LLM/PgDip/PgCert Construction Law & Practice School of the Built Environment University of Salford

The programme will enable construction professionals including surveyors, lawyers, engineers and architects, to operate more effectively in areas of construction practice which involve construction law. Students will be able to conduct and communicate legal analysis in relation to any aspect of mainstream professional construction practice as well as to promote high quality research in areas of law relating to construction.

Programme modes

Part-time via online learning

Programme start dates

October


Contacts and how to apply

Administrative contact and how to apply:

Applications are encouraged from candidates with substantial experience but without a formal qualification (see www.sobe.salford.ac.uk).

For details on the programme including entry requirements and how to apply, please click here.

For further information, please contact:
Brian Meichen, Director of Marketing, School of the Built Environment
T +44 (0) 161 295 5355
b.a.meichen@salford.ac.uk

Erasmus Mundus MACLANDS (Masters in Cultural Landscapes) Program for International Students

Job description:
MACLANDS is a Master Degree in territories’ sustained development and management for and through heritage and cultural landscape. Mac Lands is a European university training truly original and unique worldwide thanks to both its global approach and its methodology applied to current international development issues, as well as to sustainable management of territories for and through heritage or cultural landscape.

The three Mac Lands universities:
Mac Lands provides this alternative training, first and unique to this day, thanks to three perfectly complementary universities.

Saint-Etienne Jean Monnet, a young thirty-year old university; Naples Federico II, oldest university in Europe and Stuttgart University, with technology expertise.

Application procedure:
The following documents have to be provided with your application form :

• a certified copy, with certified French translation of the required diploma requested to enter an Erasmus Mundus Master
• the diploma of your language level (DALF C1 in French, CELI 3 in Italian and ZD in German) or all documents that proves that the candidate has started a language training before arriving in Europe.
• a detailed CV in French or English with 3 photos
• a motivation letter
• 2 letters of recommendation in one of the Consortium language.
• the student research/study project in accordance with the motivation letter. This project should be presented in a scientific way (references, bibliography,etc..) and should help the jury on the quality of the student and on the quality of his application.
• the completed and signed application form.

The following documents must also be sent per email to the following address contact@maclands.fr

• Application form
• CV
• Motivation letter
• Student project

Scholarship:

There is a new organization as non-Europeans who have spent more than 12 months in an eligible applicant country in the last 5 years as well as European students can also receive scholarships.

Two different categories:

If you are a non-European student, and if you have are not resident nor have carried out your main activity for more than 12 months in an eligible applicant country* in the last 5 years, you can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. These scholarships are granted on merit, based on the excellence of your application.

The amount of the scholarship is €23,500 per academic year (a total of €47,000 for the duration of the MACLANDS Master course, i.e. 24 months). The scholarship covers your MACLANDS registration fees, travel, housing and living costs.

CATEGORY: B
If you do not fulfill the Category A criteria, either because you are an European or because you have spent more than 12 months in the last 5 years in one of an eligible applicant country, you can benefit from a category B scholarship. The amount of the scholarship is 8500 €/year:

• 6000 € for daily expenses
• from 2500 € as a contribution to registration fees.

Please note that a student cannot apply to more than 3 Erasmus Mundus Masters. Category A scholarship only is considered as a full scholarship. Category B is considered as a financial contribution to students.

16 ERASMUS MUNDUS scholarships will be available for both categories (the number of scholarships can be modified).

Information
Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne
contact@maclands.fr

31st January 2011: deadline for Category A & Category B applications.

Further scholarship details and application:

5 PhD Studentships at York St. John University, UK

5 PhD Studentships at York St. John University, UK :

Beasiswa Scholarships : Research PhD Studentships

The University invites applications for four competitively awarded fully-funded full time research studentships, to commence 1 October 2010.

Applicants must have (or be about to complete) a relevant degree (at least a 2:1 Honours or a Masters) and should submit a proposal that clearly demonstrates an aptitude for researching a specific topic covered by one of the following themes:

Film: Theory/Analysis/Production – Dr Robert Edgar-Hunt

Theatre and Performance: Theory/Analysis/Production/Reception – Dr Matthew Reason


Developing awareness of English as a Lingua Franca in TESOL – Dr Chris Hall

Creativity and Education – Dr Kathy Ring

Developing a client-informed counselling approach for victims of domestic violence - Dr Lynne Gabriel

The studentships will include the payment of all tuition fees and carry a bursary of £13,800 per annum. Studentships will be renewed annually, subject to suitable academic progress, for a maximum of 3 years.

Further details of individual studentships click on the link above.

Applications should be made using the YSJU Research Studentship application form:

Download the YSJU Research Studentship application form available here »

For general research degree queries contact:

E:graduatecentre@yorksj.ac.uk

T:01904 876753

Students will be provided with excellent facilities in the University's new Graduate Centre located in the historic city of York. Research degrees are awarded by the University of Leeds.

Closing date for applications is 16 July 2010

http://w3.yorksj.ac.uk/research/research-studentships.aspx