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Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Scholarship, New Zealand

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This Scholarship was established in 2005 and is financed by the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PSEA) to encourage the advancement of, and research and teaching in, the Philosophy of Education.

This Scholarship is designed to further the interests of the Society by encouraging doctoral students to engage with philosophical issues in education, and to recognise and support philosophical research in the wider field of education.

The successful recipient will become a member of PESA and will be expected to present a paper at the Society’s annual conference.

Selection Process:
Application is made to the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (www.pesa.org.au).
A Selection Committee assesses the applications.
Two Scholarships may be awarded each year.

Regulations:
1.The Scholarship shall be known as the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Scholarship.
2.Two non-renewable Scholarships may be awarded per year, each to a value of AUD$10,000.
3.The Scholarship is not related to the recipient’s level of income and may be taken up in addition to other awards.
4.The Scholarship is tenable by students resident in either Australia or New Zealand and enrolled fulltime in a recognised doctoral programme in either country.
5.Proposals will be considered from the various sub-disciplines in Education, from the Arts, and Sciences, as well as from professional educators, as long as the research is germane to the ongoing conversations and dialogues of educational philosophy.
6.The research design and methodology may cover theoretical, empirical, and substantive considerations, but it needs to contribute to philosophical debate in the field of education.
7.To ensure adequate philosophical supervision, the candidate’s main supervisor must be someone who by virtue of qualifications, experience, research knowledge or chosen profession would be eligible for full membership of PESA, as per the Society rues (www.pesa.org.au).
8.The basis of selection will be academic merit, taking into account (a) academic progress; (b) Curriculum Vitae and publication record; (c) alignment of proposed research with Regulations 5, 6, and 7 above; and (d) an equitable distribution between Australian and New Zealand applicants.
9.The Scholarship will be awarded by a selection committee appointed by the PESA Executive.
10.The student awarded a Scholarship shall (a) attend the Annual PESA Conference and present a paper refereed for that Conference; and (b) present a satisfactory progress report to the PESA secretary 12 months after the award of the scholarship.
11.The Scholarship’s emolument will be paid in two equal instalments, on completion of each of the requirements of Regulation 10 above.
12.The PESA Executive has power to terminate or suspend a Scholarship, if it receives an unsatisfactory report on the progress of a scholar from his/her supervisor, director or head of academic unit.
13.In the event of there being no suitable applicants, the Scholarship will not be offered in any year.

Application Deadline 31March 2011

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Victoria Master’s [by thesis] Scholarship

scholarshipnigeria / August 25, 2010 Leave a Comment

Application form available here. Full regulations can be downloaded here. (Requires Acrobat Reader)

History or background of award
For the purpose of encouraging postgraduate research at Victoria, the University offers scholarships to students about to commence a full-time, research-focussed Master’s degree.
In 2008 over thirty scholarships shall be offered, consisting of a $15,000 stipend, plus domestic fees. International students, other than those from Australia will be liable to pay the difference between the full international student fee and the domestic fee.

Purpose of award
To encourage research at Masters level at Victoria university. Only those students enrolled solely for a 90 point thesis are eligible to apply.

Selection criteria
Only those students enrolled solely for a 90 point thesis or above are eligible to apply. In some cases this will be Part 2 of a two-year Master’s degree and will usually have the course code 591. Students who are enrolled in Master’s degree programmes that have thesis or research components of less than 90 points, or who elect not to enrol for the solely by thesis option, but instead enrol in taught courses, internships, performance, portfolio, practicum, or other programme options, are eligible to apply for the Victoria Graduate Scholarships. Creative Writing candidates are eligible to apply for the Master’s [by thesis] Scholarship.

Number of awards offered
30

Value
$15,000
Domestic tuition fees

Tenure of award
One year

Closing dates for applications
Monday 01 November 2010
Tuesday 01 November 2011

How do students apply?
Applications for these scholarships must be made on the forms obtainable from the top of this page or from the Scholarships Office.
Referees statements: A template form for referees is available from this link http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/admisenrol/payments/scholarships/publications/postgraduate-scholarships-referee-form.pdf -please make this available to your referees. Reference stements should be submitted directly to the Scholarships Office by the referees. This may be by email only if they are sent from a verifiable institutional email address.

