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University of Birmingham, International Postgraduate Scholarships 2011 in UK

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For over a century the University of Birmingham has been recognised as one of the world’s leading universities for the quality of our teaching and research. We attract students of the highest calibre from around the world and have been welcoming international students to the University for over 100 years. To award outstanding achievement, we are pleased to offer a number of international postgraduate scholarships.

Applicants must have an excellent academic background obtaining a good 2:1 equivalent bachelors degree as a minimum.

Applicants must also demonstrate excellence in an area of their life. This might be outstanding academic achievement, exceptional achievement in extra curricular activities (such as sport, music, managing events or societies) or significant achievement gained either in their working life or through volunteering and service to others.

Applicants must also outline the contribution they will make to the University of Birmingham as a student and what they expect to gain from studying here.

Eligibility : In order to apply candidates must:
be overseas for fee purposes
have applied for a one year full time masters course and have been issued with a student id number
must not be in receipt of a full fee scholarship from any other source
Any application received without an id number will not be considered
Have made adequate financial provision to study in the UK.

For information on living cost for the UK please visit the International student Advisory Service website.

Scholarship Application Deadline:May 27th 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application


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Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust International Scholarships 2011 in UK

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For over a century the University of Birmingham has been recognised as one of the world’s leading universities for the quality of our teaching and research.
We attract students of the highest calibre from around the world and have been welcoming international students to the University for over 100 years.
Applicants should have an excellent academic background obtaining a good 2:1 equivalent bachelors degree as a minimum.
Applicants should also demonstrate excellence in an area of their life. This might be outstanding academic achievement, exceptional achievement in extra curricular activities (such as sport, music, managing events or societies) or significant achievement gained either in their working life or through volunteering and service to others.
Applicants must also outline the contribution they will make to the University of Birmingham as a student and what they expect to gain from studying here.There will be up to four scholarships each worth £10,000 towards the cost of tuition fees. These awards are available to students who are both nationals of and domiciled within a country in Africa.
Eligibility :
In order to be eligible for consideration, candidates must;
be overseas for fee purposes
be both a national of and domiciled within a country in Africa.
have applied for a one year full time masters course and have been issued with a student id number
Any application received without an id number will not be considered
must not be in receipt of a full fee scholarship from any other source
Have made adequate financial provision to study in the UK.

Scholarship Application Deadline: May 27th 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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PhD Fellow in Veterinary Imaging, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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The project will be concerned with the use of ultrasound to generate images for clinical and research use and with the extraction of quantitative data from these images. The fellowship is partly funded by the strategic initiative at KU-LIFE, CHANCE and will utilize chemometric analyses as part of its research methodology. Ultrasound images from an ongoing research project involving eels are available and further experiments will require further imaging by the Fellow in this species. In addition the PhD Fellow will be expected to identify suitable clinical patients and collect data form them at the Department´s Small Animal Hospital and perform subsequent analysis. The aim being to describe relevant clinical or physiological parameters. The research work will be based primarily at the Small Animal Hospital, however some of the research image collection may be done by the Fellow at an external research farm. In addition to the duties described below, the PhD fellow will be expected to contribute to the clinical and teaching activities of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences. The project will provide opportunities to develop existing skills in general veterinary diagnostic imaging using digital radiography, CT, MRI, scintigraphy and in particular ultrasound. Training in image analysis and statistical analysis techniques will be an integral party of the fellowship. Principal supervision on the project will be provided by the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences with additional supervision provided by the CHANCE initiative.

Eligibility Criteria:
– A master´s degree related to the subject area of the project
– The grade point average achieved
-Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD programme
-Previous publications
-Relevant work experience
-Other professional activities
-Language skills
– Communication and collaborative skills
-Marks obtained during the first year of study on the master programme (only relevant for applicants applying for a 4-year scholarship)

Scholarship Application Deadline: 21 March 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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