JAKARTA (Antara): As many as 7,000 Indonesian vocational school students who successfully passed English test will go to Unites States to learn more about cooperatives, an official said.

"We have given international-standard vocational school students across the country a chance of taking part in English test and found that 7,000 of them passed the test," National Education Ministry's director for vocational education Joko Sutrisno said Wednesday.

The scholarship was mainly allocated to vocational school students who studied information and technology as well as hotel service and came from provinces that were frequently visited by investors and foreign tourists like Jakarta, Denpasar, Medan, Makassar, Yogyakarta and Surabaya among other cities.

"We promoted potentials of the 7,000 students to some concerned instances. The Cooperatives and Small Medium Enterprises Ministry has responded to the offer by providing them with the scholarship to the U.S.," Joko said

Source : http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070516134507&irec=1

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Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the area of spatial statistical modelling applied to mapping schistosomiasis transmission in different settings of Africa. The studentship covers living cost and tuition fees and provides support for 3 years. The starting date is June 1st, 2007 or as soon as possible after that date by negotiation.

Appropriate qualifications are either an MSc in Mathematics with a substantial statistical component or in Biology or other related fields followed by postgraduate qualification in Statistics. Applicants should have also sound computing skills. The successful applicant will register for a PhD degree at the University of Basel.

The main objective of the research project is to develop Bayesian statistical methodology for the analysis of non-stationary, geostatistical data collected over a large number of locations.

This methodology will be applied to a number of schistosomiasis-related datasets from Africa (a) to determine behavioural, environmental and socio-economic risk factors related to schistosomiasis transmission, and (b) to assess spatio-temporal patterns of the disease. The successful candidate will be supervised by PD Dr. Penelope Vounatsou (spatial statistics) and Prof. Jürg Utzinger (epidemiology).

The PhD project is part of a bigger programme on schistosomiasis research funded by the European Union co-ordinated by the DBL–Institute for Health Research and Development in Denmark and involving many other partners in Europe and Africa.

Applicants should send a CV and the names and addresses of two referees to the following address:

Dr Penelope Vounatsou
Swiss Tropical Institute
Socinstrasse 57
CH-4051 BaselSwitzerland
Tel: +41 61 284-8109
Fax: +41 61 284-8105
Email: penelope.vounatsou@unibas.ch

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The Indonesian Young Leaders Programme welcomes applications for a PhD scholarship

The application deadline is 15 May 2007.

In sum, 15 PhD scholarships will be made available for Indonesian students to undertake a four year long PhD programme at a Dutch university: 8 within the realm of Islamic Studies, 7 within other disciplines. Applicants should have an MA degree relevant to the proposed topic for the PhD research from either a state sponsored or non-state sponsored Islamic University.

As a PhD student within this programme, you will work in the Netherlands for a period of thirty-two months. The remainder of sixteen months will be used for doing fieldwork in Indonesia. First,you will create a basis for your research with your Dutch supervisor.After some twelve months, you will do your fieldwork in Indonesia in order to return for another twenty months to finalize your thesis.

Requirements
To be eligible for the Indonesian Young Leaders PhD programme, the candidate must meet the following requirements:

• be an Indonesian national
• have a S2 degree from either a state sponsored or non-state sponsored Islamic Indonesian University
• willing to take part in the programme fulltime for the complete duration of the programme, four years
• have a high level of English proficiency (TOEFL 550)
• be in good health
• not be above the age of 40 years (men) or 45 years (women) on the application deadline

Application Procedure
Writing a thesis proposal is not an easy task, we therefore advise all candidates to look for a supervisor before writing the application. In consultation with this proposed supervisor, you can then prepare your proposal. Should you need any advice from the programme staff, please do not hesitate to contact us via youngleaders@ let.leidenuniv. nl.

Please submit the following documents in threefold by 15 May 2007 at the latest:

• Application form (soon to be placed online)
• Motivation Statement
• Curriculum vitae
• Proposal for a dissertation – Max. 2000 words (find format on the website soon)
• A copy of your KTP
• A copy of your passport
• A legalized copy of your birth certificate
• Two recent photographs (3x4; color)
• A certified true copy of your S2 diploma
• A copy of the original of your statements of grades and a translated transcript
• Two letters of recommendation

Send these documents in threefold to:
Training Indonesia 's Young Leaders
P.O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands

Leiden University will create a short-list of candidates, who will be invited for an interview in Jakarta in May/June 2007. An independent selection committee will decide by the end of June 2007 upon the final selection of the PhD students.

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Institution/Organization: University of Bern
Department: Department of Linguistics

Level: PhD
Duties: Research,Project Work
Specialty Areas: Typology,Original-text Typology

Description:TWO POSITIONS FOR PH.D. STUDENTS IN ORIGINAL-TEXT TYPOLOGY September 2007-August 2011 in the project

'Original text typology, exploiting an underexplored data source in linguistic typology. Three case studies: nominal number, predicative possession and motion verbs'

Working place: University of Bern (Switzerland).
Project leader: Bernhard Waelchli.
Support: CHF 34200 per annum first year.

See http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/a20_11/waelchli/originaltexttypology.htm for further information about the project and how to apply. Applicants should send a full CV, a one-page research plan, the names and addresses of two referees, and one piece of written work (about 10-20 pages) as an attachment to an e-mail message to: Bernhard.Waelchli@uni-konstanz.de

Applications should be sent by e-mail, ideally in a single pdf or text document,and will be reviewed by Bernhard Waelchli, Tom Gueldemann, Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Brigitte Pakendorf, Frans Plank, and Iwar Werlen. Deadline for applications is 1 May 2007, but excellent applications arriving later might be considered.

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PhD studentships in Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Magnetism group Institute for Geophysics

The Earth and Planetary Magnetism group within the Institute for Geophysics is seeking 3 post-graduate students to undertake research leading to the award of PhD. The EPM group has broad interests spanning all aspects of magnetism in the Earth and planets, from a theoretical, observational and experimental point of view. Prior study in Earth Science is not a prerequisite (see below).

We seek talented young researchers to undertake the following projects:

1. Investigation of the role of the magnetic field in the core in the development of textural anisotropy within the inner core, known to exist from seismological studies. This project will involve the use of state-of-the art numerical models of magnetic field generation in the Earth.
2. Analysis of electromagnetic induction in the Earth from ground-based observations and satellites. Novel approaches to the extraction of relevant signal and modelling of conductivity within the mantle will be developed.
3. Development of new numerical methods for numerical simulation of convection in the Earth and giant planets; other applications may be to general circulation models of the atmosphere, and climate change. This will involve new mathematical and computational developments.

Supervision of the projects will be jointly by Prof Andrew Jackson and other members of the research group, currently numbering 6 staff. ETH offers outstanding research facilities, including access to supercomputing facilities. Candidates with excellent first degrees in the areas of physics, mathematics, computer science and geophysics are encouraged to apply.

The projects are of 3 years duration, are available immediately, are open to all nationalities and are supported by either the Swiss National Science Foundation or the ETH.

Applications should be sent by post and include a statement of research interests, a CV and should include the names of two referees; they should be sent to Elisabeth Laederach, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Hoenggerberg, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. Applications will begin to be reviewed from August 31st and will continue until the positions are filled.

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