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UNSSC Paid Internship Program 2018 The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) with its headquarters in Turin, Italy, is the United Nations institution for system-wide knowledge management, learning and training for the staff of the United Nations system. The College is expected to play a pivotal role in contributing to UN reform, the development of a common culture based on effectiveness, expertise and continuous learning through the development, co-ordination and provision of cross-cutting learning programmes which impact on all agencies and staff. Duties NSSC’s KCLM is seeking an intern to join the dynamic team that designs, develops, implements and evaluates leadership and management training programmes for UN middle and senior managers. These programmes often consist of both online and face-to-face components. The selected intern will apply her/his skills in instructional design and educational technology, and gain understanding of the UN work and the developm...

Fully Funded Scholarship in Republic of Macedonia Deadline: 31st July 2018 Fully Funded Scholarship in Republic of Fully Funded Scholarship in Republic of Macedonia The Ministry of Education and Science of The Republic of Macedonia announces this Call for Applications for full undergraduate scholarships, for the academic 2018/2018, at the University of Information Science and Technology “St Paul the Apostle” in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The scholarships are available to candidates, not older than 22 years old who wish to pursue undergraduate studies in one of the following programmes:  (1) Faculty of Communication Networks and Security (CNS); (2) Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE); (3) Faculty of Information Systems, Visualization, Multimedia and Animation (ISVMA); (4) Faculty of Information and Communication Science (ICS) (5) Study Program of Digital Business Informatics (DBI) (6) Faculty of Applied IT, Machine Intelligence and R...

ACU Fully Funded Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships in South Africa, 2018-2019 The new Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships in South Africa is available on offer to citizens of a Commonwealth country other than South Africa and must not be currently resident in South Africa.  The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is the world’s first and oldest international university network, established in 1913. The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is an international programme under which Commonwealth countries offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other member states. The CSFP was established by Commonwealth education ministers at their first conference in 1959. Since then, Commonwealth Scholarships have become one of the most prestigious and best-known international scholarship schemes. Over 35,000 individuals have benefited. Applications Deadline : July 13, 2018 Course Level : Scholarships are available to pursue Master degree prog...

SA Innovation Summit The 2018 SA innovation will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 12 to 14 September 2018. Buy your ticket and showcase your innovations. The SA Innovation Summit is a giant accelerator for the economy.  It is a total immersion experience into the entire entrepreneurial value chain - from pre-commercial innovation showcasing to post-commercial, high tech start-ups pitching, investment business matching, thought leadership sessions, deep delve workshops and master classes, hackathons, ecosystem bus tours, youth event, etc.    Connect with a 1500 key role players ranging from government, private sector  big business and SMMEs, academia, researchers, entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators, diplomatic core, investors and funders  - local, regional and global.   There is no other conference in the region that covers the entire value chain in the same way as the SA Innovation Summit has been doing over the past 11 years....

VACANCIES @ NATIONAL FOOD TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE The National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC), a government funded Food Science and Technology Research institution based in Kanye, Botswana invites applications from qualified and experienced persons for the following positions within the Research and Development Division; 1. VACANCY No: DRD 2018/01 PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST (MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY) 3 YEAR FIXED TERM CONTRACT Main purpose of the job: As the substantive Head of Department for Microbiology and Biotechnology, the incumbent will initiate, plan, organize and lead the implementation of research and development programs and projects in Microbiology and Biotechnology; coordinate provision of laboratory testing and analytical services; coordinate resource utilization and supervise the work of several project teams; as well as plan staff development and training within the department. Key Performance Areas: • Coordination and supervisi...

RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2018 (Fully Funded to the RUFORUM Biennial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya) The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of 85 Universities in 35 African countries is pleased to announce the 2018 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC). The 2018 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC) whose overall purpose is to catalyse entrepreneurship through promotion of business innovation and provision of seed funding to young entrepreneurs with creative and innovative business ideas among African youth. RUYAEC invites young (<35 years) African entrepreneurs and incubates to compete for 10 awards to show case their innovations, enterprises and business concepts and propositions. The focus is for the young entrepreneurs to share their stories at an international stage with close to 1200 participants drawn from academia, business and industry, development o...