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[ecrea] Doctoral Scholarships Hong Kong SAR

Sun Sep 25 13:46:36 GMT 2011



Dear Colleagues,

The Hong Kong SAR has announced the annual call for applications for a range of extremely generous doctoral scholarship. You can find the details here: http://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html. Please encourage any talented students thinking of working for a PhD to consider applying. You might like to note the following:

1. The scholarships are open to students of any nationality: ability is the only criterion.

2. Applications may be made in any field of research, including all aspects of media and communication.

3. Scholarships may be held at any one of the 8 public universities in Hong Kong.

4. The scholarships cover fees, living expenses and conference travel costs.

5. The deadline for applications is 1^st December 2011, 12.00 Hong Kong time (GMT +8)

Hong Kong is an excellent place to study media and communication. Not only is it a vibrant, cosmopolitan city but it has outstanding, and well-supported, universities: four Hong Kong universities are ranked in the top 20 Asian universities in the THES World University Rankings. There are several very good media and communication departments in different universities, each with its own particular strengths. My own university, Hong Kong Baptist University, is particularly strong in journalism, film and television, PR, advertising, health and organizational communication research. Research students have the opportunity to follow courses given by lecturers in the other doctoral programmes across the territory, so it is possible to build up an exceptionally broad knowledge of current issues in media and communication.

While this is a good place to study different aspects of Chinese communication, the scholarships are not restricted to people working on local topics. Applications covering any aspect of the field and any part of the world would be very welcome indeed. One of the main aims of the scholarships is to make the doctoral programmes of Hong Kong universities more international in scope and membership.

If you, or any of your students, are interested in learning more about the scholarships, and particularly the opportunities here at HKBU, please contact the Director of the Doctoral Programme, Professor Chen Ling ((chling /at/ hkbu.edu.hk) <mailto:(chling /at/ hkbu.edu.hk)>) or, for an informal discussion, email me ((sparksc /at/ hkbu.edu.hk) <mailto:(sparksc /at/ hkbu.edu.hk)>) .

Best wishes

Colin Sparks

School of Communication

Hong Kong Baptist University



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