Azim Premji Foundation has announced its fellowship programme for 2014-16. Applications are invited from post graduates or professional degree holders who have a passion for social change. Applicants should have two to six years of work experience in any sector. The fellowship carries a monthly stipend of Rs 27,000.
It is a two-year full-time program, where one will get to understand and experience the realities of the Indian school education system on the ground. The programme comprises of two weeks of induction to help understand Azim Premji Foundation and its work, a five-week classroom module to strengthen conceptual understanding of education and development issues and 22 months of intense guided field engagement at the grass roots level in the District Institutes of the Foundation.
Selection is based on an online assessment followed by personal interviews.
The selected candidates will be based in the following District institutes — Chhattisgarh (Dhamtari), Karnataka (North East Karnataka and Mandya) Puducherry, Rajasthan (Sirohi, Barmer, Rajsamand and Tonk) and Uttarakhand (Uttarkashi, Almora and Udham Singh Nagar).
For more details please visit — www.azimpremjifoundation.org/fellowship.
Taylors College Perth is offering scholarships for their exciting diploma of Commerce and Science programmes. The diplomas lead into the second year of a Bachelor of Commerce or Science at The University of Western Australia, the highest ranked university in Western Australia.
Diploma of Science is a new course which provides a pathway into University of Western Australia. Upon successful completion of the diploma, students will be allowed entry into the second year of a Bachelor of Science at University of Western Australia.
There are two scholarships of AUD 5,000 available for each diploma programme. Successful applicants will be eligible for an upfront fee reduction and will have to enroll in the diploma in 2014. The scholarship can’t be accrued forward to 2015.
All applicants will need to meet eligibility requirements before applying for the scholarship.
The Academic Merit of the applicant must be 60 per cent or equivalent and the applicant must meet all English language requirements.
Deadline: The last date is August 31, 2014.