The EDCP internal deadline for the Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship competition is October 6, 2014.
Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
$40,000 stipend plus $20,000 travel allowance
Graduate Studies deadline 24 October, 2014: check with graduate program for internal deadline
Up to 15 Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each year to support doctoral students pursuing research in one or more of the four themes: human rights and social justice, responsible citizenship, Canada and the world, and humans and their natural environment. Trudeau Scholars are highly gifted individuals who are actively engaged in their fields and expected to become leading national and international figures.
Eligibility
For application and nomination procedures, please see the Graduate Awards website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/trudeau-foundation-doctoral-scholarship
For more information about the Trudeau Foundation, please see their website: http://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/en/programs/scholarships
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Joanne Tsui (joanne.tsui@ubc.ca).
Dear Incoming and Current Graduate Students:
Welcome to a new academic year in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy!
We would like to invite you to the EDCP Graduate Student Orientation on Friday, September 5, 2014, 4-7pm in Scarfe 310. At the Orientation you will have an opportunity to meet faculty members and students, to gather information about academic and practical resources, and to inform us about how we can serve your needs this year. Pizza will be provided!
The schedule is as follows:
4:00 Welcome to the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
Introduction to Graduate Studies in EDCP
Understanding the roles of:
Question and Answer Session
4:45 Pizza and soft drinks – Great opportunity to meet other graduate students, faculty, and staff
5:30 – 7:00 pm Fine Tuning your Scholarship/Fellowship Applications
Session dedicated to SSHRC/Affiliated Award applicants
Bring a draft of your proposal and receive feedback from a faculty member and/or student mentor
Please RSVP to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r-1pUxx4fJ2PCM9YvZ93EKgfgk7JVTLip28MfXh4XsI/viewform?usp=send_form no later than Wednesday, September 3th by 12 pm (noon).
Sincerely,
Michelle, Liz, Jungson, Nasim, and Conrad (The Peer Advising Team)
Basia Zurek (Graduate Programs Assistant)
Anne Phelan (Graduate Advisor)
Centre for Community Engaged Learning: Graduate Research Assistants
Pay rate: $23.22 to $28.85 per hour, depending on experience
Hours per week: 10
Number of openings: 2
Apply to: Allyson Rayner (allyson.rayner@ubc.ca)
Start date: early September
The Centre for Community Engaged Learning is looking for a graduate research assistant (GRA) to work with the
Manager of Research and Evaluation. The GRA will help to garner a deep understanding of community service learning
and the outcomes associated with this type of learning experience.
Community service learning (CSL) is a pedagogical approach in which students apply their academic learning while
working in partnership with community-based partners to address community-identified priorities. CSL enhances students’
academic learning and their capacity for global citizenship, while strengthening civil society and advancing sustainability.
CSL is one of the enriched educational experiences that are highlighted in UBC’s Place and Promise strategic plan.
Role and Supervision:
The GRA will work directly with the Manager of Research and Evaluation through weekly one-on-one meetings where we
will discuss current work. The GRA will be an active participant in on-going research/evaluation projects and will
contribute to defining the scope and scale of all projects.
– Participate in the development of the CCEL’s research and evaluation projects (i.e. contribute to the development
of the unit’s evaluation questions, helping to identify appropriate methodology, assisting with the development of
an appropriate timeline for carrying out the research, etc)
– Facilitate data collection processes such as helping to organize interviews and focus groups, or contributing to the
development of stakeholder surveys
– Participate in the analysis of qualitative data
– Draft program development tools such as lessons learned, next steps, information sheets which are based on
research results
– Conduct literature reviews to help keep the team up-to-date on developments in the community based
experiential learning literature
Currently pursuing a graduate degree in the social sciences (Education, Public Health, Sociology, SCARP, etc).
Previous experience working on a research project an asset.
Previous experience working with community an asset
A student who thinks critically about the literature
A student who can synthesize information from diverse perspectives
A student who is oriented to or values innovative models of student learning
A student who is oriented to or values university-community engagement
Please submit a resume and cover letter to allyson.rayner@ubc.ca by Sept 3, 2014
Hello All,
Due to the continuing labour dispute in the BC public education system, we have been alerted to the fact that some part-time graduate students (who are not eligible for financial assistance) may have difficulty paying their September tuition installment on time. Through the efforts of Shapoor Marfatia, Mark Edwards, Maria Mannella and Teresa Tsang (thanks to all of you), a process has been established whereby part-time graduate students employed in BC public schools who may find it impossible to make their September tuition payment on time can request…through their cohort advisor or department’s graduate advisor…a one-month extension of the payment deadline to October 7, 2014.
