As the African Union Summit open in Uganda to focus on improving maternal mortality, the government of Uganda has been called upon to put more investment in health care and health infrastructure to reduce on the number of women dying during or after giving birth. According to the Uganda Women’s Network, about 6,000 women […]
The central region registered the biggest number of murder cases that were reported in the media in 2009 with about 70% of the murder cases reported in the media taking place within the boundaries of the central region. Section 188b of the Penal Code Act defines Murder as the causing of death of another person […]
The National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS has urged the government of Uganda to end the routine stock outs of Anti Retroviral drugs in the various government health centers in the country. This comes after a recent revelation that only 190, 000 out of 350, 000 people living with HIV/AIDS in need of ARVs […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (<“http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home“>UNHCR) today deplored the forced returns of Rwandans from Uganda, with reports of police brutality being used to deport the asylum-seekers. On Wednesday, Ugandan police carried out an operation to round up and force out some 1,700 Rwandan refugees from the Nakivale and Kyaka camps in southwestern Ugandan. […]
Asia Research Institute (ARI) is a university-level institute formed in July 2001 as one of the strategic initiatives of the NUS. The mission of the Institute is to produce and promote world-class research on Asia. ARI engages the social sciences and humanities broadly defined, and encourages especially multidisciplinary studies. Now home to six research clusters […]
The University of Akron College of Business Administration offers numerous scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, including full tuition scholarships. A high percentage of Fulbright applicants are admitted and receive these scholarships, valued up to $40,000/year. The GMAT may be deferred for Fulbright scholars. Students may be admitted on the condition that they take the […]
At the Institute for Theoretical Physics of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Walter Hofstetter 2 PhD positions (salary level E13, 75%) will be available from August 1st, 2010 for a total duration of three years. Both positions are part of the DFG Research Unit FOR 801 ‘Strong Correlations in […]
(Senior) Research Fellowships, One-Year Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships The positions are intended for outstanding active researchers from around the world, to work on an important piece of research in the social sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary interests are encouraged. Up to three months of a 12-month fellowship may be spent conducting fieldwork in […]
The United Nations Climate Change secretariat is pleased to announce the launch of the third round of its fellowship programme, whose objective is to contribute to building capacity for addressing climate change in Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention, particularly in small island developing States and least developed countries. The objective […]
Established in 2009 by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD programmes in Hong Kong’s institutions. Eligibility Those who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in Hong Kong institutions […]