[ecrea] Doctoral Scholarships Hong Kong SAR

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