Masters courses
Graduate Fellowships in Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism, The Prince’s Foundation, London
We are now inviting applications for the 2012 entry to The Prince’s Foundation’s Graduate Fellowships in Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism. The deadline for applications for this year’s programme is 20 April 2012.
The Graduate Fellowship will commence in July 2012 and will be hosted by The Prince’s Foundation in London, and will involve placements at The Foundation. Subject to performance, Graduate Fellows will spend a second year in a placement with committed practitioners in the United Kingdom.
Our course is an established two-year Graduate Fellowship teaching the values of Sustainable Architecture & Urbanism, and carrying an MA in Sustainable Urbanism validated by the University of Wales.
We believe that that comprehensive and practical action is needed to train the next generation of architects and designers to evolve traditional approaches to planning and design in response to our contemporary crisis. This is where our MA in Sustainable Urbanism comes in.
The first year of our course includes a weekly Masterclass led by experts from our own staff and around the world. Meanwhile our students are placed in one of our departments for 3 1/2 days a week, learning alongside experienced professionals. We give students one day each week for reading, in our own specialist library or at the British Library and other research libraries in London. Meanwhile our students work on set essays (in the first and second term) and a research project on an aspect of sustainable urbanism, broadly considered. At the end of the year, we ask our students to present their research as a first year seminar for teaching staff and students.
In the second year, we help our students find a placement of their choice four days a week, while writing a dissertation on an aspect of sustainable urbanism of their choice. So far, students have managed to secure a wage of £20-22,000 per annum while they are on placement. We help out with contracts and sign a 3-way agreement with you, the placement provider, and the Foundation.
Starting in July, we host the first year of the course at our Shoreditch office in London. And depending on student’s ability and the economy the second year is a placement with one of our partners in the UK during which they have to complete a dissertation.
The closing date for completed applications is 20th April 2012.
Heritage Grants (overseas)
1. INTACH: The Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH UK Trust) offers financial support for students who, as part of their study, need to travel to India to undertake research. Awards are made twice yearly and the next application deadline is 31 March 2012.
They support research in all areas of cultural heritage, archaeology, architecture, dance, music, literature and much more. We particularly welcome scholarship applications which focus on skills development and capacity building. Applications for travel grants, or for grants to support conservation or research work, are invited twice a year on 31st March and 30th September. In some circumstances applications received between these dates will be considered. Only applicants who are UK citizens are eligible for INTACH UK Trust grants. For more information on these grants and for an application form please see INTACH UK Trust Travel Grants
2. Bodossakis / University of Kent scholarships (fees only) for the MA in Heritage Management.
The MA is a unique collaboration between the worlds of Archaeology (University of Kent, Canterbury with leading heritage management projects) and Business (Athens University of Economics and Business with one of the 30 best MBAs internationally). Courses include Education and Archaeology, Site Conservation, Human Resources Management for Cultural Organisations, Strategic Planning, Public Archaeology, Tourism Marketing and others. All courses are taught in English, in or next to the archaeological site of Eleusis (home of the most famous mysteries of antiquity) near Athens, Greece. Students at the end of their studies receive two titles one from Kent and one from AUEB. Fees are the same for both EU and non EU students.
The website of the programme is
http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/classics/postgraduate/MA_in_Heritage_Management.html
and www.heritage.aueb.gr
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