Ashoka Changemakers Invites Global Entries for Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters

Ashoka Changemakers has announced the launch of Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters, a global competition seeking solutions that help young people learn and practice empathy in school so they are equipped to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

The collaborative competition is designed to identify ideas, programs, and learning models from around the world that encourage social and emotional development; unlock new ways of viewing problems; address bullying or aggression in ways that advance understanding of others’ perspectives; promote community diversity and a respect for differences; and champion children as real-world problem solvers rather than simply bystanders.

The competition is open to all individuals, organizations, and collaborations from all countries. Entries are sought from teachers, principals, parents, students, and other innovators with a project, a program, or a new learning experience that can advance empathy in education.

The competition will consider all entries that reflect the theme of the competition; identify solutions that enable children to be effective citizens, leaders, and changemakers by equipping them with the skills to understand the perspectives of others; indicate growth beyond the conceptual stage; and can demonstrate impact and sustainability. While the program supports new ideas at every stage, the judges are better able to evaluate programs that are beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated proof of impact.

Entrants will be given the opportunity to connect to a supportive global online community, gain visibility and recognition as a new best practice in education, and gain funding for their initiative through cash and in-kind prizes.

Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete competition information, entry guidelines, and program updates: http://www.changemakers.com/empathy 

Deadline: March 30, 2012 

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Hello dear ARMACAD members,

My name is Karen Zakaryan. I have studied International Relations at YSU.

This year I have been admitted to the University of Sydney, Business School, Master of Commerce. I have applied to Luys foundation and received the half of the amount required to study in that University.

I am assured that this program will afford me a good opportunity to have both personal and professional growth which i will later on put into the development of my country.

Now I am looking for financial support to cover the tuition fee. Please share any information that you possess regarding institutes and possible charitable organizations that have grant opportunities for the educational purposes in Australia or specifically for business education around the world

Thank you for your time and consideration,
Karen Zakaryan

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Dear Armacad members

Does anyone have a proven information for some scholarship program in the United Kingdom?

What’s their disposition to such countries like Armenia. Are there any important issues, criteria to which they pay attention most of all? Which is the best one for business administration or management?

Please share with your experiences.

Thank you

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The Open Society Youth Initiative encourages students to engage in critical, reasoned discussion about issues important to their lives and communities and to advocate for positive change around the world.

The $20-million Global Debates program will, among other things, provide up to three years of funding to colleges, universities, and other educational institutions to promote and integrate debate across disciplines.  Grants are available for institutions that have either very small debate programs or none at all. Grants are also available for institutions seeking to promote public debates within the broader communities that they serve.

To Apply

For more information and how to apply, please see the application guidelines.

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The Open Society Central Eurasia Project uses grantmaking to international and regional NGOs, academic institutions, think tanks and other structures to support their work, help build local capacity, bring international expertise to bear on the region, and promote cooperation between local activists and international civic movements.

The ultimate goal of such activity is to strengthen civic leaders in the region and to construct support networks for them within international structures and movements. Central Eurasia Project grantmaking generally dovetails with its research and advocacy agenda. 

Funds are currently available in the following programmatic areas:

• Human Rights
• Labor Migration
• Transparency and Consumer Protection
• Transparency of Western Military and Security Cooperation
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

Deadline

Letters of inquiry are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year 2012.

Further Information

For further information, please view the grant guidelines.

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The Education Support Program of the Open Society Foundations and the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, are offering a summer school, “Towards a Political Economy of Education,” to be held July 9–13, 2012.

The summer school will run two concurrent streams. One is Regionalisation, Globalisation and Privatization in Education; the other is Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Quality Education. Taken together, the two streams work towards a more comprehensive analysis and exploration of the political economy of education and as such begin to establish a core of durable and useful ideas and debates around education justice and to provide knowledge and examples of how these can be advanced collaboratively and internationally. 

This course aims to bring together original, internationally renowned academics at the top of their field, state-of-the-art research, and original web-based resources into critical debates on education financing and privatisation in and of education in its different forms.

Applicants must choose which course they wish to take and may not apply for both.  Places are limited to 25 for each stream, are fully funded and offered on a competitive basis. The scholarships include visa, travel, accommodation, tuition fees and a subsistence allowance.

Global applications are invited from educational researchers, policy analysts, education finance specialists, government officials, advanced graduate students and faculty members. Preference will be given to applicants with academic and professional experience with these issues. Practitioners engaged with policy are also strongly encouraged to apply, especially those based in or working with southern countries.

Deadline

Applications made after February 15, 2012, will not be considered.

To Apply

Further details can be found on the Central European University Summer Schoolwebsite. All applications must be made using the CEU SUN online application, located via the latter webpage through the “Apply Now!” link.

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The Open Society Justice Initiative and the Statelessness Programme at Tilburg University Law School invite applicants for a summer course on statelessness, to be held in Tilburg, The Netherlands, from July 23 to 27, 2012.

Statelessness is a global phenomenon that currently affects as many as 12 million people worldwide. New cases continue to arise every day as states struggle with the challenge of ensuring that everyone enjoys a nationality. For those who find themselves stateless, the lack of a nationality commonly obstructs access to a wide range of other rights, to detrimental effect. Moreover, the harsh impact that statelessness has on the lives of individuals and the fabric of communities may contribute to social tension, forced displacement and even conflict.

Lasting one week, the course aims to consider statelessness and the right to nationality from various angles. Beginning with a reflection on the concept of statelessness, the course will deal with legal and policy issues associated with statelessness. The course will address the status of stateless persons, their human rights and right to international protection, and ways to research and document statelessness. The course will draw significantly on experiences from many places around the world, including in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. In addition, the course will take a closer look at a number of specific questions relating to statelessness, such as UNHCR’s mandate and work, the influence of gender discrimination in creating statelessness and the litigation of the right to a nationality.

The course aims to provide participants with new knowledge, tools and skills to address statelessness and enforce the right to nationality. The curriculum is taught by lecturers from a variety of backgrounds, both professionally and geographically. They are drawn from academia and legal practice as well as from NGOs and governmental bodies, and cover various regions.

Participants from all over the world will engage actively in the different sessions, with several opportunities throughout the week to work in smaller teams and focus specifically on their own area of interest. The participants will benefit from the knowledge and professional experience of both the lecturers and their fellow participants.

Eligibility

A maximum of 30 participants will be admitted to the course. Eligible candidates have experience in working on issues related to citizenship and statelessness, or significant experience in a related field such as minority rights, migration, forced displacement or child protection, and an interest in the issue of statelessness. Such work experience may have been gained in NGOs, inter-governmental organizations, governments or research institutes and universities. The course is taught in English, and applicants should have proficiency in the English language.

A limited number of scholarships are available for applicants who are able to demonstrate how their work would benefit from participation in the course, but who would otherwise be unable to afford to participate.

Further Details

For more information, and to apply, visit the Tilburg University summer course page:http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/summerschool/courses/statelessness/

Application Deadline

Please submit your application before March 15, 2012.

С уважением,
Бакыт Оспанова
E-mail: ospanovab@mail.ru

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