of £120m, 25,500 students and 2,000 staff, we are a major force for higher education in the East of England.

The Ashcroft International Business School is offering a PhD studentship to work on the commercialisation and internationalisatio n of innovative companies in the East of England.


This scholarship will enable the successful applicant to develop a specific proposal to address this generic issue drawing on previous work carried out in this area by the supervisory team and the regional and international contacts with actors in the business support and development networks in Canada, Europe, China and India and agencies such as the European Commission, East of England International and the OECD.

The successful applicant will have a good (minimum 2:1) undergraduate degree in business, management or a related discipline and will have, or be near to completing a Masters degree. Experience of working in an entrepreneurial environment will be desirable, as will experience of living and working outside their country of birth. Willingness to travel internationally, including undertaking a research internship outside the UK, is essential. This is a full-time scholarship and the successful applicant will be expected to form part of a vibrant, busy research group based on our Cambridge campus, working with other researchers and research students to enhance our scholarly and publishing output in this area.

Contact: Terry Mughan, Professor of International Management, terry.mughan@ anglia.ac. uk , 0845 1962248 or +44-1223-363271 ext. 2248 (international)

Notes:

Students for whom English is not their first language must meet our required minimum level of English language proficiency (IELTS 6.5 in all skills, or equivalent).

To apply, please follow the regular research degree application process, as shown on our website:
http://www.anglia. ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/research/prospective_ students/initial.html

Please specify that the application is in response to this advert and include in your application a project proposal matching one of these two topics.

Closing date 01 September 2009

Applications should be received by: 1 September 2009

Terry Mughan
Professor of International Management
Ashcroft International Business School
Anglia Ruskin University
East Rd
Cambridge CB1 1PT

Tel: (0044) 1223 363271 Ext. 2248

Scholarships graduate program in Australia for Indonesian

Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) gives scholarship programs.

This is achieved by providing post-graduate scholarships for Indonesians to study in Australia.

Candidates :

  • Be an Indonesian citizen and not have permanent residence in Australia or New Zealand;
  • Not be married or engaged to a person who is eligible to hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residence;
  • Satisfy Australian Government requirements for international student entry to Australia (health, character etc);
  • Not hold a scholarship that would give similar benefits;
  • Not have held an Australian Government Scholarship in the 12 months preceding the application;
  • Be applying to commence a new course of study and not be seeking support through ADS for a course already commenced in Australia;
  • Be able to take up the scholarship in the year for which it is offered; and
  • Satisfy the admission requirements of the Australian tertiary institution in which the course is to be undertaken.

Specifically, Candidates must :

  • Be applying for courses that fall within the four areas of development priority;
  • Have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.9 (on a scale of maximum 4.0) and an English language proficiency of at least 5.0 in IELTS (or 500 in Institutional TOEFL or equivent). The IELTS or TOEFL result must be current (a test result obtained in 2008 or 2009 will be considered current);
  • Already hold an undergraduate degree, if applying for a Masters;
  • Already have a Masters, if applying for a Doctorate;
  • Apply for a degree at a level higher than their current highest qualification;
  • If applying for a Doctorate, applicants must be staff of universities, higher education institutions, research institutes, key policy makers and targeted candidates in other agencies associated with AusAID activities. It is highly desirable for Doctorate applicants to have a letter of support from an Australian university for their proposed field of study;
  • Answer all relevant questions on the application form;
  • Be willing and available to take full-time (Monday - Friday, 08.00 - 16.00)English for Academic Purposes(EAP) training in Indonesia prior to studying in Australia, if offered a scholarship; and
  • Be not older than 42 years old at time of application.
LENGTH OF STUDY AND COURSE OPTIONS

Scholarships will be available for full-time study of an Australian post-graduate qualification for the minimum period required to complete the award through the relevant Australian university, selected from AusAID contracted universities (normally a maximum of 2 years for Masters and 4 years for Doctorate).

DEADLINE

4 September 2009
FURTHER DETAILS, here