The cohort advisor or graduate advisor should forward the names and student numbers of those affected to Maria Mannella (maria.mannella@ubc.ca) or Teresa Tsang
(teresa.tsang@ubc.ca). Please note that students should NOT contact either Maria or Teresa directly. This must be done via the cohort or graduate advisor.
A few points that need to be noted for cohort/graduate advisors’ information:
To repeat, students in this circumstance should NOT contact Maria or Teresa directly, but rather must work through their cohort or graduate advisor.
Please send message to me. Please include name, student number, and the name of the school that you work for.
to: basia.zurek@ubc.ca.
All the best. Tom.
Thomas J. Sork, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, International and Administration
Professor, Adult Education
Faculty of Education | Dean’s Office
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver
2616- 2125 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone 604 822 5211 | Fax 604 822 6501
Hi,
The Office of Graduate Studies and Research (OGPR) currently has two graduate student (preferably one Masters and one PhD) volunteer positions on our Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR) as described below.
We are looking for two graduate student volunteers for the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR). The committee is scheduled to meet once per month every second Tuesday for two hours starting at 9:30am. We ask members to act as “information conduits” back and forth to/from grad students/departments (bringing up issues from grad students/departments; bringing back feedback on issues to the committee). We discuss issues related to research (e.g., representing FOE research to the University community, policies related to research, etc.). In the coming year, this committee will be an important link for the “Year of Research in Education” and we are hoping for active participation from departmental representatives. The first DACR meeting will be held on September 9 at 9:30am in Scarfe 309C.
This committee would provide graduate students with the opportunity to provide a voice for the student perspective on a wide-range of issues and topics relevant to the Faculty of Education as well as the wider University community.
If you would like to volunteer for this committee, please send me an email with a brief outline of why you are interested in the committee and what qualities you would bring to the committee. Email to: christine.wallsworth@ubc.ca by 4:30pm, September 2, 2014 (deadline extended).
Cheers,
Christine.
Christine Wallsworth
Manager
Office of Graduate Programs and Research
Faculty of Education
2125 Main Mall, Room 309
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4
Phone: 604-822-5217
Email: christine.wallsworth@ubc.ca
The Intergenerational Landed Learning Project is seeking a part-time Communications Assistant to join our team for the 2014-15 school year, with the possibility of extension.
The Landed Learning Communication Assistant is an hourly-paid part-time position that is ideal for a current undergraduate or graduate student. The position requires a diversity of skills including excellent written, oral, and on-line communication skills, experience and interest in website development, social media and blogging, photography, strong organizational skills, and interests in sustainability, gardening and education for learners of all ages (elementary to adult).
Find the job posting attached. To find out more about the Landed Learning Project, check out our website!
The Rossier School of Education is seeking two outstanding scholars to join the K-12 Policy and
Leadership faculty:
• Assistant or Associate Professor of K-12 Policy and Leadership
• Clifford H. and Betty C. Allen Professorship in Urban Leadership
Assistant or Associate Professor of K-12 Policy and Leadership
We seek a scholar at the assistant or associate professor rank who shares our commitment to
conducting research that addresses critical issues in urban public education. The successful
candidate’s research will be theoretically grounded in a relevant discipline (e.g., economics,
organizational theory, political science, public policy, sociology, history or statistics) and will
use sophisticated quantitative or qualitative methodologies (e.g., econometric methodologies
leading to causal inference, randomized control trials, case studies, ethnographies, survey design,
and mixed-methods). We are looking for a colleague whose research focuses on either the
implementation and impacts of state and federal pre-K – 12 education policies on teacher
practice and/or student outcomes, or the organizational and/or social contexts in which these
policies are enacted. Candidates should welcome the opportunity to engage in collaborative
research, contribute to intellectual and rigorous debates about complex and controversial
education policy issues, and work closely with doctoral students.
