Deadline- 8 February 2013
Applications are invited form all UK higher education institutions for the UNESCO Chairs/UNITWIN Networks Programme, which must be submitted through the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC).
UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Network projects undertake training, research, information sharing and outreach activities in UNESCO major programmes areas (education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information). UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks provide an innovative modality for international academic cooperation and capacity building (particularly North-South and South-South), acting as think tanks and as bridge builders between the academic world, civil society, local communities, research and policy-making.
Through the University Twinning and Network Scheme (UNITWIN), UNESCO matches colleges, universities and research institutions in industrialised countries with counterparts in developing countries to share information and knowledge in areas of need in the development context. Scholars who participate are often linked through web sites and portals, in addition to loaned faculty positions, training and conferences.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- a chairholder as its academic head
- a team of lecturers or researchers from the host institution and from other institutions, both in the country concerned and from abroad (particularly developing countries and those in transition) who are associated with the activities of the Chair
- a number of students and researchers pursuing postgraduate studies or high-level training and research under the Chair
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