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ACU Titular Fellowships
The ACU Titular Fellowships provide opportunities for nominees of member universities to spend periods of time in other member universities or relevant institutions outside their own country.
Preference will be given to workers in the following priority subject areas: agriculture, forestry and food sciences, biotechnology, development strategies, earth and marine sciences, engineering, health and related social sciences, information technology, management for change, professional education and training, social and cultural development and university development and management.
Founded by particular sponsors, the Titular Fellowships are dedicated to specific purposes.
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University of Wales Swansea Fulton Fellowship
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tenable at the University of Wales Swansea. Awarded for any of the priority subjects listed above.
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United Kingdom |
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The Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Fellowship
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at least one Fellowship open either to professionally qualified accountants or to established members of university faculties or related fields. Tenable at a Commonwealth university which either provides courses approved by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, or provides courses in, or closely allied to, business education. Section A of the nomination form may be completed either by the head of the candidate’s firm/company, or by the Executive Head of the proposed host university.
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Any Commonw’lth country other than home country |
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Wighton Titular Fellowship in Engineering
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open to full-time staff, academic or technical, of engineering departments in any of the developing country universities in membership of the ACU. Intended especially for the enhancement of laboratory teaching capacity.
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Any Commonw’lth country other than home country |
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The University of Manitoba Fellowship
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tenable at the University of Manitoba. Awarded for any of the priority subject areas listed above.
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Canada |
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The George Weston Limited, Canada, Fellowship
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in agriculture, forestry, and food science/ food technology |
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Any Commonw’lth country other than home country
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The University of Oxford Fellowship
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tenable at the University of Oxford. Awarded in any of the priority subject areas listed above.
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United Kingdom
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The Jacky McAleer Memorial Fellowship
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in memory of Jacky McAleer, a former member of staff of the ACU, and in recognition of her long and outstanding service to the ACU. Awarded in the field of information technology, with priority given to the computerisation of record systems or computer-assisted learning.
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Any Commonw’lth country other than home country |
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The Gordon and Jean Southam Fellowship
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open to nominees of any of the Canadian universities in membership of the ACU. Awarded for any of the priority subject areas listed above.
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Any Commonw’lth country other than home country |
Purpose: To enable the universities of the Commonwealth to develop the human resources of their institutions and countries through the interchange of people, knowledge, skills and technologies. Fellowships are NOT intended for degree courses, or for immediately postdoctoral programmes; they cannot be held in the country in which the applicant currently works and they cannot be held concurrently with other awards.
Nominations: Applications will be considered ONLY if the applicant is nominated by the executive head (vice-chancellor, president or rector) of a university in ACU membership. The ACU will also consider nominations by the chief executive officer of a Commonwealth inter-university organisation.
Length of Tenure: Except where specific institutions or countries of tenure are stipulated, Fellowships will be tenable in any Commonwealth country other than that in which the applicant works, for up to a maximum of six months, either at a university in ACU membership or in industry, commerce or public service.
Eligibility: Nominees when applying must:
- be on the staff of, or a nominee of, a university in membership of ACU or of a Commonwealth inter-university organisation; or
- be working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country
- be of proven high ability
Value: Up to £5,000 according to the actual programme, and intended to cover international return air fare; in-country ground travel; medical insurance; board and lodging; fees (where the approved programme includes a formal training programme).
Method of Application: The Application Form and Brochure are available electronically. Applicants may send an electronic version of thier completed application form to reach the ACU by 30th April 2010. A hard copy must follow in the post within one week
Closing Date: The closing date for 2010 applications is 30 April 2010.
Contact: acuawards@acu.ac.uk for further information