Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Friday, January 15, 2016
Study in UK: 2016 London Business School, Sloan Masters Scholarships (Full & Partial Funding)
Description:
London Business School, one of the world’s elite business schools, invites candidates to apply for various Sloan Masters scholarship opportunities available in the institution.London Business School shapes business practice and transform careers across the globe. Its academic strength drives original and provocative business thinking, empowering our people to challenge conventional wisdom in a truly unique academic environment.
50th Anniversary Scholarship:
Funded by: London Business SchoolOpen to: all self-funding candidates for the Sloan MSc
Award: a scholarship awarding 100% of tuition fees for the Sloan programme.
Deadline: 17.00 (UK time) on Wednesday 7 September 2016.
The 50th Anniversary’s requirements include:
• A one page CV
• Essay of not more than 500 words (please supply the word count) on an innovative solution to a worldwide issue of their choice.
• Video clip of up to 5 minutes “Who am I?” demonstrating your creativity. The video should be uploaded on You Tube at www.youtube.com and the link sent to Lorine Barrier lbarrier@london.edu. Make sure the view rights are set to public.
Sloan Philip Langsdale Scholarship
Funded by: Sloan MSc 2004 Alumni
Award: One award of £20,000 in the form of tuition remission
Overview: This scholarship is funded through the generosity of the class of Sloan 2004 in memory of Philip Langsdale and established to attract excellent candidates to the programme. All qualified applications will be considered and the successful candidate will be identified on merit.
All candidates who receive an offer for the Sloan MSc in Leadership and Strategy will be considered and the final decision will be made in September 2016.
Sloan Awards
Funded by: London Business School
Open to: all self-funding candidates for the Sloan MSc
Award: the awards are between £5,000 and £10,000 in the form of tuition remission
Eligibility: all successful self-funded Sloan MSc applicants who have applied for and accepted their offer before August 2016. The final decisions will be made in August 2016.
Sloan MSc Women’s Scholarship
Funded by: London Business School
Open to: all self-funding female candidates for the Sloan MSc
Award: a scholarship awarding up to 50% of tuition fees for the Sloan programme.
Deadline: the deadline for the Sloan MSc Women's Scholarship is 17.00 (UK time) on Wednesday 20 July 2016.
Sloan Alumni Scholarship
Funded by: London Business School
Open to: all self-funding candidates for the Sloan MSc
Award: £20,000 in the form of tuition remission
Eligibility: all successful self-funded Sloan MSc applicants who receive an offer before August 2016 will be considered for this scholarship. The final decision will be made in August 2016.
The Monica and Navin Valrani Scholarship
Open to: Indian women. Designed to support exceptionally gifted and talented Indian women who have achieved success through their own determination, ambition and motivation and have striven to succeed in their education and career.
Award: £20,000.
Application Format: Candidates who submitted a Sloan application prior 6 May 2016 together with other masters programmes will be automatically considered for this award.
The Gallifrey Scholarship for Social Enterprise
Funded by: An anonymous alumni donor.
Open to: All successful MBA, EMBA and Sloan Masters applicants who have a background in social enterprise* with a preference for women and/or candidates residing in Africa.
Award: £20,000.
Application Format: Candidates who submitted a Sloan application prior 6 May 2016 will be automatically considered for this award.
*defined as an organisation that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather than maximising profits for external shareholders. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit, and may take the form of a co-operative, mutual organisation, a social business, or a charity organization.
Application deadline: This varies.
Visit the official scholarship application page for more information and application.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Study in UK: High Achiever Foundation Scholarship at University of Nottingham (£2,000 Prize)
Description:
The University of Nottingham calls on students from Africa to apply for the 2016 edition of its undergraduate high achiever scholarship for foundation courses available in the institution.
The University of Nottingham foundation courses provide an entry route to selected degrees in arts, business, engineering, science and social sciences and are an opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge needed to undertake a bachelors degree while studying at a world-class university.
Scholarship Provider(s): University of Nottingham, UK
Host Institution: University of Nottingham, UK
Course Level: Foundation Courses/Pre-degree Courses
Field(s) of Study:
The University of Nottingham foundation courses provide an entry route to selected degrees in arts, business, engineering, science and social sciences.
Number of Award(s): There are 3 undergraduate high achiever prizes.
Who can apply? Only students from Africa are eligible to apply.
Eligibility:
You can apply for this high achiever prize if you:
*Are a national of (or permanently domiciled in) Africa.
*Are classed as an overseas student for fee purposes.
*Already hold an offer to start a full-time foundation programme at Nottingham in September 2016. You must have gone firm on that offer by 15 April 2016.
Scholarship Value and Benefits:
The value of undergraduate high achiever prize is £2,000 towards tuition fees.
The high achiever prize is for the first year only.
Application Process:
Applicants for this scholarship must first have applied for and obtained an offer of study at University of Nottingham for September or October 2016.
The mode of application is online.
Notification: Candidates will be notified of the outcome of their application in late June.
Application deadline: 15 April 2016
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Study in Denmark: University of Southern Denmark MSc Scholarships for International Students, 2016
Description:
University of Southern Denmark is offering up to twenty MSc scholarships for non-EU/EEA students. Scholarships are awarded to highly qualified students enrolled in two-year master degree study programmes: MSc(Eng) in Innovation and Business and MSc in Mechatronics.
