Mundus Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program 2013

Description
Mundus Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries. In addition, it contributes to the development of human resources and the international cooperation capacity of Higher education institutions in Third Countries by increasing mobility between the European Union and these countries.

The purposes of Mundus Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance the quality of higher education and promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through mobility and academic cooperation.

Mundus Erasmus Mundus Offer scholarship programmes both master and doctoral level. To apply mundus erasmus mundus scholarhip (Master and Doctoral) applicants Students or scholars should contact the consortium offering the Masters Course for more information on courses and application procedures. Certain consortium websites may only become operational nearer the time the application period opens (i.e. during September or October 2012).

Eligibility
The requirements of the all mundus erasmus mundus scholarship program can be seen directly at the each host institution. We recommend you to visit the the relevant institution or university to find further the condition of study program funded by mundus erasmus mundus scholarship.

Application Procedure
To apply mundus erasmus mundus scholarship we please you to visit the Programme Guide on web link below that provides all the necessary information on the application conditions and criteria corresponding to each of the 3 Programme Actions. Regular Calls for Proposals are published to specify the activities, the application criteria and the budgetary allocations relevant to the call concerned.

Submission Deadline
The deadline is varied, please visit the relevant program mundus erasmus scholarship to find the exact date

Website Link
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/programme/about_erasmus_mundus_en.php

Yoshida Scholarship Foundation

Description
Yoshida Scholarship Foundation is offered by The graduate school of Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University. The university establishes international programs that allow students to earn degrees through programs conducted entirely in English language. Yoshida Scholarship Foundation Aims to fund master's program to offer students a broader prospective and deeper knowledge to equip them with research abilities in specialized fields and advanced competences necessary for professional careers. Students will take classes offered in English. Full time attendance for two years is necessary for a master’s course. It is necessary that Yoshida Scholarship Foundation applicants to obtain the number of credits set by each graduate school, receive supervision in the fields of their study, and pass the thesis and final examinations.

In addition, Yoshida Scholarship Foundation also fund Doctoral Program to help students develop specialized knowledge and research competences required of researchers and professionals with expertise in their fields. To obtain the doctoral degree, three years of postgraduate study with guidance is necessary, as a general rule. Students must also submit a doctoral dissertation and pass the thesis and final examinations.

Benefit
Yoshida Scholarship Foundation will award an amount of money as follow: Master’s: 150,000JPY/month, Doctoral: 150,000JPY/month.

Eligibility
Yoshida Scholarship Foundation is awarded for student who is accepted to International Graduate Program (Master’s or Doctoral Program) after entrance examination (AO method). Student must have nationality of the countries (including Mongolia)in the following area: South East Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, Africa. AND applicants must have bachelor degree or further degree from the universities in above countries and areas. Applicants must apply for this program from overseas. Applicants must be under the age of 30 for Master’s Program or under the age of 35 for Doctoral Program at the time of enrollment into the Graduate School of Waseda University.

In addition, to be eligible for Yoshida Scholarship Foundation Country: Student must have nationality of the countries (including Mongolia)in the following area: South East Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, Africa.

Application Procedure
Please download the application form of the Yoshida Scholarship Foundation and return it by post before deadline.

Submission Deadline
21st December 2012

Website Link
http://www.sci.waseda.ac.jp/admission/GUIDE/youkou/Information2013Scholarship.pdf#page=2

Mexican American scholarships

Description
Mexican American scholarships are specially offered by the Council of Mexican Federations (COFEM), its affiliated Federations, and sponsoring partners. This Mexican American scholarships program are for outstanding students who are immigrants or of immigrant descent and are affiliated to a COFEM Federation or Club* or is an AB-540 student and are pursuing a higher education.

Mexican American scholarships will cover in the amounts of $500 to students attending a Community College, $1,000 to undergraduate students attending a 4-year College/University, and $2,000 for grad students will be awarded.

Eligibility
In order to be qualified to the Mexican American scholarships you must be in enrolled in an undergraduate program at a 4-year accredited University, a 2-year program at a Community College, a graduate program at an accredited University, or a freshman in College by the fall of 2012 to be eligible.

