Wellcome trust is inviting applications for Investigator Awards in Humanities and Social Science. These awards offer flexible funding support to researchers in established posts at all career stages working on important questions of relevance to health. Scholarships are open for promising researchers from the UK, Republic of Ireland and low- and middle-income countries to pursue […]
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There are a range of International Students House scholarships available in partnership with a number of different London institutions. International Students House provides Residential Scholarships which provide free accommodation at International Students House for up to a year and in exceptional circumstances up to three years. International Students House, London is a residence for 700 […]
The Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) is offering PhD scholarships for the academic year 2017-2018. Scholarships are available open for citizens of developing countries to pursue PhD programme. The language of instruction and examination is English for most of the courses at CUB, SLU and UBonn while the language of instruction and examination is either […]
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) awards nine prizes of USD 15,000 each to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least 10 years. Prizes are open in the fields of Science and/or to the application of Science and Technology to Sustainable Development. TWAS’s mission is to recognize, […]
Lecturers at Kenya’s public universities started an indefinite strike on Thursday over poor pay, joining doctors who have been striking for more than five weeks and deepening a crisis in public services as the country heads towards elections. The Doctors’ strikes comes as President Uhhuru Kenyatta is battling a slew of corruption scandals ahead of […]
Applications are invited for Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarships in Public Policy and Taxation (PPT) to study in Japan for the year 2017. Students from Developing Countries are eligible to apply for these scholarships. The objectives of the PPT program are: firstly, to help the students develop a basic understanding of public policy and taxation; […]
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at University of London and International Students House (ISH) are jointly invited awarding a LLM Scholarship to the students from developing countries. The aim of the scholarship is to enable and encourage academically able students from any nationality. SOAS, University of London is a public research university […]
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MUK Lecturers Suspend Strike
Faculty teaching staff at Makerere University have suspended their sit down strike to pave way for the visiting committee appointed by president Museveni to perform its work. In a meeting held today (Monday) at Makerere University under their umbrella body Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), 81 lecturers elected to suspend the move of industrial […]
The University of Oxford is inviting applications for Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme. The scholarship programme supports outstanding postgraduate students from developing and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia and South America. RELATED: The Role Of Education In Global Development. The Louis Dreyfus Foundation aims to promote sustainable agriculture, food security and self-sufficiency, particularly […]
Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has recruited 16, 000 examiners to mark this year’s Primary Leaving Examinations and Uganda Certificate of Education. The board expects 5,700 examiners for PLE to complete their work in three weeks’ time while for Senior Four should be done before Christmas. While marking PLE started on 5th/12/2016 from eight centres, […]