The scholarship covers all tuition fees. Students must be able to finance living expenses.
Scholarship provider(s): University of Southern Denmark
Host Institution: University of Southern Denmark
Country of Study: Denmark
Field of study: Scholarships are awarded to study Innovation and Business, and Mechatronics within the faculty of engineering at Campus Soenderborg.
Course level: Scholarships are available for pursuing master degree programme (MSc)
Number of award(s): There are 20 scholarships available.
Duration of award(s): Scholarships will be awarded for two year master degree program.
Scholarship open for: International students from non-EU/EEA countries
What does it cover?
The scholarship covers all tuition fees. Students must be able to finance living expenses.
Eligibility:
*Candidates must come from a non-EU/EEA country and be eligible to pay tuition fees.
*The scholarship will be awarded to the best qualified of the eligible applicants to the above mentioned master degree study programmes.
*Applicants for the study programme who have not applied for the scholarship separately may be considered for a scholarship if someone who has been awarded a scholarship cancel his/her application.
Selection criteri:
The best qualified candidates based on grades and a motivated application will be awarded the scholarship.
How to apply:
To be considered for the scholarship an application form and a motivated application must be submitted with the required documentation as described in the application form.Application for admission must be submitted separately. The scholarship application is only for the scholarship.
Notification:
Those who are awarded a scholarship will be informed before the end of January.
Application deadline: 14 December, 2015
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
IEEE edX Online Course On Cloud Computing
Course description:
Cloud computing is one of the hottest technical topics today, with broad-ranging effects across IT, Information Architecture, Business, Software Engineering, and Data Storage. This course serves as an introduction to cloud computing for individuals and organizations. Join now to learn the essentials of cloud computing.
About Course Provider(s):
IEEE is the world's largest professional organization dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE's highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.
The online learning platform is edX. Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is an online learning destination and MOOC provider, offering high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners everywhere.
Course Overview:
Length: 4 weeks
Effort: 30 – 60 minutes/week
Subject: Cloud Computing
Institution: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and FutureLearn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Starts on November 12, 2015.
Requirements:
No previous programming or architecture knowledge is necessary.
What you'll learn:
*Basic concepts of cloud computing
*The NIST model for cloud infrastructure elements
*Cloud infrastructure from the consumer and producer views
*Basic issues in cloud security
*Cloud usage scenarios
*Consumer-provider relationships
*Economics and benefits analysis
Session starts: November 12, 2015.
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
University of British Columbia MasterCard Foundation Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship
Description:
The University of British Columbia is pleased to partner with The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program to provide comprehensive scholarships to students from Sub-Saharan Africa. The Program provides access to education for academically talented, yet economically marginalized young people.
Scholars in the Program have a demonstrated commitment to giving back to their communities and develop the leadership needed to contribute to social and economic transformation across the continent.About UBC:
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 40 best universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s West Coast spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo.
Scholarship provider: MasterCard Foundation
Course level: Undergraduate and graduate courses
Field of study for undergraduate level:
Be applying for their first undergraduate degree in one of the following Faculties at UBC’s Vancouver campus:
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering)
Faculty of Forestry (Bachelor of Science in Forestry)
Faculty of Land & Food Systems (including Global Resource Systems; Food, Nutrition & Health; Applied Biology [Applied Animal Biology, Applied Plant & Soil Sciences or Food & the Environment])
Sauder School of Business (Bachelor of Commerce)
Who is to apply:
The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC for undergraduate students is open to first-time applicants who are residents and citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country. This program targets academically qualified, yet economically disadvantaged, young people in Africa who will contribute to the transformation of the continent.
Undergraduate Eligibility and Selection Criteria:
To be eligible for consideration as an undergraduate for The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC, the nominee must:
*Be a citizen of a Sub-Saharan African country;
*Present economically disadvantaged financial circumstances correspondent to that of the lowest two quintiles of their country’s socio-economic scale, and be able to show they lack financial means from family or other sources to pursue post-secondary (university) education in their home country or elsewhere;
*Have achieved academic excellence (mostly ‘A’s) under difficult circumstances, and show leadership qualities or potential;
*Demonstrate an interest in and commitment to giving back to his/her home community in ways that enhance the economic growth and social development of Africa, through engagement in activities outside the classroom, in the school and/or community;
*Be graduating/recently graduated from a recognized senior secondary school;
*Be an international student who will be studying at UBC on a Canadian Study Permit;
*Commit to returning to Africa immediately after graduation from UBC in order to apply their training and skills to the betterment of others.
Application Instructions:
A student must be nominated for the Undergraduate MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of British Columbia. Nominations will be accepted from secondary schools and recognized international development agencies and their affiliates, or registered local or international charitable and not-for-profit organizations. Each school or organization may nominate a maximum of three students. Note that you will need to apply online to the University of British Columbia AND also submit the Undergraduate MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program nomination package.
Nomination Process:
When students are confirmed for nomination, their high school or recognized non-profit organization must use the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program nomination package.
Nomination deadline: December 10, 2015.
For Graduate/Masters Degree progam:
Visit the link below for detailed information about graduate course level
Application deadline: December 10, 2015.
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