Scholarship: European MSc Degree in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition
The aim of the European MSc. degree is to foster and develop knowledge and awareness of scientific trends and health issues in food science, technology and nutrition in a global context. Therefore we offer a Master Course where both students and scholars can participate in several modules in different countries of the European Union and […]
Belgium: Training Scholarships for Students and Professionals from developing countries
Students and professionals from Africa are advised to submit their application earlier. The deadline for application is February 1st, 2012. The VLIR-UOS training scholarships in Belgium are short training programmes (one to four months) devoted to students and professional from developing countries. The aim of this scholarship programme is to encourage skills transfer (rather than knowledge transfer) […]
Scholarship: Technology for Integrated Water Management – Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)
Training Period: 18 September 2012 – 21 December 2012 Language: English Info and application: Contact: www.watertechnology.be Mrs. Sarah Verberckmoes University of Antwerp Institute of Environment & Sustainable DevelopmentCDE – P.001 Universiteitsplein 12610 Antwerp (Wilrijk) Tel: +32 (0)3 265 21 25 Fax: +32 (0)3 265 21 28 Email: sarah.verberckmoes@ua.ac.be Programme content The International Training Programme ’Technology for Integrated […]
Joint Doctoral Program on Dynamics of Health and Welfare
At the moment, 1,300 doctoral students are registered at EHESS in all social science disciplines, economics and law. A specific doctoral program is already implemented in the field (« Santé, population, politiques sociales »). Research seminars are devoted to sociology, political science, history, demography, law and economics and allow students to be acquainted with the research and […]
Le changement climatique si simplement expliqué (vidéo)
À quelque chose près, l’attitude des Africains face au fléau du changement climatique est comparable à celle qu’ils adoptèrent au début des années 1990 face au HIV-Sida. Pour nombre de citoyens des États d’Afrique au sud du Sahara, le HIV-Sida relevait plus du mythe que de la réalité. Les Camerounais trouvèrent d’ailleurs une abréviation […]
African Students willing to study in Canada: Tuition fees are not cheap at all!
University tuition fees for full-time Canadian and international students in an arts and humanities program at the undergraduate level, 2010 – 2011 Canadian Students International Students Newfoundland and Labrador Memorial University of Newfoundland $2,550 $8,800 Prince Edward Island University of Prince Edward Island $4,860 $10,034 Nova Scotia Acadia University $5,369 – $6,391 $12,939 Cape […]
What do we know about Africa’s history? The United Nations and the General History of Africa
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter”* In 1964, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) lunched the mega project “General History of Africa”. “The challenge consisted of reconstructing Africa’s history, freeing it from racial prejudices ensuing from slave trade and colonization, and […]
Canada, USA, Climate change and lifestyle: Where the West sees wrong!
From november 28th to december 12th, 2011, the city of Durban was the world’s centre. This was not in remembrance of the 2001 World Conference against Racism which highlighted the horrible tragedy of slaves’ trade, the saddest moment in human history. Durban has been the world’s centre because of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Before the […]
Conférence de Durban sur l’environnement et le rechaufferement climatique: un expert répond à nos questions
En marge de la conférence de Durban en Afrique du Sud, nous avons cru utile de nous diriger vers un expert, afin de saisir les enjeux d’un sommet comme celui-là. Monsieur Adrien Djomo est un chercheur de nationalité Camerounaise, spécialiste des questions environnementales. Il est par ailleurs titulaire d’un doctorat soutenu à l’Université de Goettingen […]
La Migration Africaine se féminise: Rien ne va la stopper !
Si «aller se chercher» à l´étranger et en particulier en Europe ou en Amérique du Nord est devenu le mot passe-partout chez beaucoup de migrants des pays francophones africains, la migration féminine et les changements de rôles survenus dans ce processus ne vont pas sans soulever les polémiques chez les Africains et Africaines. La mobilité […]