2011 Small Grants Disability Scholarships for Thesis Writing, Africa

The grants Disability Scholarships serve as aspect of the Council’s contribution to the advancement of the social sciences in Africa, and the steady renewal and strengthening of research capacities in African universities, through the funding of primary investigation carried out by postgraduate college students and professionals. Hence, Disability Scholarships candidates whose applications are effective are encouraged to use the assets furnished below the grants to cover the charge of their fieldwork, the acquisition of publications and paperwork, the processing of data which they have collected and the printing of their theses/dissertations.

The CODESRIA Small Grants Programme Disability Scholarships is open to graduate college students and pros currently registered in African universities, and preparing their theses and dissertations in all social science fields and other disciplines involving social or economic analysis. Preference is provided to individuals registered for doctoral research (PhD or equivalent), while handful of grants are obtainable for Masters theses.

Disability Scholarships Application Deadline:
seventeenth June, 2011

Further Scholarship Data and Application

PhD and Postdoctoral Positions Disability Scholarships in, Norway

Doctorate and Fellowship Positions in NorMER in the field of Global climate change on fisheries resources in the Nordic region, with a primary focus on the Atlantic cod in University of Oslo,Norway -2011

Study Subject: Global climate change on fisheries resources in the Nordic region, with a primary focus on the Atlantic cod.
Employer: University of Oslo
Level: PhD and Postdoctoral

A major challenge for managers and researchers today is to find ways that the oceans food and other services in a sustainable way to identify you in changing climatic conditions and socio-economic. As climate change and high harvest so even more pressure on marine resources, scientists of the future must have the ability to cross combining physical, biological and social / economic sciences, advise appropriate management. Norma is a new Nordic Centre of Excellence, with funding from Nordforsk, on behalf of the High-Level Research Initiative (TRI) and the participating institutions for 2011-2015 to meet this challenge through a unique program primary research. 45 searches of 10 Nordic institutions will cooperate in the training of 15 new graduate students and five postdoctoral students in joint projects examining the biological, economic and social change on fisheries resources in the Nordic region, with an emphasis on cod.

The NorMER partnership includes teams led by Nils Chr. Stenseth at the University of Oslo, Carl Folke of the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden, Erik Bonsdorff at Åbo Adakemi University in Finland, Marko Lindroos at the University of Helsinki in Finland, Markus Meier at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute in Sweden, Guðrún Marteinsdóttir at Marine Academic Research in Iceland, Eyðfinn Magnussen at the University of Faroe Islands, Helle Siegstad at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Øyvind Fiksen at the University of Bergen in Norway, and Thomas Kiørboe at the Technical University of Denmark. Each PhD project will be supervised and based at a single institution, but will require a mandatory visit to a partner institution of up to 4 months for co-supervision (see the detailed descriptions for each project for details). The Postdoc positions are additionally required to collaborate with multiple partner institutio.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 March 2011

Details Scholarship Information and Application

PhD Disability Scholarships Studentship in Comparative Law and Linguistics

English legal methodology in the 21^st century from the perspective of German legal methodology

The PhD will examine English legal methodology and terminology against the comparative background of the German approach. The PhD will start from the premise that the genuinely English approach to legal methodology, both in academia and in practice, has not changed significantly since Gustav Radbruch's research in 1947, despite the continental influence in EU law and the need to adapt to a more continental approach to comply with EU parameters. It will seek to verify or falsify this premise by analysing the writings of academics as well as the case law and legislation to find out whether the traditional approach is still prominent or whether a shift to conceptualisation as a first step to the "elegance of the clear contour" (Radbruch) and ultimately codification is likely to happen anytime soon.

A more detailed description of the topic can be found at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/law/postgraduate/PhDStudentshipincomparativelawandlinguistics.docx

As well as current entry requirements, core qualifications expected of the candidates will be:

Ideally bilingual command of English and German; generally native or near native-speaker command of one of the two, and a proven high proficiency in the other, including legal terminology; Thorough knowledge of the English and/or German legal systems, with demonstrated ability to familiarise themselves with the other system in a short time.

The award:

Fee waiver at EU/Home rate for 3 years (currently ca. £4,000 per year) Annual maintenance contribution of £1,000 Opportunity to engage in (paid) teaching at undergraduate level (tutorials and seminars) by mutual agreement between candidate and Law School based on teaching need and abilities Start date: 1 October 2011

Application process:

Complete the online admissions application form. You must state on this form that you wish to be considered for this scholarship Submit all supporting documents and a detailed research proposal (around 10 pages single-spaced). Further details at:

http://www.dur.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/pgdegrees/apply

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF COMPLETED APPLICATIONS

(and ALL supporting documents)

1 April 2011

The successful candidate will be notified by 1 June 2011

Clinical Psychologist Disability Scholarships

We would like to invite applications for the post of Clinical Psychologist. This position will be fixed term until December 2012 and is a full-time post.

The successful candidate will work in the OASIS Prison In-reach team, a new service for prisoners at high risk of developing psychosis. The aim of the project is to roll-out an early detection and early intervention service in Her Majesty's Prison Brixton.

The new clinical team will work closely with the OASIS community team, with the in-reach psychiatric mental health and within the existing time structure of the prison. Her Majesty's Prison Brixton is a category B local prison for male prisoners aged 21 or over who are on remand (going to trial) or sentenced to less than two years. The prison has an average daily population of 798 and receives on average 20 new receptions each day, about 50% are resident in SLaM.

Prisoners resident in SLaM aged 21-35 will be screened during their first week induction to prison using the screening instrument developed in our previous study.

Prisoners who meet criteria for the at risk mental state will be provided with a well-established intervention package which is routinely used in the OASIS service in the community. Treatment will start in prison and the same clinician will continue seeing the prisoner when they are released into the community. Clients will be followed up for a period of 2 years after the initial assessment.

The successful candidate will also be encouraged to develop their own research interests.

Starting salary £40,313 pa (inclusive of £2,323 pa London Allowance).

To obtain further particulars, an application form and further information about the Institute, please see our website at http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/vacancies or alternatively email vacancies@iop.kcl.ac.uk. Completed application forms should be emailed to this address or posted to the address given in the further particulars.

Please quote reference number 11/R30 in all correspondence.

Closing date for applications 30 March 2011.

Only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Equality of opportunity is College policy