[hr-education] Funding opportunities for postgraduate students

Dear All,
 
I have been following up with interest the exchanges taking place at the
mail list for some time now. It occurred to me that it might be of interest
to you to have access to an exciting, and absolutely FREE, source of
information on funding opportunities for postgraduate students and
researchers in Social Sciences. This is the Student Support Network (SSN)
which, among other activities, produces a bulletin containing the most
up-to-date information available.
 
What is it?
The bulletin--which is distributed by email to all SSN members--covers,
primarily, funding issues for postgraduate students. Information about
scholarships, awards, prizes, fellowships, research funding, post-doctoral
opportunities and similar forms of financial aid for students and
researchers world-wide is being made available to postgraduate students, and
others, through the SSN bulletin. What this means is that it has a very keen
readership that is increasing on a daily basis.
 
Subjects covered: 
Although funding for students of International Relations, broadly defined,
attracts a lot of interest and thus determines the scope of a considerable
sector of the funding opportunities SSN covers, we cater for a diverse group
of subjects that span all areas of Social Sciences, including area studies.
Like students of Middle Eastern Politics, those concerned with Globalisation
studies or law will find SSN equally useful.
 
Target Audience:
Targeting postgraduate students, SSN caters for the interests of a wide
range of readership in which University Professors, Researchers,
Professionals and others are represented. While the majority of our readers
are postgraduate students, the second largest group are University Teachers.
The third category includes researchers, while the smallest group include
professionals who have just started a career, or are in the process of
returning to higher education.
 
Audience Distribution and Numbers:
Within the LSE alone, the SSN reaches almost every postgraduate student at
the levels of Diploma, MA, MSc and PhD, as well as a considerable number of
staff. Although as a matter of policy, we do not disclose the exact
statistics of our readership, it is safe to say that we reach several
thousand readers an average of four times a week and that everytime SSN
transmits a new issue of its bulletin, we receive new requests for
subscription. Currently, other universities are in the process of
advertising the SSN to their students who are, in turn, signing up. The
indicators have shown that in less than one year, SSN readership has
increased by 300%. We expect further and steady increase as we are now
expanding into new geographic areas. Indeed, in addition to students at a
significant number of British Universities, SSN reaches postgraduate
students at universities in Cyprus, Brazil, USA, Japan, Turkey, Japan, Saudi
Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Bangladesh (to name but a
few).
 
Final Word:
In the coming months, SSN will be launching its own website, the access to
which will be granted for all its readers.
 
I would be glad to respond to any queries or requests for information you
might have. Should you be interested, I will be glad to forward to you some
samples of the SSN bulletin to give you an idea of why our readers remain
keen on us.
 
I look forward to hearing from you with regard to making use of our bulletin
for the benefit of your students much in the same way we are for other
institutions. Those wishing to subscribe can email me at
<A.A.Lutfi@lse.ac.uk>.
 
Sincerely,
 
Ahmad Lutfi, MA
D710 Clement House
Department of International Relations
London School of Economics & Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
 
 
Office Tel: 00 44 (0)20 7955 6188
Office Fax: 00 44 (0)20 7955 7438
Office E-Mail: A.A.Lutfi@lse.ac.uk
Mobile: 00 44 (0)78 1844 1537
Messages: 00 44 (0)79 0116 6975




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