It is important that you submit ONLY the documentation requested on the application form available from the link above, additional information will not be circulated to selection panels. Application forms and supporting documents should be sent to:

Scholarships Office
Research Office
10 Kelburn Parade
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand

Scholarship applicants must contact directly the School in which they wish to enrol so that their research proposal and the feasibility of supervision can be assessed. Enrolling as a Masters student and applying for a Victoria Masters Scholarship are two separate processes. The holding of Victoria Masters Scholarship is conditional upon the scholarship recipient gaining enrolment as a Masters student.

Applicants, other than those who have completed all of their study at Victoria, must include a certified copy of their academic record from other institutions with this application. Applicants whose degree has been conferred at any university other than a New Zealand University will be considered in two categories:
Category 1 – applicants from the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Germany or Australia must supply an original or certified copy of their university transcript.
Category 2 – applicants from any other country must have their transcript verified and assessed with a course by course evaluation by one of the below educational evaluators:
Educational Credential Evaluators
National Recognition Information Centre [UK]

Decision makers
Scholarships shall be awarded solely on the basis of academic merit by the University Scholarships Committee, a sub-committee of the University Research Committee.

How and when do students learn of the decision?
All offers for Victoria Master’s Scholarships will be made in late December of the year of application. Some applicants may be placed on a reserve list and will not be finally notified of the success or otherwise of their applications until as late as the end of February of the following year. If you are unsuccessful you may be notified by email only. Please provide a clearly written email address if available.

What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?
Scholarship recipients will be expected to sign the Victoria Postgraduate Scholarship Contract. Once the period of tenure of a scholarship has commenced, the University Scholarships Committee may, at its sole discretion, grant a scholarship recipient a deferment of their scholarship for a period of up-to six months. In most cases such a deferment will coincide with a formal suspension from their enrolment in the Master’s degree. A scholarship shall be terminated and the corresponding proportion of the scholarship emolument forfeited, if a scholarship recipient ceases to resume the aforesaid programme of research or advanced study within one month of the last day of the period of deferment. Scholarship recipients shall be required to devote themselves full-time to their programme of research during the tenure of the scholarship and may not hold a position of emolument without the approval of the University Scholarships Committee. Approval may be given for scholarship recipients to undertake paid employment (usually tutoring) for up to a maximum of 600 hours in one calendar year. Each scholarship recipient and his/her principal supervisor shall provide a progress report to the Scholarships Office six months after the commencement of the scholarship. Where progress is not satisfactory, the matter will be referred to the University Scholarships Committee. The University Scholarships Committee may at any time suspend or terminate a scholarship, or require the forfeiture of such proportion of the scholarship emolument as it may determine, if the scholarship recipient is not diligently pursuing their programme of research, has violated the University Statute on Conduct, or has failed to comply with any of the terms and conditions on which the scholarship was awarded.

Additional information
Scholarships Office, 10 Kelburn Parade Victoria University of Wellington P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand Email: scholarships-office@vuw.ac.nz

Who else has information about this award?
Approval for the co-tenure of a Victoria Masters Scholarship with other awards that total more than $6,000 must be sought from the University Scholarships Committee. The co-tenure of other awards may result in a reduction in the value of the scholarship stipend.

For guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact:

The Scholarships Office
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington
New Zealand

Phone: (04) 463 5113 or (04)463 5557
Fax:
E-mail: scholarships-office@vuw.ac.nz

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Victoria PhD Scholarships – application information

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Application form available here. Full regulations can be downloaded here. (Requires Acrobat Reader)

History or background of award
For the purpose of encouraging postgraduate research, one objective being to build up strong research schools at the University, Victoria offers PhD scholarships to support doctoral studies. These scholarships are awarded on academic merit and are open to New Zealand and international students in any discipline.

Purpose of award
These Scholarships are intended to encourage doctoral study at Victoria University of Wellington.

Selection criteria
The Scholarships are open to graduates of any university within or outside of New Zealand who intend to enrol full time for a PhD at Victoria University or who have commenced their PhD study at Victoria University. It is important to read the scholarship regulations availble from the link above before application.

