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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">P M</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a
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Date: 11 January 2012 10:25<br>
Subject: [leadersalumni] PhD/DBA candidates wanted for ICT
& development scholarships<br>
To: Alumni Interns <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:leadersalumni@lists.iisd.ca">leadersalumni@lists.iisd.ca</a>><br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The
Centre for Development Informatics at the University
of Manchester is seeking high-quality PhD and DBA
candidates to research top</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">ics
on ICTs/information systems and socio-economic
development. Some scholarships are available for
those starting in September 2012; deadline dates
vary but many require application before end January
2012.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""></span></div>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Only
very high-quality candidates will be considered. We
are typically looking for those with a
distinction-level Masters degree from an
internationally-recognised university in an
appropriate topic (which includes but is not limited
to information systems, management, or development);
good English skills; and a relevant topic for study
backed by a proposal that demonstrates an ability to
work with academic theory.</span></div>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></div>
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Candidates
may choose to study a PhD, for which they will
typically be based in Manchester during much of
their study, other than a period of fieldwork in a
developing country. Those already in employment may
choose the DBA route, taken over a four-or-five-year
period and requiring roughly two two-week periods of
intensive study/supervision per year in Manchester.
(Scholarships are not available for DBA study.)</span></div>
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Selected
candidates will join the Centre for Development
Informatics, the largest academic group working on
issues of ICTs in developing countries (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/"
target="_blank">http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk</a>).
CDI will consider any topic related to development
informatics although we have particular priorities
at present for work on: m-finance; ICTs and
small/micro-enterprise; gender implications of ICTs;
IS methodologies in developing countries;
e-government; ICTs and civil society organisations;
ICT policy; ICT-based offshoring; ICT4D innovation;
and "development 2.0".</span></div>
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Further
details about application and scholarships can be
found at: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/"
target="_blank">http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/</a>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Richard
Heeks & Brian Nicholson</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Directors</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Centre
for Development Informatics</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">University
of Manchester, UK</span></div>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/"
target="_blank">http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk</a></span></div>
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