MIT-Zaragoza Western and Northern European Logistics Scholarship

The Zaragoza Logistics Center Scholarship currently provides a number of scholarships each year for students of the MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) program.
Through this scholarship, the Foundation hopes to attract outstanding future leaders from Western & Northern European countries. Candidates will be expected to show extraordinary potential for leadership and professional success, bringing new vision and commitment to the area of Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Coverage Details:

The scholarship covers 50% tuition for the MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) program. The full tuition for the academic year 2011-12 amounts to 21,500€.
The scholarship will not include other costs such as the administrative fee, living or travel expenses to Zaragoza or to Boston for the international exchange.

Eligibility Details:

Scholarships are awarded only to students who have been admitted to the MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) program through the Foundation’s regular admissions procedure.

Application Deadline:
Application Deadline is April 15th 2011

Further Details:
For further information about this scholarship visit below link.

http://mastersupplychain.edu.es/sites/default/files/Western_Northern_European_Logistics_Scholarship_0.pdf

Berlin, Lisboa, Montijo, Pembroke, Crete, Vienna, Erlangen, Agen, Madrid, Bruxelles,
Wiltshire, Klaipeda, Marino, Mayo, Derby, Grenchen, Burgas, Cavan, Dublin, Barcelona,

Gates Cambridge Scholarships, University of Cambridge

the 2011 Gates Cambridge Scholarships, University of Cambridge, UK

The Gates Cambridge Scholarships 2011

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is highly competitive international scholarship programme for graduate study and research at the University of Cambridge.

All applicants apply simultaneously for admission to the University and for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The Trust does not admit or place scholars.

Before submitting an application you should check that you are eligible, read through the ideal candidate section and check which application deadline applies to you. If you cannot find an answer to your question in these pages,

Information about applying for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and admission to the University for entry in October 2011 will be available - via the University’s Graduate Studies Prospectus - from June 2010 and applications will open on 1 September 2010.

For further details, please visit:
http://www.gatesscholar.org/apply/

PhD positions Social Sciences, University Amsterdam

In the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) of VU University Amsterdam, the PhD Programme is embedded in the Faculty Research Centre CCSS (Centre for Comparative Social Studies). The department of Political Sciences has a PhD position. The other position will be at the University of Antwerp. Tasks Both PhD students will conduct research in the context of a collaborative research program that studies recent social policy innovations and developments on social inequality in small, advanced European welfare states. Traditional welfare states have been evolving towards “activating welfare states” or “social investment states”, emphasizing above all labour market participation as a social goal. What have been the major policy developments in the past decades? What have been the differences in developments in various countries? What are the effects (e.g. in terms of inequality) of such innovations? The PhD student in Antwerp will concentrate on gathering comparative data and on a quantitative analysis of these data. The PhD student in Amsterdam focuses on the comparative analysis of social policy innovations.
Description

Applicants should have a (research) Master degree with very good grades in one of the Social Sciences. Applicants must have a demonstrable affinity with doing scientific research and be proficient in written and spoken English. Applicants should be highly motivated, can work well independently as well as in small teams, and have excellent communication and social skills.

Of these two positions one will be posted in Antwerp and one will be employed in Amsterdam. For the one at VU University Amsterdam, a contract of employment is offered initially for a period of 12 months, to be extended to a total period of four years conditional upon a positive evaluation after the first year. The four-year contract period must be concluded with the completion of a doctoral dissertation. Part-time employment is possible (with a minimum of 80%, i.e. 5 years). Fully detailed information about employment conditions can be found on www.workingatvu.nl The PhD student in Amsterdam will receive intensive supervision and take part in the courses and other activities of the CCSS PhD Programme. In addition, the PhD student will be enrolled in the national research school for Public Administration and Political Science (NIG). Both PhD students will be coached in getting their work published in academic journals and books. The PhD students also participate in the national and international research networks in which the research groups of the FSS are active and participate in academic conferences. Finally, PhD students have a limited teaching task. The salary is based on the salary scales for academic staff. The salary in the first year amounts to € 2.042,- gross per month, increasing to € 2.612,- gross per month in the fourth year, based on full-time employment.
VU University Amsterdam (VU)

De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV – Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS
email vacature-pol@fsw.vu.nl
http://www.vu.nl/