Applicants with Victoria University ‘offers of study’ of who are current Victoria University PhD students must apply on the application form available from the link at the top of this webpage.

Please note: from 1 January 2010 there are changes to both the process for applying for PhD study at Victoria and applying for a Victoria PhD Scholarship. How these changes affect you is outlined below.

From 1 January 2010, for new PhD applicants there will be one application process for admission to the PhD programme and University and for PhD scholarships. The combined application form will be available from late 2009 on the Faculty of Graduate Research Website www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr/prospective-phds/scholarships.aspx

Please note: Although applications will be considered from full time students seeking scholarship support for a PhD degree for which they are already enrolled at Victoria, if you have applied for a Victoria PhD scholarship in the past, you must provide updated or additional information to apply for a second round. Such applications must be accompanied by clear support from supervisors.

Number of awards offered
30+ each round

Value
$21,000 stipend annually plus
tuition fees. Alternative funding
options may be offered.

Tenure of award
Scholarships will normally be tenable for three years. For a student who has already been enrolled for a PhD at Victoria for more than three months at the time when the offer of a Scholarship is made, the maximum length of tenure of the Scholarship will be reduced at the discretion of the Scholarships Committee.

Closing dates for applications
Wednesday 01 December 2010
Tuesday 01 March 2011
1 March, 1 July and 1 December

How do students apply?
Application forms for new PhD students are available from the Faculty of Graduate Research Website.
Application forms for current PhD students or those with an ‘offer of study’ are available from the links above.
Scholarship regulations covering both groups of applicants are also available from the links above.
The Academic Refereestemplate is available from: www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr/prospective_phds/publications/academic_referees_confidential_report.pdf

Decision makers
The University Scholarships Committee, a sub-committee of the University Research Council

How and when do students learn of the decision?
Offers of Victoria Phd Scholarships will be made approximately six weeks after each closing date in March, July and November of the year of application. Because some applicants may in the event decline the offer of a Scholarship with the result that further offers have to be made, it is possible that some applicants will not be finally notified of the success or otherwise of their applications three months after application. If you are unsuccessful you will be notified of this and if you are on the researve list by email in the first instance. Please provide a clear and correct email address.

What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?
Scholarship recipients shall be required to devote themselves full-time to their programme of research during the tenure of the scholarship and may not hold a position of emolument without the approval of the University Scholarships Committee. Approval may be given for scholarship recipients to undertake paid employment (usually tutoring) for up to a maximum of 600 hours in any one calendar year. All requests to undertake part-time employment must be supported in writing by the supervisor.
Once the period of tenure of a scholarship has commenced, the University Scholarships Committee may, at its sole discretion, grant a scholarship recipient a deferment of their scholarship for a period not exceeding one year. In most cases such a deferment will coincide with a formal suspension from their PhD enrolment.
A scholarship shall be terminated if a scholarship recipient ceases to resume the aforesaid programme of research within one month of the last day of the period of the deferment.
If an award is made to an existing PhD candidate the tenure of the award will be reduced.

Additional information
Several types of Victoria PhD Scholarship may be offered. Most successful applicants will be offered a Victoria PhD Scholarship which provide an annual stipend of NZ$21,000 plus tuition fees. However, a small number of Vice Chancellor’s Scholarships will be offered to the top applicants each round. These provide an annual stipend of $24,000 plus tuition fees. A number of Victoria Doctoral Assistantships are also offered each round. These consist of an annual stipend $15,000 plus tuition fees and an emploment component of $5,000.
Applicants, other than those who have completed all of their study at Victoria, must include a certified copy of their academic record from other institutions with this application. Applicants whose degree has been conferred at any university other than a New Zealand University will be considered in two categories:
Category 1 – applicants from the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Germany or Australia must supply an original or certified copy of their university transcript.
Category 2 – applicants from any other country must have their transcript verified and assessed with a course by course evaluation by one of the below educational evaluators:
Educational Credential Evaluators
National Recognition Information Centre [UK]

Who else has information about this award?
Information on applying to do a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington and apply for funding to do so is also available from:
www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr

General information about doctoral study is also available from this website.