PhD Studentships in Low Carbon Technologie

Our Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in Low Carbon Technologies brings together a cohort of postgraduate research students and their supervisors to develop innovative technologies for a low carbon future based around key interlinking themes:

- Low Carbon Enabling Technologies
- Transport & Energy
- Carbon Storage
- Climate Change & Energy Systems Research

This is an opportunity for you to study for a 4 year fully funded 'Integrated PhD and MSc' in Low Carbon Technologies within an established campus wide interdisciplinary Institute ‘Earth, Energy & Environment: E³’ and be the first to study within the new £12.5m energy research building.

- 14 studentships available for 2011 entry
- Includes full fees and a maintenance grant of £15,500 per annum (tax free) for UK students. EU candidates will be eligible for a fees-only award.

Each student will develop high-level expertise in a particular topic but with the excitement of working in a multidisciplinary environment stretching across science, technology, economics, business and policy.

For further information visit: www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/dtclowcarbon
Study information

Qualification:

Integrated PhD & Masters Degree
Study duration:

4 years
Start month:

September
Entry requirements:

A Master’s degree or at least an upper second class (2.1) honours degree in engineering or a physical science.

Funding information

Number of awards per year:

14
Funding applies to:
EU applicants (including UK)
Funding notes:

Includes full fees and a maintenance grant of £15,890 per annum (tax free) for UK students. EU candidates will be eligible for a fees-only award.

Contacts and how to apply

Administrative contact and how to apply:

James McKay
e: j.mckay@leeds.ac.uk
t: +44 (0)113 343 2556
www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/dtclowcarbon

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Animal Science Animal Nutrition

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Animal Science

Animal Nutrition

University of Swaziland

57999

The Vision of the University is

“Leadership through Excellence in Education“

Qualifications: A PhD in Animal Nutrition (Ruminant)

Duties:

• To teach Animal Nutrition courses to undergraduate and/or graduate students.
• To develop and maintain links with relevant stakeholders in the livestock industry.
• To carry out research and be involved in community service.

Terms of service

Local candidates

Permanent and pensionable service after successful completion of two years on probation; Recruitment and Retention Allowance, Housing Allowance and Medical Aid.

Expatriate candidates

Two-year contract renewable, 25% gratuity at end of first contract, 27.5% gratuity for the second contract, and 30% gratuity for the third and subsequent contracts, plus 10% Inducement Allowance; travelling expenses paid on appointment and on normal termination for appointee, spouse and up to 5 children under 19 years of age; biennial leave.

Applications and closing date

Applications with detailed CV, certified copies of academic and/or professional qualifications and names of three referees should be sent to:

The Registrar

University of Swaziland

Private Bag 4

Kwaluseni

Swaziland

Email: sar-hr@uniswacc.uniswa.sz

Closing date: 6 August 2010

Rhodes Scholarships for International Students 2010

The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate awards supporting exceptional all-round students at the University of Oxford. Established in the will of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, the Rhodes is the oldest and perhaps the most prestigious international scholarship program in the world.

Host Institution(s): Oxford University in UK

Fields of study:

Rhodes Scholars come from many academic backgrounds and pursue a wide variety of courses at Oxford. The scholarship is more accurately viewed as an investment in a person of remarkable promise than support for a particular course of study. Applicants should review the University of Oxford’s course programmes to determine the degree for which they would apply. There are very few restrictions on the full-time post-graduate degrees supported by Rhodes Scholarships and these will ordinarily be in the Memorandum to Candidates for your country. Rhodes Scholars may only undertake the Master of Business Administration or the Master of Financial Economics in the second year of the Scholarship.

Number of Scholarships: A class of 82 Scholars is selected each year

Target group:

Students from Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica and Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Southern Africa (including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, and Swaziland), United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Scholarship value/inclusions:

The Rhodes Scholarship covers university and college fees and a stipend for living expenses for two and possibly three years of study at the University of Oxford. The stipend is currently set at 958 UK pounds per month.

Eligibility:

The Rhodes Trust warmly welcomes applications from talented young women and men of diverse backgrounds. Selection of Rhodes Scholars is made without regard to gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour, religion, sexual orientation, social background, or disability.

Cecil Rhode’s will outlines four criteria to be used in the election of Scholars:

* literary and scholastic attainments
* energy to use one’s talents to the full
* truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship
* moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one’s fellow beings.

Application instructions:

The selection of Rhodes Scholars is overseen by a National Secretary in each Rhodes country. For details of the selection process in your own country, including detailed eligibility criteria and application form, follow the country links here.

The 2011 Round applications will open around May 2010. In the meantime, please check carefully the eligibility criteria for the country for which you are applying.

It is important to visit the application page and the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

Contact information:

Rhodes House, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RG, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1865 270902
Email: admin@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk

Official page: http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/page/about