FUBiS invites registrations for its winter term. The FUBiS winter term will take place from January 14 – February 11, 2012 and includes the following courses:

• German language courses on five levels of proficiency
• European Studies (taught in English)
  The course will introduce the basics of the European Union and describe and explain the processes of widening and deepening of this unique political entity. It will cover an overview of European Union history, its evolution in economic and political terms and the development of its institutional structure up to today. The candidacy of Turkey for EU membership and energy security will also be in the focus of the course.

The combination of a German language course and a subject course is possible. This allows students to improve their language skills as well as further their knowledge of a subject matter.

Study visits within Berlin are an integral part of all our courses. In addition, FUBiS offers field trips along the former Berlin Wall and to the Berlin Reichstag as well as a day trip to Potsdam/Sanssouci Castle.

FUBiS is fully authorized to grant credits which students can transfer to their home universities. After the successful completion of the program, every student will receive an official transcript of the Freie Universität Berlin.

The course tuition is 900 EUR for each course. A program fee of 200 EUR applies in addition to the tuition and includes several activities, a student ID, a transcript, access to computing (incl. internet) and printing facilities on campus and a welcome and farewell buffet. Students who register before November 26, 2011 will receive a discount of 50 EUR off the program fee.

For more information on the program, classes, tuition, accommodation, excursions and other immersion activities, please visit www.fubis.org and do not hesitate to contact fubis@fubis.org should you have any questions or require more information.

UNSW students who wish to attend these courses should notify the UNSW Global Education and Student Exchange Office.

Since 1985 the Australian Academy of  Humanities has supported more than 150 early-career researchers to undertake research overseas. Fellowships of up to $4,000 are available to permanent resident scholars in Australia working in the humanities.

The Humanities Travelling Fellowships also incorporate the Ernst Keller European Travelling Fellowships and for the first time in 2011, the David Philips Travelling Fellowship. The Application Form for the Humanities Travelling Fellowships is common to all Fellowships, and they are governed by the same rules, with the exceptions noted for each individual Fellowship below.

The Ernst Keller European Travelling Fellowships: Two fellowships (of up to $4,000) for scholars to travel to Europe to undertake research into European topics. The recipients will be designated ‘Ernst Keller Fellows’. Preference will be given to early-career researchers and researchers in German studies; however, researchers in other European topics are eligible for the Fellowship and are welcome to apply.

The David Philips Travelling Fellowship: One Fellowship will be offered biennially, beginning in 2011. The amount awarded will be $4,000. Preference will be given to proposals that contribute to the advancement of knowledge of racial, religious or ethnic prejudice. Applications from researchers of South African history are particularly welcome; however, researchers with other areas of geographical interest are also encouraged to apply.

Further Information

http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/InternationalProgrammes/HumanitiesTravellingFellowships.aspx

AEI Malaysia Summer Internship program. Students wil receive support in locating housing and wil be matched with a suitable host organisation, with all costs borne by the student.

Internships are available for this summer in various areas such as

• law,
• engineering,
• advertising,
• finance,
• hospitality,
• human rights/ NGOs,
• manufacturing media communication,
•  journalism,
• nursing,
• service industry and
• tourism and travel.

Please submit applications by 14 October 2011.

Email request to (AEI.Malaysia@dfat.gov.au)

New York City’s annual global business plan competition, NYC Next Idea 2011-2012. The Competition provides students and recent alumni of non-U.S. schools the unique opportunity to access substantial funding and support to implement their business ideas in New York City.

We are inviting teams of 2-5 participants to submit business plans for ideas that may be commercially viable in New York City. Additionally, this year we’re introducing the NYC Connect track that will allow teams to have one New York City-based student on the team.

Six teams of finalists (three from the International track and three from the NYC Connect Track) will win a six-day, all-expenses-paid trip to New York City on the week of March 19^th 2012 to participate in the final round of the Competition, which will be hosted at Columbia University.

More information on the Competition can be found on the NYCEDC website.

U21 have launched a competition to find the best photo which represents “The International Campus”.  Although the main aim is to help raise U21’s profile around the network, we also hope it will generate some interesting photos which we can use on the website and in future U21 publications. With 128 campuses between us, I am confident that the keen photographers around the network will come up with some interesting photos!

There are three prizes – first prize is US$400, with two runners up prizes of US$200 each, all paid in the local currency of the winners.  The winning photos, along with some of those which came close, will be displayed at the U21 Annual Presidents’ Meeting in Lund in 2012.

The competition is open to anyone at a U21 university (student, staff or faculty), the only stipulation being that the photo must be taken on a U21 campus and any people in the photos should (ideally) be members of a U21 university.  To enter the competition, entrants must send a high resolution photo to u21@contacts.bham.ac.uk with their name, email address and a description of where the photo was taken.  The competition closes at midnight (local time) on Wednesday 30 November and the winners will be announced the following week.

For further information:

• U21_PhotographyCompetitionFlyer
• Orvisit the website at www.universitas21.com/link/photocomp  

The Finnish Government Scholarship Pool  – Centre for International Mobility CIMO will offer scholarships for Australian nationals in the academic year 2012-2013.

These scholarships are for 3-9 months for Doctoral level studies, Practicum Research and teaching at a higher education institution in Finland. The Finnish Government Scholarship Pool programme is open to young researchers from all academic fields.

Application guidelines and further information for interested postgraduate students and researchers is available on CIMO’s Discover Finland web service at www.studyinfinland.fi| Tuition and Scholarships |CIMO Scholarships | Finnish Government Scholarship Pool.

http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/finnish_government_scholarship_pool

The electronic form may be downloaded from the above mentioned web address. Please note that the scholarships are meant for postgraduate studies or research and that priority will be given to doctoral studies.  Moreover, it should be noted that in Finland Master’s courses are not considered as postgraduate studies.

Please be advised that  all applications with enclosures should be forwarded to the contact detail below and should reach the Embassy no later than 1st of February 2012.