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The University of Sussex offers fully-funded Chancellor’s international research scholarships. Scholarships are available for pursuing postgraduate research program at the University of Sussex for international students. Scholarships are provided to learn any of the courses within arts and humanities. The scholarship covers international fees and provides a stipend that matches that provided for UK doctoral students by the UK Research Council. Eligibility   - Applicants be classified as an international fee-paying student and able to commence their PhD in September 2018. - Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there. - Applicants must have completed their Masters and Bachelors degree program. Application Process   There is no separate application form, to be considered for this scholarship applicants should enter the title of the scholarship in the finance section of their PhD

Federal University of Technology, Owerri invites applications from suitable qualified candidates for considerations for admission into weekend programmes leading to the award of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in the following Schools/Departments below: 2017/2018  Centre for Continuing Education (CCE )  Undergraduate Weekend Programmes 1.) School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology Department of Agricultural Economics Department of Agricultural Extension Department of Animal Science and Technology Department of Crop Science and Technology Department of Soil Science and Technology Entry Requirements: Five O’ Level credit passes in Biology, Agric science,Chemistry, Maths, English Language plus a credit in Physics and any other science subject: 2.) School of Science Department of Mathematics Department of Statistics Department of Biochemistry Department of Physics Entry Requirements: Five O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero - Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the Postgraduate programmes (M. Sc. full time, M.Phil / Ph.D full time/part time & PGD part time) in the Postgraduate School, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero for the 2017/2018 Academic Session. For Available Programmes and Specific Requirements,  CLICK HERE Admission Requirements Postgraduate Diplomas The following shall qualify for admission into Postgraduate Diploma Programmes: Graduates of KSUSTA or any other recognized University with minimum of 3rd class degree. Holders of Higher National Diploma (HND, not HD) with minimum of Lower Credit or its equivalent in related areas. Holders of HND (not HD) in non-related areas with minimum of Lower Credit. Such candidates may, however, be admitted after passing tests prescribed by the Department/Faculty in consultation with the Postgraduate School. Candidates who hold qualifi

Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Katsina wishes to inform Direct Entry candidates who choose the University on first choice that, there will be an online registration and screening exercise. The University also invites candidates who scored  UTME 170 JAMB  Points and above who changed their institution’s choice to the University and those who missed the first screening and aptitude test to visit the University website to register. Similarly, Candidates who scored  UTME 200 JAMB  points and above who have not chosen the University as their first choice but are willing to study at Umaru Musa Yar’adua that they can also register for the screening and aptitude test using the web based platform provided for the exercise. The online registrations for both direct entry and POST UTME candidates commences on  Monday 6 th  November, 2017  and ends on  Thursday 23 rd  November, 2017  through  http://portal.umyu.edu.ng/application Accordingly, the screening and aptitude test for the POST UTME candid

2017/2018 SESSION FIRST SEMESTER Sunday 12th November, 2017 Resumption of Returning students Monday 13th November – Friday 17th November 2017 Clearance/Registration for Returning Students Monday, 20th November, 2017 1st Semester Lectures Begin for Returning Students Sunday 26th November, 2017 Fresh Students come into residence Monday 27th November – Friday 8th December 2017 Clearance/Registration for Fresh Students Wednesday 6th December – Friday 8th December 2017 Orientation Programme for Fresh Students Monday 11th December 2017 1st Semester Lectures begin for Fresh Students Monday 11th – Friday 22nd December 2017 Late Registration for Returning Students Friday 22nd December 2017 – Friday 5th January 2018 Christmas Break (For Students only) Sunday 7th January, 2018 Returning/Fresh Students come into Residence Monday 8th January, 2018 Commencement of Lectures Monday 8th January – Wednesday 17th January 2018 Late Registration for Fresh Students Wednesday 17th January, 2018 Matriculation

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has has disclosed that it will ban the use of wrist watches and pens during the conduct of its 2018 test. The board’s Registrar, Is’haq Oloyede disclosed this when speaking to newsmen at a one-day sensitisation workshop for Computer Based Test, CBT, centre owners on Wednesday in Lagos. “What we are doing here today is to appraise the registration and conduct of our past examination and we have taken some lessons from our experience. “To this end therefore we have introduced some measures that will further add to the integrity of the registration process as well as the conduct of the examination proper. “For instance, we discovered during the conduct of the last examination that some electronic devices such as pens, wristwatches and other devices were used to perpetrate examination malpractice. “So, for next year, we have banned the use of wristwatches and pens by candidates and other persons in the examination hall. “We are also going

The Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB)has revealed that the 2018 JAMB UTME Registration Form will be available before the end of November. According to him, the board is planning to meet with all stakeholders on November 15 and the sale of the registration document will definitely commence before the end of this month. He advised candidates to check the  JAMB syllabus  and  Brochure  so that they can study the process and minimise the errors that usually occurs during the registration process. The JAMB boss added that not less than 617 centres have been accredited nationwide for the exercise. “We are still considering about 60 more centres as we have their applications waiting for consideration. “However, a total of 72 centres nationwide have earlier been delisted owing to their involvement in some infractions and they remain delisted.” On the board’s plan to construct mega CBT centres for its examinations, Mr. Oloyede said: “The mega centre plan is still on, we said that l

The city of McKinney's plan to forcibly annex thousands of acres just outside the city limits may violate state law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton informed city officials Monday.  According to the three-page letter from the attorney general's office, the city's annexation notices and a notice for an Aug. 28 meeting — when the McKinney City Council approved a resolution to consider annexing nearly 6 square miles of rural land in its extraterritorial jurisdiction — violated the Texas Local Government Code and the Open Meetings Act. The attorney general's office asked the city to respond by noon Tuesday. Landowner Harold Clyde, who lives in the proposed annexation area, called the letter the "hottest thing on the Internet" and a "game-changer." Mayor George Fuller called it "suspect" and the timing "odd." On Friday,  Fuller announced in a Facebook post  that he would not be supporting forced annexation. In that post, he lamented

2nd-3rd Grade Math, Center City Public Charter Schools Brightwood Campus Washington, DC In the cities and villages of Ethiopia, elementary school teacher Ashley Walton learned where some of her second graders are coming from—and how to help them find success in their new country. It was the summer of 2015 when Ms. Walton went to Ethiopia to better understand the experiences of many of the English Language Learners in her classroom. In recent years, the northwest D.C. neighborhood where she teaches has transformed from the primarily African-American neighborhood she remembers from her youth to a more diverse neighborhood of immigrants and English Language Learners, including many from Ethiopia. “Going on home visits at the beginning of the year, I try to make connections that will help us connect school to their home lives,” she says “I realized that if I wanted to understand my students from Ethiopia, I should go there. It makes all the difference when you can talk to the family and sa