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POLIS International Research Scholarship 2011-2012, UK: Politics and International Studies

POLIS is offering one fees plus maintenance and one fees only scholarship to Home/EU students taking a POLIS PhD programme. POLIS is also offering one fees only scholarship to international students taking a POLIS PhD programme. Small amounts may also be awarded as partial fee waivers to excellent candidates who have arranged funds from other sources but who still have a small shortfall. This part of the budget is managed on a case-by-case basis; in previous years we were able to help several outstanding students to enrol in the School.  Please ensure that you use the space provided on the form – attachments are not permitted and all will be disregarded.  In order to be eligible to apply for one of the above POLIS Postgraduate Research Scholarships, applicants MUST first submit a research degree study application form and be in receipt of a University BANNER ID number.  Applications without a valid University Banner ID number will be rejected. To apply for a place on a research degree programme
Eligibility: Applicants whose first language is not English are required to meet the School’s minimum English language requirement, which is an IELTS score of 6.5 with no individual component below 6, or 240 on computer-based TOEFL (580 on the paper-based version), with 4.0 on the essay rating (4.0 on the Test of Written English associated with the paper-based version), or 94 on TOEFL iBT, with minimum scores of 20 in listening, 23 in reading, 23 in speaking and 24 in writing, or a PTE Academic score of at least 64 (with not less than 60 in listening, reading, speaking and writing).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 June 2011.

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POLIS International Research Scholarship 2011-2012, UK: Politics and International Studies

POLIS is offering one fees plus maintenance and one fees only scholarship to Home/EU students taking a POLIS PhD programme. POLIS is also offering one fees only scholarship to international students taking a POLIS PhD programme. Small amounts may also be awarded as partial fee waivers to excellent candidates who have arranged funds from other sources but who still have a small shortfall. This part of the budget is managed on a case-by-case basis; in previous years we were able to help several outstanding students to enrol in the School.  Please ensure that you use the space provided on the form – attachments are not permitted and all will be disregarded.  In order to be eligible to apply for one of the above POLIS Postgraduate Research Scholarships, applicants MUST first submit a research degree study application form and be in receipt of a University BANNER ID number.  Applications without a valid University Banner ID number will be rejected. To apply for a place on a research degree programme
Eligibility: Applicants whose first language is not English are required to meet the School’s minimum English language requirement, which is an IELTS score of 6.5 with no individual component below 6, or 240 on computer-based TOEFL (580 on the paper-based version), with 4.0 on the essay rating (4.0 on the Test of Written English associated with the paper-based version), or 94 on TOEFL iBT, with minimum scores of 20 in listening, 23 in reading, 23 in speaking and 24 in writing, or a PTE Academic score of at least 64 (with not less than 60 in listening, reading, speaking and writing).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 June 2011.

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International PhD Scholarship in School of Languages and International Studies at UCL, UK

Applications are invited for a full-time scholarship available in the School of Languages and International Studies. The scholarship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to international applicants only. UK/EU applicants are not eligible to apply. The scholarship will provide £15000 towards the cost of the International tuition fee over 3 years.
With China’s leaders calling for ‘innovations to enhance the international competitiveness and influence of Chinese culture’, and the US voicing fears of losing a global information war, a competition between China and the West for economic and political authority is starting to emerge, finding expression in a contest for cultural representation.
This research initiative will aim to work within the frame of debates on Western representations of China and on China’s efforts to counter misconceptions of the negative impact of its rise, analysing these new cultural contestations in the context of the changing global power dynamics. From a broad overview of Western and Chinese cultural representations of China, as it has emerged from subordination after 1949 to rise as an international power in the world today, the research will focus especially on such representations in Western and Chinese film/TV output since the 1990s. Highlighting particular case studies, the work will explore continuities/discontinuities in Orientalist reassertion and Chinese responses.

Application Deadline: 13 May 2011

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