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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Call for Applications: OSI/FCO Chevening/University of Manchester Scholarships (Department of Government)

Overview

Twelve-month scholarships from September 2010 are offered to enable scholars to pursue a taught master's programs in politics (School of Social Sciences) at the University of Manchester. Each scholarship provides twelve months' tuition fees at the University of Manchester, a stipend to cover living costs (for one person only), and return air travel from the scholar's home country. On completion of the scholarship, scholars will return to their home countries.

Three masters programs are offered in Political Science; International Politics; and Human Rights. Within Political Science, applicants choose among five pathways (European Politics and Policy; Governance and Public Policy; Political Theory; Gender Politics and Policy; Democracy and Elections); within International Politics there is a choice of two pathways (International Political Economy; International Relations); and there are also two pathways within Human Rights (Political Science; Law/Political Science).

Each of these master's programs will run from mid-September 2010 to September 2011 and will provide students with:

•general research training in the discipline of political science (qualitative and quantitative research methodologies; research design; and computing skills) and
•specialized knowledge and skills in their chosen field of study.
•In each pathway students may opt to follow either the research route (with an enhanced research component) or the standard route (with more substantive courses in the chosen field of study).

Within their chosen program students will take a total of eight courses (four courses per semester). These are taught in weekly seminars (from mid-September 2010 to mid-May 2011) and assessed by written work and oral presentations. To complete the MA degree they will write a dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words over the summer of 2011. For further information on the programs and the research and standard routes, please visit the University's homepage at www.manchester.ac.uk.


Eligibility

The scholarships are open to applicants from Belarus, Mongolia, Russia (Nizhny Novgorod, Irkutsk, Samara, Far East only), and Uzbekistan.

Applicants must:

•be nationals of, and resident in one of the selected countries during the academic year in which they apply for the award; applicants who are temporarily out of the country (for a total period of less than three consecutive months) may be treated as being resident;
•display intellectual ability and leadership potential;
•already hold (or expect to hold by the time of taking up the award) a degree of an equivalent standard to a good UK second-class Honours degree;
•have passed an appropriate English language test by the time of taking up the award (the university entry requirement is TOEFL 623 with a 5 in the TWE or IELTS 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing);
•have not already received or be currently receiving financial benefit from a previous HMG fully funded Scholarship;
•return to their home country at the end of their scholarship period to continue their studies / work there.
Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously studied outside of their home country.

Employees, employees' relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than two years before) of FCO (including FCO posts), the British Council, the Educational Advising Centers or local OSI representations in the region and the participating universities will not be eligible to apply for these awards.

Application Process

Only the application forms provided by the Soros Foundations or Educational Advising Centers should be used. A completed application must include:

•Three copies of the completed application form (one original set and two photocopies of the entire set);
•Two referees' reports in signed and sealed envelopes;
•Transcripts of undergraduate and any postgraduate study;
•Statement of Purpose;
•Evidence of English Language ability (e.g., IELTS, TOEFL certificate) if available.
Only complete applications will be considered.

Deadline

Three copies of the completed application forms and other documents (one original set and two photocopies) must be returned to the local Soros Foundation or Educational Advising Center by February 2, 2010.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Selection Procedure

The applicant's local Soros Educational Advising Center or foundation will forward the applications to the University of Manchester. Academic staff at the University will compile a shortlist.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview and an English language test in their home country in April 2010. Candidates should keep their schedules free for this period of time. The EAC or national foundation will inform applicants in March/April 2010 whether they have been shortlisted or not.

Interviews will be carried out by representatives of Open Society Foundation and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Final awards will be decided jointly by the university, the FCO, and OSF. Candidates will be informed in mid-June. Certain candidates may be offered reserve places for scholarships, which means that there is a possibility that they will be given a scholarship, if one of the successful candidates withdraws from the program. The scholarship period begins in late September 2010.

Please note that the local Soros Educational Advising Center or National Soros Foundation staff are not involved at all in the decision-making process. Staff will tell candidates as soon as possible whether or not they have been successful. Please understand they will not be able to inform candidates until they have been told by the University of Manchester and OSF.

Please note that all successful applicants will be invited to attend a one-month preparatory academic writing summer school in August 2010. The Network Scholarship Programs' (NSP) Pre-Academic Summer Program is designed to prepare NSP grantees for a successful academic experience in the UK. Successful applicants will be provided with the opportunity to refine their research and writing skills through intensive courses in academic writing and social sciences. The exact date and location of the summer school will be available at a later stage in the selection process.

About the University of Manchester

Read the University's Graduate Admissions Prospectus. The local Soros Educational Advising Center or national foundation will be able to make a copy available for consultation, although it may not be taken home.

Visit the University's homepage, www.manchester.ac.uk, and in particular the homepage, www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/politics/. (Within the menu click on "postgraduate" and then on "MA" for details on the modules on each program pathway.

Further Information

Please make use of all of the available written documentation available: these guidance notes, the university's Graduate Prospectus, and the guidance notes included with the university's application form.

For queries about these guidance notes, please contact either:

•the local Soros Educational Advising Center or national Soros foundation (see details below); or
•Margareta Mamaliga, UK Program Coordinator, Network Scholarship Programs, Open Society Foundation London
Fax or Email only:
Fax: +44 20 7031 0201
Email: Margareta.Mamaliga@osf-eu.org
Academic questions should be directed to the Graduate Centre in the School of Social Sciences, to either:

•the academic coordinator, Dr Jill Lovecy (jill.lovecy@manchester.ac.uk) or
•the Postgraduate Admissions Assistant Ms. Zoe Woodend (Zoe.Woodend@manchester.ac.uk).
Local Educational Advising Center or Soros Foundation
Application forms may be obtained from the following addresses:

Belarus
Contact: Kevin Reiling
E-mail: advising@ehu.lt
Skype: kevinreiling

Applications must be submitted to the British Embassy Minsk:
British Embassy
37 Karl Marx Street
22030 Belarus
Tel: +375 172105920
Contact: Ina Ramasheuskaya
(Office Hours: 09.00-17.30 Mon-Thurs, 09.00-15.00 Friday)

Mongolia
Educational Advising Center
Sukhbaatar District, Khoroo 8, Khoroolol 11,
Students Street, MKM Building 24, 1st Floor
Ulaanbaatar 210648, Mongolia
Phone: (976 11) 31 90 16
Fax: (976 11) 32 69 41
Contact : Ariunaa Enkhtur: ariunaa@earcmn.org

Russia
New Eurasia Foundation
3/9, 3rd Syromyatnichesky per.
Moscow 105120
Russia
Tel.: 7 (495) 970 1567 (ext. 146)
Fax: 7 (495) 970 1568
Contact person:
Natalia Ushakova: nushakova@neweurasia.ru

Uzbekistan
Educational Development Center "Bilim-Central Asia"
25, Gani Ilyaev Str., Shymkent
160012, Kazakhstan
Tel./Fax (7252) 211981
Contact person:
Arman Turdaliyev: aturdaliyev@gmail.com

Uzbek applicants may also submit their applications to the British Embassy in Tashkent:
British Embassy Tashkent
Tel: +99871 120 15 00
Fax: +99871 120 15 20
Contact person:
Dildora Nishanova Dildora.Nishanova@fco.gov.uk


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