*Dear ISCAR members, * we are attaching a copy of a very interesting description for a PhD studentship on Understanding Social Change: A New Perspective at the University of the West of Scotland. The initial deadline for applications is 8th June. Please see the attached announchment for further details. We would also like to share with you the following information about the Master's programme "Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts", at the University of Luxembourg. ISCAR News does not usually provide information about MA programs, but this one without any fees and we decided to make an exception: *Master's programme "Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts", University of Luxembourg* Registration open for the Academic Year 2009/2010: deadlines and information sessions The trilingual MA study programme "Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts" was launched in 2007 to offer an innovative applied research track for investigating issues, methodologies and theoretical frameworks for dealing with learning and development in and through multilingualism, multiculturalism and diversity. Currently, students from more than 30 different nations from four continents participate in this programme in educational sciences. Prerequisites are a completed three-year degree (or equivalent) at a university, the functional mastery of two of the three academic languages (English, French, German) as well as the submission of a personalized application file. Successful candidates for the study programme demonstrate motivation and interest in individual as well as organisational learning, development and mediation processes in today's age of diversity, information management and international mobility. The previous degree can be earned in a wide range of fields. Applicants have had backgrounds in educational sciences, computer sciences, applied linguistics, communication sciences, psychology, organisational development, business administration, political sciences, marketing and tourism. The study programme gives students a unique opportunity to develop their own profile as learner, actor and innovator in complex, multi-facetted developmental processes. The four pillars of the study programme combine and contrast case-based analyses with regard to media and socio-cultural shaped learning and communication processes, information brokering and information design, multilingualism and its integration into the educational landscape, multimodality and knowledge transfer. Experts from Luxembourg and abroad hold seminars and thus allow students to gain broad knowledge about current research trends and debates in the discussed fields. Furthermore, the academic programme that can be studied in two (full-time) or four years (part-time) includes international master classes jointly organised with complementary study programmes in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Switzerland as well as workshops with business partners and educational institutions. Each student also receives an academic mentor for the duration of the study programme. Please refer to the web site of the Master ''Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts'' http://www.multi-learn.uni.lu and http://www.multi-learn.org for more information on the application procedure, application deadlines (30.5. and 28.8. respectively), the study programme as well as public events organised by the programme and information sessions (May 13; June 24) during the next months. The coordination of the programme can be reached by sending an email to emilie.mutombo@uni.lu <mailto:emilie.mutombo@uni.lu> or gudrun.ziegler@uni.lu <mailto:gudrun.ziegler@uni.lu> -- Emily Merko ISCAR Administrator
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