The focus of faculty and students in Rossier’s K-12 Policy and Leadership concentration is on
conducting rigorous research that can be directly applied to school, district, state and federal
policymaking. Current faculty research interests include accountability at the teacher and
school/school district levels, school choice, public-private partnerships, teacher quality and
teacher labor markets, and education finance and governance. K-12 Policy and Leadership
faculty not only conduct research that is relevant to education policy, but also often work with
policymakers to help them contribute to, understand and utilize their research. Although the
concentration is currently called “K-12 Policy and Leadership,” we welcome applicants who
extend their research to pre-kindergarten, transitions between pre-k and K-12 as well as K-12
and higher education.
All K-12 Policy and Leadership faculty work with doctoral students and prioritize close
mentoring and development of doctoral students. We are a collaborative group of scholars who
often work together and with teams of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows on large-scale
research intended to help policymakers improve K-12 education. The preferred candidate for the
advertised position will similarly value teaching and mentorship, and will show evidence of
success (commensurate with experience) in obtaining extramural funding to enable the creation
of research teams to address important and complex education policy issues while providing
intensive research training to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Clifford H. and Betty C. Allen Professorship in Urban Leadership
The senior scholar who will join the Rossier faculty as the Clifford H. and Betty C. Allen
Professor in Urban Leadership will share our commitment to conducting research that addresses
critical issues in urban public education. This endowed chair was created in 1998 through the
generous gift from Clifford H. and Betty C. Allen with the goal of supporting a distinguished
scholar or educational leader whose career accomplishments have made a significant impact in
urban public education. The candidate’s research will be theoretically grounded in a relevant
discipline (e.g., economics, organizational theory, political science, public policy, sociology,
history or statistics) and will use sophisticated quantitative or qualitative methodologies (e.g.,
econometric methodologies leading to causal inference, randomized control trials, case studies,
ethnographies, survey design, and mixed-methods). The candidate’s research will focus on the
implementation and impacts of state and federal pre-K – 12 education policies on teacher
practice and/or student outcomes, or the organizational and/or social contexts in which these
policies are enacted. Candidates should welcome the opportunity to engage in collaborative
research, contribute to intellectual and rigorous debates about complex and controversial
education policy issues, and mentor doctoral students and faculty.
The focus of faculty and students in Rossier’s K-12 Policy and Leadership concentration is on
conducting rigorous research that can be directly applied to school, district, state and federal
policymaking. Current faculty research interests include accountability at the teacher and
school/school district levels, school choice, public-private partnerships, teacher quality and
teacher labor markets, and education finance and governance. K-12 Policy and Leadership
faculty not only conduct research that is relevant to education policy, but also often work with
policymakers to help them contribute to, understand and utilize their research. Although the
concentration is currently called “K-12 Policy and Leadership,” we welcome applicants who
extend their research to pre-kindergarten, transitions between pre-k and K-12 as well as K-12
and higher education.
All K-12 Policy and Leadership faculty work with doctoral students and prioritize close
mentoring and development of doctoral students. We are a collaborative group of scholars who
often work together and with teams of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows on large-scale
research intended to help policymakers improve K-12 education. The preferred candidate for the
Allen Chair will similarly value teaching and mentorship, and will show evidence of success in
obtaining extramural funding to enable the creation of research teams to address important and
complex education policy issues while providing intensive research training to graduate students
and postdoctoral fellows.
Applicants should send a letter of interest, CV, names and contact information for three
references by email to: William G. Tierney, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs,
c/o Michael Chung, Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty, Rossier School of Education,
University of Southern California, WPH, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0031,
michaebc@rossier.usc.edu. Please indicate the position you are applying for in the subject line.
Review of applications will begin October 15, 2014 and continue until the positions are filled.
Assistant Professor
Economics of Education
The Graduate School of Education (GSE), University of California, Berkeley, seeks applicants at the Assistant Professor level for a tenure-track position in the economics of education to begin in the 2015-2016 academic year, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2015. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong foundations in economic and educational theory (including heterodox approaches such as behavioral economics), with the ability to think about underlying social and school processes and how they work. Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to studying enduring issues of equity and improvement in education. Relevant topics may include the structure of inequality and its impact on students; education finance and the effects of resources on student outcomes; the effects of schooling on economic and noneconomic outcomes; the effects of poverty and racism on educational outcomes; teacher labor markets and effects of incentives and assessments; the effects and effectiveness of school reform, including students’ and teachers’ responses to incentives and disincentives; or the economics of market-based school reforms or school choice.
