The Faculty of Health are currently offering three PhD studentships:

1. Measures of effect size in clinical trials. Primary Supervisor Dr Lee Shepstone. Funded by the Medical Research Council.
2. How metal ions lead to failure in metal-on-metal hip replacement. Primary Supervisor Dr Simon Donell. Funded by Action Arthritis.
3. One studentship in the area of preventative medicine jointly funded with The Institute of Food Research. A number of exciting projects are available for this studentship in the areas of biomedical, diet and health, or psychology and mental health research, further details can be found at www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/PGR

Students will register during the 2008/09 academic year for a three year full-time MPhil/PhD degree. Funding includes UK/EU tuition fees, maintenance expenses of £12,940 and some appropriate training costs.

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This programme is the first of its kind to be accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). Students must have BPS graduate basis for registration to be eligible for this MSc.

It is designed to be flexible and relevant to the student’s individual needs and interests, with a strong emphasis on the application of theory to professional practice. The programme focuses on Sport Psychology and Exercise Psychology. You can also choose modules from Kinesiology or Effective Coaching. You also would study modules in Research Skills and undertake Supervised Experience, an Independent Study, and a Dissertation relevant to sport/exercise psychology. Completion of this programme will form part of a period of study of psychology required for registration as a chartered psychologist.

The School offers MSc bursaries varying in value up to £2,500 for home/EU students and £3,500 for non EU international students. All successful MSc applicants can apply for these. Internal assistantships of £1,000 are available in addition to other bursaries and are aimed at the very best students. Assistantships will be awarded in exchange for 50 hours of ‘professional development’ work (e.g. lab support, seminar support etc.) within the School.

If you would like to enquire about this course, please call +44 (0)1248 383483

Many of the youth today are gifted with aptitudes in sports. Some excel in gymnastics, swimming, archery, while the others excel in football, golf, martial arts, track and field events, and the list goes on.

Nowadays, the youths agility to fulfill their passions comes with a bonus—athletic scholarship.

Athletic scholarships are specially designed for the students who excel in sports provided they will be able to acquire a good grade which is appropriate to the required scores of the organization who funded the scholarship. And of course, the talent that goes with the discipline a devoted sports person desires.

If you are one of these sports person who want to acquire the said scholarship, your initial step is to look for the college institutions or universities which present the academic program that suits to your interests.

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Education is a very important gift that parents can give to their children. But because of the difficult times that many families experience, sending their children to school can be quite a burden. Many families are experiencing financial problems which unable them to allow their child to pursue a degree in college.

If your problem is all about money matters, there is no reason to lose hope. You can still find a light at the tunnel’s end if only you know what options are available for you. You must be aware that colleges and universities offer scholarships to qualified students, so why not apply for one.

Some students are gifted with special talents that can be very useful when you go to college. College education is expensive, no matter course or degree you wish to take. And year after year, tuition fees are still getting higher.

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University of Tsukuba offers Policy Management master program.This Program has been operating from April 1995 and it is the oldest Partner Program in Japan of the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program, a large scholarship program funded by the Government of Japan and managed by the World Bank Institute in Washington. In addition to that sponsorship, which ensures the award of ten scholarships to successful applicants to this Program, the University of Tsukuba hold similar arrangements with the Inter-American Development Bank.

Applicants admitted to the Program in Economic and Public Policy Management are eligible for scholarships provided by the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) of the World Bank and the Japan-IDB Scholarship Program of the Inter-American Development Bank provided that they meet the specific requirements of each program as described below.

Fifteen scholarships are provided by the JJ/WBGSP for this purpose. To be eligible, a candidate must be a national of a World Bank member country that is currently eligible to borrow from the Bank. In addition, Executive Directors, their alternates, and staff of the World Bank Group,including consultants, as well as their close relatives, are excluded from consideration.

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