Application Procedure
The application asks for the basics (resume, one letter of recommendation, eligibility information) along with an essay of no more than 2 pages that explains why you should receive the Mexican American scholarships. These questions should be addressed:

• How do you believe this scholarship will help you contribute to the fulfillment of COFEM’s mission statement through your intended career?
• How can you help your COFEM Club or Federation be a stronger organization? Or, if you are an AB- 540 student, how can you help your community become stronger and more engaged on issues impacting your community?

Submission Deadline
October 31, 2012

Website Link
http://www.cofem.org/pdfs/2012-2013ScholarshipApp.pdf

TOTAL South Africa Bursaries

Description
South Africa Bursaries are provided by  TOTAL for applicants who require financial assistance for full-time tuition at an FET college or a university in order for them to achieve a formal qualification e.g. a certificate, diploma or degree. Enhance youth development and employability • Create a pool of talent to feed into the internship programme

Scholarship Benefits
These South Africa Bursaries will cover Tuition fees, Books and stationery,  Accommodation (if necessary, subject to review)

Eligibility
Priority consideration for the South Africa bursaries is given to previously disadvantaged South African students who have successfully completed their Grade 12 with a university exemption. South Africa Bursaries are also provided to students in their third year of studies provided they have achieved an average of 65% or greater for years 1 and 2 and require funding to continue their studies. To be eligible learners should not be receiving any financial assistance from another institution or company. Applicants should be between the ages of 18 and 23

Application Procedure
To apply the South Africa bursaries you should submit your application electronically. The scholarship application form can be found at the link below.

Submission Deadline
30 October annually

Website Link
http://www.total.co.za/os/content/NT0006304E.pdf

Research Fellowship in Justice at St. Anne's College, Oxford, UK

Description
Research Fellowship is being offered in association with Oxford Transitional Justice Research and the Centre for Criminology. The Governing Body of St Anne's College invites applications for the Global Justice Research Fellowship tenable from 1 January 2013.

The Fellow’s principal duties will be to: Conduct individual research into transitional justice issues and publish monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited volumes; act as convenor of Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR), (which entails managing the OTJR executive committee and overseeing the general work of OTJR, including events, working papers and policy projects); collaborate on joint projects with the Global Institute for the Crime of Aggression (possibly in the form of joint event organisation, in consultation with Don Ferencz, Director of the Institute); contribute fully to the life of St Anne’s College, including the delivery of academic seminars and acting as a College Adviser to graduate students.

Benefits:
The maximum salary of the Research Fellowship, including 3 hours of teaching per week, will be £20,282 pa but this figure will be reduced to take account of any award or grant already held by or promised to the successful applicant.  Free accommodation (bed-sitting room) will be offered if available and required; otherwise a living-out allowance of £3,630 pa will be paid. The Fellow will be a member of the Senior Common Room, and will be entitled to all meals free during term, and breakfast and one main meal a day during vacation, except when the hall is closed. Applicants must be able to demonstrate eligibility to work in the UK.

Eligibility
Before applying this research fellowship please be fully understand of the following requirements: Applications will be considered from graduates or equivalent, women or men, in their second or subsequent year of doctoral research.  Candidates registered for doctorates at other universities are eligible.  Those candidates who have not completed their doctorate or equivalent, should provide evidence that they are likely to be in a position to submit their thesis within the first year of the Research Fellowship.  The Research Fellow will have completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in Law, Politics, International Relations, Development Studies, Area Studies or another relevant discipline. The Fellow will have expertise in the broad field of transitional justice, which concerns the processes and institutions employed by societies in transition following large-scale human rights violations such as mass conflict and/or repressive rule.

Application Procedure
You may download the research fellowship application at the official site below. Your scholarship applications should reach the PA to the Senior Tutor, St Anne’s College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS

Submission Deadline
Wednesday 31 October 2012.

