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Welcome to EUSA ID

EUSA_ID is a mobility programme offering study, training and research periods in Europe for South African Master and PhD candidates and staff and provides European PhD candidates the opportunity to spend a research period in South Africa. (For more information, please have a look at the ABOUT part)

4th PhD Conference on International Development

4th PhD Conference on International Development
24 - 25 September 2015
Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum/Germany

The IEE together with the School of International Development (DEV), University of East Anglia, UK, the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL, and our partners in the UA-Ruhr Graduate Centre, the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) and the Institute of Political Science (IfP), University of Duisburg-Essen, is organizing the 4th PhD Conference on International Development.

The conference will take place from 24 – 25 September 2015 at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and offers PhD students with various academic backgrounds the possibility to present and discuss their specific PhD projects with a regionally open and interdisciplinary audience.

More information is available on the IEE Website: www.development-research.org


 

EUSA_ID Mid-term meeting took place in Bochum

From 22-25 April the EUSA_ID Mid-term meeting took place at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany.
After the Welcome Addresses by Prof. Wilhelm Löwenstein, Managing Director of the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy and Vice Rector of the RUB and Prof. Julian May, University of the Western Cape (co-coordinator), Britta Niklas and Dr. Gabriele Bäcker (coordinators) presented the different items of the agenda and all partners of the consortium discussed their experiences and future activities concerning staff and student mobilities and joint training and research with very promising results! On 23th April the selection committee selected as well the grantees for the second cohort. All applicants will be informed in short about selection results.
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Selection Results 2nd Call

Selection Results:
For the second cohort, starting in 2015, 18 applicants were selected for a scholarship:
10 south african Master students were selected for a study period or full degree at european partner universities,
1 south african PhD student was selected for a research period at an european partner university,
4 european PhD applicants were selected for a research period at south african partner universities,
3 staff applicants were selected for a training/research period at european partner universities.

Second EUSA_ID student arrived at Palacky University

Sello Floyed Sekgobela, a south african Master student, arrived at Palacky University in order to study the Master in International Development Studies. Welcome!

Palacky Sekgobela
Coordinator Martin Schlossarek, Sello Floyed Sekgobela and
Prof. Pavel Novacek (from left)

Erasmus Mundus

The Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance the quality of higher education and promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through mobility and academic cooperation. Action 2 Partnerships are the basis for enhancing academic cooperation and exchanges of students and academics, contributing to the socio-economic development of non-EU countries targeted by EU external cooperation policy.

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EUSA ID

This project is funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Partnerships programme.

Selection Results

EUSA-ID selected 8 Master and PhD applicants for the 3rd Wave of the 3rd Cohort and several staff applicants. For details please have a look at the news part of our website.


EUSA_ID selected 28 applicants for a scholarship for the 1nd and 2nd Wave of the 3rd Cohort 2015/2016! For details have a look at the news part of our website.

EUSA_ID selected 18 applicants for a scholarship for the 2nd cohort 2015! For details please have a look at the news part of our website.

EUSA_ID selected 29 applicants for a scholarship for the 1st cohort in 2014. For details please have a look at the news part of our website
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Online Application

The 3rd call for applications will be open end of June 2015. In order to get more information about the application procedure, please refer to the "How to apply section".

News

22.-25.04.2015
Mid-term meeting of EUSA_ID as well as the meeting of the selection committee took place at the Ruhr-University Bochum.

31.07.-01.08.2014
Pre departure event took place in Cape Town, at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).

08.05. 2014
The Meeting of the Selection Committee took place in Cape Town/ South Africa.

10.10.–11.10. 2013

The EUSA_ID kick off meeting took place in Bordeaux. All 13 university partners and 3 associated partners were represented.

01.10.–02.10. 2013

Dr. Gabriele Bäcker (RUB) and Prof. Julian May (UWC) took part in the Erasmus Mundus Coordinators' Conference in Brussels.

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