Scholarships in Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies

PhD Scholarships in Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies

Study Subject: Muslim cultures and societies
Employer: The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
Level: PhD
Scholarship Description: The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments will admit fifteen PhD students to its doctoral programme to begin October 1, 2011. Up to ten of these candidates will receive a Graduate School grant; the other candidates will be supported in their quest for funding.
The Graduate School investigates the plurality, changeability, and global connectedness of Muslim cultures and societies. It invites applications from candidates whose dissertation project fits one of the Graduate School’s Research Areas. Successful applicants will have a master’s degree in one of the disciplines represented at the Graduate School, with a ranking, where applicable, of above average. The language of communication is English. Admission is for one year, and, contingent upon a positive evaluation after the first year of study, will be extended for another twelve months. Admission and grant can be extended for a total of three years.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 December 2010

Further Scholarship Information and ApplicationMoscow, Minsk, Voronezh, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Donetsk, Borisov,
Vladivostok, Biysk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg,

Scholarships : Network Innovations based on Openflow, Switzerland

Research:
There is almost no practical way to experiment with new network protocols (e.g., new routing protocols, or alternatives to IP) in sufficiently realistic settings (e.g., at scale carrying real traffic) to gain the confidence needed for their widespread deployment. Recently, the OpenFlow initiative has caught the attention of researchers and even router vendors.

The core idea of the OpenFlow initiative is to make the flow table of a router or switch accessible, enabling experimenters to monitor and modify the way individual flows are handled by the device. If an OpenFlow switch carries real traffic, this traffic may then be used in carefully set up experiments. All this is achieved with a separate controller, which communicates with an
OpenFlow switch via the Openflow Switching Protocol. The controller thus may modify and program the flow table, and change the way the switch handles individual flows.

Such a design is highly flexible, since it is the controller that can decide what actions (forward, drop, manipulate) to take for packets matching a specified set of flow attributes (e.g., MAC/IP addresses, port numbers, VLAN IDs, etc.). At the same time, forwarding continues to be done in hardware, which is crucial for high throughput. More information is available at the official OpenFlow website: http://www.openflowswitch.org/

As a partner in a European research project we will design and build an OpenFlow testbed at ETH Zurich. Moreover, we plan to develop and experiment with innovative networking concepts and applications based on OpenFlow technology and to evaluate them in our testbed.

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate holding a Master degree or Diploma in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field. We expect a solid systems and theoretical background, good knowledge in Internet-related topics (TCP/IP protocol suite, routing and forwarding), and basic practical skills in network configuration, operating systems (Linux), and programming. You should be fluent in English (written and spoken), be willing to work in an international research team, and to publish the results of your research at high-quality conferences and journals. OpenFlow is a promising enabler for novel concepts in network design, analysis, and management. Hence, the offered position allows you to pursue a PhD.

The position (100%) is open starting from October 2010. Applications must include: a one-page letter of motivation, a detailed CV, grades of all university courses taken (transcripts)

Application Deadline : 31 October 2010

study abroad scholarships at University of Padua

Admission to the University's Research Doctorate Schools and Courses is governed by a competition.

Applicants must be in possession of the Italian Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale or an academic qualification issued by a foreign university and recognized as equivalent to the aforementioned qualifications by the academic authorities or by interuniversity agreements of cooperation and mobility. If the foreign qualification has not yet been recognized as equivalent by the academic bodies of an Italian University, the competent body of each School/Course will decide on its equivalence.

Announcement of competition for admission to Doctoral Schools and Doctoral Courses – A.Y. 2010/11 – 26th series
Deadline: 4st October 2010

Call for application
Application form
Request for recognition of equivalence of a foreign degree form

Info: Research Training Office
Via del Padovanino, 9 - 35123 Padova
phone +39 049 827 3754/3935 fax +39 049 827 3780
e-mail: formazione.ricerca@unipd.it
Mail address: via 8 febbraio 2 - 35122 Padova

http://www.unipd.it/en/doctorates/admission.htm

The Master of Lifelong Learning study abroad scholarships

Lifelong Learning has become a fundamental goal of recent education policies, often advocated as a way to achieve socio-economic development and as a tool for promoting the 'knowledge-based' society.

The rationale of the Masters of Lifelong Learning is to increase the awareness of European Lifelong Learning policies in a regional European context as well as on a global scale. It aims to provide policy-makers and professionals with responsibility for managing, delivering or supporting Lifelong Learning with opportunities to develop their own analysis and practice in what is a constantly changing economic, social, technological and policy environment.

The growing significance of Lifelong Learning both in national and international policy results in the need to bring its implications under close and critical scrutiny. The Master of Lifelong Learning is to be considered a response to a strong need for conducting educational reform activities all over the world.

Learning outcomes
The Master of Lifelong Learning seeks to form professionals able to

• Design and develop educational policies concerned with Lifelong Learning
• Promote innovation processes within Lifelong Learning systems suited to the social and organisational contexts in which they are to be undertaken, so as to facilitate change and social transformation
• Develop competences required in order to mediate between the educational community and the needs of the local environment
• Advise organisations on the planning, implementing, evaluating, supervising and control of training mechanisms in Lifelong Learning
• Apply techniques for recognizing diverse learning needs and for identifying the appropriate and sustained educational actions which will meet these needs
• Take part in the new developments and reforms taking place in Europe in accordance with the Bologna and Copenhagen process.
• Design and develop flexible learning paths, using ECTS and including recognition of prior learning.
• Integrate ICT and e-learning as a tool in educational programmes
• Develop systemic competences related to management, quality, creativity and leadership.

Entry requirements
The entry requirements for students enrolling on the Master of Lifelong Learning are:

• a good first degree (humanities or social sciences) from a recognised institution of higher education.
• a satisfactory level of spoken and written English: IELTS 7.0 and TOEFL 650 (written paper test).

Application procedure and selection process
For a successful application the following documents must be included:

• student application form (incl. photo)
• certified copy of 1st degree
• IELTS/TOEFL certificate
• CV
• letter of recommendation (reference)
• qualification essay

Enrolment of students with an Erasmus Mundus scholarship
All scholarship holders will be informed directly about their enrolment at the Institute of Education/the Danish University of Education.

The European Commission offers scholarships for 3rd country (non-EU) students and scholars.The deadline for scholarship applications is 1 December 2010.

For non-EU students

For each student the scholarship amounts to 21,000 Euro per academic year. This includes 10 monthly grants of 1,600 Euro and a fixed amount of 5,000 Euro for fees, travel expenses, relocation costs, etc. For courses lasting two years, the student receives double this amount, i.e. 42,000 Euro.

• Scholarship application form (doc)
• Guidelines for application (doc)

For non-EU scholars
The amount of an average scholarship for scholars is 13,000 Euro. This includes three monthly grants of 4,000 Euro and a fixed amount of 1,000 Euro for travel and expenses. For application forms, please contact the Consortium Office at malll@dpu.dk

Moreinfo: http://www.dpu.dk/site.aspx?p=7131