Website Link
http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/about/job-opportunities.html

Fellowship in Law

Description
Fellowship in law (Human Rights, Government Transparency access to information and to Justice, and the promotion of civil society and social inclusion) is fully funded by Open Society foundation which was founded in 2008 to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and probing conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world.

Fellowship in Law Benefit
This fellowship in law will cover a full-time fellows based in the United States will receive a stipend of $80,000 or $100,000, depending on work experience, seniority, and current income.In addition to the stipend, fellows will receive a project budget. That budget may include expenses such as travel (including airfare and hotel), visa costs, part-time research assistance, conference fees and health insurance. Fellowship expenses should not include operational or programmatic costs, such as employees and physical infrastructure. The purpose of the fellowship is to support individual fellows; therefore the program will only cover individual expenses.

Eligibility
In order to be eligible in this fellowship in law applicants the applicants should fulfill the following requirements:

• The Open Society Fellowship accepts proposals from anywhere in the world.
• Applicants should possess a deep understanding of their chosen subject and a track record of professional accomplishment.
• Past and current fellows have included journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners in a variety of fields.
• Successful applicants will be eager to exploit the many resources offered by the Open Society Foundations and be prepared to engage constructively with our global network.
• Ideal fellows are specialists who can see beyond the parochialisms of their field and possess the tenacity to complete a project of exceptional merit. – Proficiency in spoken English is required.

Application Procedure
Your application should be submitted online. Please visit the web link below to find further of the fellowship in law application process info.

Submission Deadline
February 1, 2013.

Website Link
http://www.soros.org/grants/open-society-fellowship

Is It Ok to CHEAT to Get Good Grades?

Are you a student?If so, likely you know of fellow students who cheat

in class to get good grades.Indeed,the problem is very widespread.In

2008,the Josephson Institute surveyed nearly 30,000 high school

students in the United states,and 64 percent admitted to cheating on a

test that year.The actual figure,however,is estimated by others to be

higher-more than 75percent.

In Europe too cheating has become a serious plagiarism.''Websites

that sell student essays,master's theses and doctoral dissertations as

ready-made commodities are a new and increasingly worrying problem,''

says an article published by in e-journal Digithum.In Africa it is the

same.

Why has cheating become such a major concern?Does cheating really

benefit those who do it?Is honesty-even if it means lower grades-still

the best policy?

SO WHY THE PLAGUE?

1.AN EROSION OF ETHICS:''Many educators say the rise in cheating is

due to an erosion of ethics in a self-centered culture,'' says the

American School Board Journal.Concerning those in her high school or

Seconday school honors classes,one student admitted;''All of us

cheated,we needed the grades to get into good schools.We were

good,moral students,we weren't like unethical people.We just needed to

get into good universities.'' Even some parents are guilty how?Anxious

to see their offspring succed they either approve of cheating or turn

a blind eye to it,thus further undermining their children's ethics.

2.THE PRESSURE TO SUCCEED:According to Donald McCabe,founder

international Center for Academic Integrity,students who cheat believe

that honesty puts them at a disadvantage compared with others who

cheat and get away with it.

3.THE HELP OF TECHNOLOGY:Mordern tebhnology enables students to cheat

with new levels of sophistication and ease.They can download term

paper and answers for their homework from the Net and share them wit

others.Often,only a small percentage get caught and this emboldens

others.In Nigeria mobile devices are now the in-tin in the sense of

students using it to cheat.

4.THE INFLUENCE BAD EXAMPLES:Cheating has become commonplace in the

adult world in big business corporations,in politics,in sports,and

often even at home,whese parents cheat on income tax or insurance

claims.

WHY CHOOSE NOT TO CHEAT?

Ask yourself this,''What is the goal of a good education?Is it not to

equip students for many of life's responsibilites,such as analyzing

problems in the workplace and solving them?Students who get into the

habit of cheating may fail to learn those valuable skills.Thus,people

who habitually cheat mask their weaknesses and undermine their chances

for success in many areas of life.

Futhermore people who cheat a lot in way are like a fake brand-name

garment or phone that looks genuine but eventually disappoints.



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