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Middle east: GETEX Spring 2012

In the UAE, GETEX benefits from the patronage of HH Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, and hosts representative universities affiliated to the Ministry including the Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE University and Zayed University…

Masters Degree Education Scholarships – Erasmus Mundus Scholarships, 2012 2013

Masters Degree Studies Scholarships are open for International Students. Master’s Scholarship in Matter and Statistical Physics, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Materials Science and Theoretical Bio-molecular Science at Ecole normale supérieure in Lyon…

2012 Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS), Australia

Academic merit, academic qualifications that are equivalent to either an Australian bachelor degree with first class honours or an Australian Master by Research. Qualifications gained outside of Australia will be assessed to determine how they compare to an Australian qualification…

Nigeria: Uganda’s New Car, The Nation’s Challenge

THE launching of an electric car that the students of Makerere University made has a ringing message for Nigeria on two fronts. The car – Kiira EV – will not run on petrol; it uses batteries and the university is not on strike, but runs its shoestring research budget well…

UK: O2 looks to e-learning ‘to further market potential’

Online learning programs may be adopted by one major phone retailer as a new way to engage with its customers.Mobile phone giant and network operator O2 has announced it is preparing to move into the fast-growing market of e-learning in a bid to get ahead of its competitors and to tap into an area of the market that is relatively new, Marketing Week reports…

TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship Programme, Italy 2012

Applicants for these fellowships must meet the following criteria:
- Be a maximum age of 30 years on 31 December of the application year.
-Be nationals of a developing country (other than India).
-Hold a Master’s or equivalent degree in science or engineering.
- Be regularly employed in a developing country and hold a research assignment there….

VI th International Congress on Renewable Energy and the Environment

VI th International Congress on Renewable Energy and Environment (CERE’2012) is an international multidisciplinary conference, mainly the production,application and use of renewable energy. It forms a forum for the dissemination of recent information for the dissemination of advanced …

Tunisia: Lecture on “explosion of social media: stakes for society and culture”

The Centre for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR) listened on Friday to a lecture on the “burst of social media: stakes for society and culture” by Canadian sociologist Serge Proulx. The lecturer analysed transformations of the media uses and stakes of social appropriation of information and communication technologies …

Morocco to fund young inventors

The Moroccan government will allocate 510 million dirhams (45 million euros) to support innovation and promote business-university partnerships, Trade Minister Ahmed Reda Chami announced on Tuesday (March 1st) at the Second Conference on Innovation in Skhirat. “ The government is prepared to raise the amounts that are budgeted for encouraging innovation and creativity to keep up [...]

2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO Regional Fellowships for Women in Science in Sub-saharan Africa

Fellowship program for womens in the field of science, engineering and technology for doctoral studies. Study Subject: Science, Engineering and Technology. Employer: Loreal-Unecso. Level: PhD. Fellowship Description: For the first time in 2009 the For Women in Science Programme is launching of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Regional fellowships “For Women in Science” in Sub-Sahara Africa to assist [...]