History | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 22

Research Fellowships in History of Medicine, University of Warwick, UK

/ February 3, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Centre for the History of Medicine (CHM) invites applications for a Research Fellow related to the CHM’s Wellcome Trust Strategic Award, Situating Medicine: New Directions in the History of Medicine’. Applications are welcome from internal and external candidates with research expertise in the History of Medicine.The Fellowship is intended for early career researchers who have no more than two year’s postdoctoral research/teaching experience and who have not held a permanent academic post. You will have an excellent academic record and the potential to pursue your chosen research subject at the highest level.You will be expected to conceptualise and conduct a public engagement project related to you own research interest and in line with the CHM’s Wellcome Trust Strategic Award focus areas.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 18 April 2011

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Filed Under: Grants and Fellowships, Masters Degree, Medical Science, Physical Science Tags: , , , , , ,

University of Oxford, Fitzjames Research Fellowship in Philosophy 2011 in UK

/ February 2, 2011 Leave a Comment

Merton College proposes to elect to a four-year Fitzjames Research Fellowship in Philosophy to commence in October 2011.  This career development post will allow a promising academic at an early stage in his or her career to combine substantial support for research with the opportunity to develop skills in teaching and academic administration.  The teaching commitment will be up to four contact hours per week in full term and the College is particularly seeking candidates able to teach at least two and preferably more of the following papers: Elementary Logic, History of Philosophy from Descartes to Kant, Philosophy of Mathematics, Knowledge & Reality (i.e. Metaphysics & Epistemology, Philosophy of Logic and Language, and Philosophy of Mind.

The stipend will be £27,006 p.a. and the Fellow will be entitled to meals and free accommodation in College, if available (or a housing allowance) and other benefits.

Full details of the post, its conditions, and the application process are set out in the Further Particulars, which may also be obtained from the Sub-Warden’s Secretary.

Merton College is an equal opportunities employer.

Application Deadline: 2 March 2011.

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Filed Under: Arts & Administration, Grants and Fellowships, Post Doctoral, Social Science Tags: , , , , ,

The Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA)2011, USA

/ February 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) provides international teachers with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills and increase their knowledge about the United States. The international participants will travel to the United States in two cohorts of 88-90 teachers each in spring or fall 2012. TEA consists of a non-degree, non-credit customized academic program, including coursework and intensive training in teaching methodologies, lesson planning, and teaching strategies for home classroom environments, as well as the use of computers for Internet, word processing, and as teaching tools. As part of the academic program, participants will have the opportunity to design or revise a set of lessons for use in their home classrooms as well as modify a lesson into a micro-lesson demonstration for the End of Program Workshop in Washington, D.C. The six-week program will also include a forty-hour internship at a secondary school to actively engage participants with American teachers and students. Cultural activities and academic support will be provided for participants throughout the program.
TEA program alumni are also eligible to apply for small grants upon their return home. These grants can provide resources to conduct teacher training workshops or other activities that share the teachers’ experiences in the U.S. and contribute to the growth of their home education communities.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Current secondary-level, full-time teachers with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including:
• English
• Social Sciences (social studies, civics, history, economics or geography)
• Mathematics
• Science
• Live and teach in the states of Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and all Union Territories in Western India;
• Citizens of India and present in India at the time of application and interview;
• Proficient in written and spoken English with an iBT TOEFL score of 45-46 (450 paper-based) or higher*;
• Continue teaching after completion of the program; and

Scholarship Application Deadline:March 1, 2011

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Filed Under: Arts & Administration, Finance & Accounting, Social Science Tags: , , , , , , ,
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