The successful candidate will have a primary affiliation with the Policy, Organization, Measurement and Evaluation (POME) area in the GSE; POME is a multi-disciplinary group whose faculty and students focus on education policy, organizational processes in schools and school systems, program evaluation, and measurement and assessment. The individual should be prepared to teach courses in the economics of education and applied econometrics, teach and advise doctoral students specializing in economic analysis of education policy and practice, and contribute as appropriate to the GSE’s innovative MA and EdD programs in educational leadership. Faculty in the GSE also have the opportunity to teach in the School’s popular undergraduate minor.
The minimum basic qualification to be considered an applicant for this position is a doctoral degree or equivalent in education, economics, public policy, or a related field of the social sciences, or all degree requirements except the dissertation, by the time of application. The doctoral degree must be completed by the date of hire. Additional qualifications include the potential for significant research accomplishment, evidenced by working papers and/or contributions to published works in leading journals, letters from experts in the field, a vision of research to be accomplished in the next 5 years, or participation in the research community (e.g., presentations of work at conferences). Demonstrated ability to teach economics of education and to develop new material for courses, and experience working with diverse students is preferred.
As part of their application, applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a research statement, a teaching statement, and 3 – 5 letters of reference. All letters of reference will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please arrange for letters of recommendation to be uploaded directly by recommenders. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html prior to submitting their letters.
Visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00472 to apply. The deadline date to apply is October 10, 2014. Please contact Rochelle Niccolls at (510) 644-4917 orNiccolls@berkeley.edu with questions.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct. We are interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research, and service. UC Berkeley is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual-career couples and single parents. For more information see http://calcierge.berkeley.edu/
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research (OGPR) is pleased to announce the following event:
If so, you are invited to join us in an Information Panel and Feedback Forum for Education Graduate Students:
Education Graduate Student SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC/Affiliated Panel & Feedback Forum
September 10, 2014
Scarfe, Room 310
1:00pm-3:30 pm
This event is designed to give you an opportunity to learn about the SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC/Affiliated Fellowship process, or provide you with personal feedback on your application/proposal.
You can either attend a general panel presentation that provides advice on the construction of a SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC/Affiliated application (e.g. letters of reference, program of research); or attend a break-out group where you can receive personalized feedback from faculty and students on your application. Please note that due to time constraints you cannot attend both the panel presentation and receive personalized feedback – therefore, you must indicate which part of the event you are attending on the registration form.
Space is limited so please RSVP by 8:30am Friday, September 5, 2014, using the online registration at the following link: http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/sept-2014-info-session
You must indicate whether you wish to attend the information panel or receive feedback. We cannot guarantee a personalized feedback session to late replies.
Please note that, in order to facilitate the personalized feedback forum, you will be pre-assigned a room and meeting time. If there is a particular time that you cannot attend, please indicate this on the online registration form. Also, to assist our feedback volunteers in providing you with personalized feedback, please submit a copy (drafts are acceptable) of your SSHRC/CIHR/ NSERC/ Affiliated Fellowship application to educ.ogpr@ubc.ca once you have completed your online registration.
The Office of Graduate Studies and Research (OGPR) currently has two graduate student (preferably one Masters and one PhD) volunteer positions on our Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR) as described below.
We are looking for two graduate student volunteers for the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR). The committee is scheduled to meet once per month every second Tuesday for two hours starting at 9:30am. We ask members to act as “information conduits” back and forth to/from grad students/departments (bringing up issues from grad students/departments; bringing back feedback on issues to the committee). We discuss issues related to research (e.g., representing FOE research to the University community, policies related to research, etc.). In the coming year, this committee will be an important link for the “Year of Research in Education” and we are hoping for active participation from departmental representatives. The first DACR meeting will be held on September 9 at 9:30am in Scarfe 309C.
This committee would provide graduate students with the opportunity to provide a voice for the student perspective on a wide-range of issues and topics relevant to the Faculty of Education as well as the wider University community.
