[ecrea] Doctoral scholarships

The Hong Kong University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced the 
annual call for applications for a range of extremely generous doctoral 
scholarship.  You can find the details here: 
http://gs.hkbu.edu.hk/en/hkpfs/fellowship/#process.  I should be 
grateful if you could draw this opportunity to the attention of students 
wishing to pursue a higher degree.  The UGC is very keen to 
internationalise the Hong Kong research community, and applications from 
non-Chinese students are encouraged.  The scholarships cover all fields 
of scholarly research, including every aspect of media and communication.

Hong Kong is an excellent place to study media and communication.  Not 
only is it a vibrant, cosmopolitan city but it has excellent, and 
well-supported, universities. There are several very strong 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, advertising, 
health communication and new media.  Research students have the 
opportunity to follow courses given by lecturers in the other doctoral 
programmes in Hong Kong, so it is possible to build up an exceptionally 
broad knowledge of current issues in media and communication.

If you, or any of your students, are interested in learning more about 
the opportunities here at HKBU, please contact me by email 
((sparksc /at/ hkbu.edu.hk)). The closing date is 2 December 2014.

Best wishes

Colin Sparks

School of Communication

Hong Kong Baptist University