If you would like to volunteer for this committee, please send me an email with a brief outline of why you are interested in the committee and what qualities you would bring to the committee. Email to: christine.wallsworth@ubc.ca by 4:30pm, August 28, 2014.
Please pass along the following information to your graduate students.
Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop September 13, 14, 20, 2014. Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop. Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW.
The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation. It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence. It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience. Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.
This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the September 13, 14, 20 ISW, please go to:
Please share the below information with your new and current graduate students. In addition, if you are planning orientation events within your own programs and departments and think information on the Graduate Pathways to Success Program would be helpful please feel free to include the attached handout. I’m also happy to come and meet with students in person.
The New Graduate Student Orientation 2014 schedule, including information on Graduate Student Society ticketed events, is now posted at: http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/schedules/august-2014/
We need current graduate student volunteers to help welcome new graduate students to UBC!
Do you remember your own orientation at UBC? Would you like to share in that experience again? Opportunities include:
…and more throughout Orientation Week!
You can sign up to volunteer by filling out this survey: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g366d
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask by contacting us at graduate.orientation@ubc.ca
2014 MAGIC and GRAND I-cubed (I3) Idea, Innovation and Inaugurate Challenge
Are you a current graduate student that has an entrepreneurial idea that has a digital media component, broadly defined? You could enter the MAGIC I-3 Challenge http://magic.ubc.ca/pmwiki.php?n=Main.I3 to win an opportunity for a 3 month residency in the MAGIC lab which would entail technical and business support, including desk space in the lab, access to technical specialists, and the online market validation programme. Register your interest by August 31, 2014 by emailing Lavana Lea at lavana@magic.ubc.ca .
I am looking for two research assistants to work on a project that focuses on knowledge transfer and
translation in the engineering profession in the context of migration and globalization. The students are
expected to work 10 hours a week on the following tasks between Sept. and Dec. 2014.
1) Creating an online forum;
2) Reaching out to employers, educators, policy makers and internationally trained engineers;
3) Conducting literature review;
4) Conducting face-to-face interviews;
5) Conducting data analysis
6) Others
Both positions are renewable for a longer term.
To apply for this position, you need to meet the following criteria.
1): some research and preferably research coordination experiences;
2): demonstrated capacity to critically assess large bodies of literature;
3): demonstrated interest in adult learning and education;
4): a keen interest in knowledge transfer, translation and practice innovation;
4): familiar with the use of blog and other social media.
Hiring preference will also be given to people with the following backgrounds in descending order
1): background working as an engineer in workplaces with gender and ethnic diversity;
2): background working with internationally trained engineers.
Interested students need to send your CV and a writing sample to me at Hongxia.shan@ubc.ca by Aug.
. Please put in your heading “job application for the PLE project”.
30th
DAAD Study Scholarship and Research Grant
Monthly stipend and travel costs (see DAAD website)
Graduate Studies deadline: 26 September, 2014
Study Scholarships and Research Grants are available for highly qualified graduate students, PhD candidates, and post-doctoral researchers in all disciplines to study and carry out research at universities or research institutes in Germany. These scholarship provide funds for a period of study and/or research in Germany beginning in 2015.
Performing and visual arts: Deadline Oct. 31, 2014; direct application to DAAD
Application Links:
Study Scholarship for in the Field of Music.
Study Scholarship for Performing Arts.
Study Scholarship for Visual Art.
Study Scholarship for Architecture.
Study Scholarship for regular fields : https://www.daad.org/gradstudy
All applicants must:
– apply through the DAAD portal, although they still have to submit paper applications (summary of the uploaded documents)
– Submit a total of THREE SETS of hard copies of the summary including one recommendation letter in a sealed envelope (campus advisors can open it to make copies and for the pre-selection).
Research Grant long-, and short-term : ( https://www.daad.org/gradresearch)
All applicants must:
– apply through the DAAD portal, although they still have to submit paper applications (summary of the uploaded documents)
– Submit a total of THREE SETS of hard copies of the summary including one recommendation letter in a sealed envelope (campus advisors can open it to make copies and for the pre-selection).
For more information, please see Graduate Studies website:
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Angela Rizzo (angela.rizzo@ubc.ca).