Masters Scholarships
Director of Student Conduct & Student Grievances
Interested candidates must submit a resume and cover letter for consideration.
Established in 1821 as the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the University of the Sciences has a long tradition as an institution dedicated to science and healthcare education. The mission of the University is to educate students to become leaders and innovators in the sciences, health professions, and emerging related disciplines.
The Division of Student Affairs contributes to the academic mission of the University through quality student-centered programming and services that support the emotional, intellectual, personal and ethical growth of the individual student.
The Director of Student Conduct & Grievances is the University Conduct Officer and is responsible for the management of the adjudication process for all academic and non-academic alleged violations of the Student Code of Conduct. The Director The director will also work to increase awareness within the campus community regarding ethics, self-advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, and civility.
This is a full-time 12 month position. The Director of Student Conduct reports directly to the Associate Dean of Students and supervises one administrative coordinator for the Office of Student Conduct.
Student Conduct
- Coordinate and adjudicate student cases of alleged violations of academic and non-academic policies
- Work closely with the Division of Student Affairs and the Department of Public Safety to investigate and adjudicate alleged residence hall violations and/or alleged violations of University Policies
- Develop and present educational programs and training materials for faculty, staff, students, and other stakeholders on topics such as academic integrity, professionalism, ethics, and the University conduct process. Implement and coordinate annual academic integrity week.
- Counsel individual students (both alleged offenders and victims) regarding their rights and responsibilities
- Effectively administer the Student Conduct Process by ensuring that all parties receive the necessary notices and documents in a timely manner, and by scheduling conduct meetings and hearings, notifying all participants, reserving space and audio-visual needs, reviewing all physical and/or documentary evidence that will be used at any hearing.
- Assist with local, state, and federal compliance requirements involving student conduct.
- Develop, implement, and monitor developmentally appropriate educational sanctions
- Develop and maintain necessary manuals, forms, procedures, and reports for conduct process
- Develop, recruit, and train appointed faculty, staff, and students as hearing board members, adjunct hearing officers, and /or conduct advisors.
- In consultation with the Department of Public Safety, report and compile annual crime statistics in accordance with the Clery Act.
- In consultation with the Dean of Students, and Faculty Senate, lead efforts to revise student conduct policies and align them with best practices
- Serve as a primary liaison for the student conduct database, Maxient. Responsible for training key users, reviewing systems, updating the system, and coordinating processes.
- Oversee database management and maintain files on all disciplinary cases. Track and monitor sanction completion through Maxient for students and student groups.
- Use Maxient for the purposes of reporting and tracking of all violations of the Student Conduct Policy and provide statistical reports and summaries for the office.
- Conduct disciplinary checks for eligibility verifications and for campus, employment, state, and federal agencies.
Student Grievances
- Oversee and coordinate the Student Grievance Process by working closely with academic affairs and each of the colleges to resolve informal and formal grievances by students.
- Complete in-take meetings with students and advise students of the grievance process.
- Effectively administer the Student Grievance Process by ensuring that all parties receive the necessary notices and documents in a timely manner, and by scheduling conduct meetings and hearings, notifying all participants, reserving space and audio-visual needs, reviewing all physical and/or documentary evidence that will be used at any hearing.
- Work with the Faculty Senate to review policies and procedures related to student grievances
Administration
- Collaborates with staff and key stakeholders to establish unit goals and procedures for assessing goal attainment. Ensures that unit goals are assessed at regular intervals and assessment findings are considered by appropriate stakeholders and used in ongoing planning. When appropriate, develops action plans that are based on assessment findings, consistent with unit, division and institutional missions, and linked to resources
- Train, supervise, and evaluate administrative coordinator for Office of Student Conduct
- Manage departmental budget and align resources with mission of office along with the strategic plans of Student Affairs and the University.
- Provide coverage for Dean of Student’s Office in management of student crises and participates in the on-call duty rotation
- Oversee editing and web publication of the Student Handbook
- Complete other duties as assigned by the Associate Dean of Students
- Serve on other University committees, including but not limited to, the Student Early Intervention Response Team (SEIRT), the Alcohol and Other Drugs Task Force (AOD), and the Incident Management Team (IMT)
- Participate in divisional and departmental programs, training sessions, and workshops
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
- Master’s degree in Educational Leadership, Student Affairs, Student Development, Psychology, Educational Psychology, or a related discipline
- 5 years of experience in Higher Education preferably related to Student Conduct
- Strong understanding of legal standards applicable to Student Conduct, including FERPA, confidentiality, the Higher Education Act, Title IX, the SaVE Act, and the Clery Act
- Demonstrated experience providing direct support for students at risk
- Demonstrated supervisory skills leading professional and administrative staff
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to serve the needs of a culturally diverse student population
- Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
- Strong organizational skills with an emphasis on detail
- Strong analytical skills including data gathering, analysis, assessment and evaluation, and evidence based planning
- Proficiency with databases and technology. Experience using Maxient is preferred
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USciences offers a wealth of opportunities for individuals seeking job, career and personal growth. Our campus community affords a wide range of faculty and staff positions that support our academic programs and students with many jobs similar to those found in private organizations.
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France
ERC Advanced Grant HisTochText / Ingénieur d’Etudes Microscopie
One-year position / Ingénieur d’études sous contrat à durée déterminée
Location: CRC du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris
Gross monthly salary: 2 305,51 €
The Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) is a large institution of higher education and research, member of the Comue Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL), and founding member of the Campus Condorcet project. The EPHE is established on several sites in France and French Polynesia.
MISSIONS
– 1 year contract in the framework of the ERC project “History of the Tocharian texts of the Pelliot collection”. This ERC project focuses on the study of Buddhist culture in the Kucha region of the Tarim Basin (present-day Xinjiang, China) in the second half of the 1st millennium CE. For this purpose, documents in Tocharian and in Sanskrit of the Pelliot Kuchean Collection, held in the French National Library (BNF), will be studied by both historians and linguists and physicochemists.
– Within this large project, the job consists in providing information on the manuscript material constituents in order to enhance the codicological knowledge of these documents and to help classify manuscripts by combining data from studying texts (linguistics, content of texts …) and from scientific results achieved by material analysis. To do this, should be identified: tree species for documents on wooden tablets and fibers for paper documents, using mainly optical and digital microscopy techniques. Digital microscopy could also provide additional information by observing the surface of documents.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
– She/He should Identify the materials (wood, paper) constituting the supports of manuscripts by microscopic techniques (optical, digital).
– She/He should Set up a non-invasive identification and analysis & testing protocol for wood and paper substrates by microscopy.
Analyzes on manuscripts shall be conducted at the BNF (Richelieu site) using transportable equipment (several weeks planned on site). Mission preparation and data processing will be done at the Centre de recherche sur la conservation (CRC) on the site of the Museum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris. At CRC, he / she will work under the responsibility of a research scientist in strong interaction with the various researchers of the laboratory involved in this project.
ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
– She/He should work in Multidisciplinary collaboration with physicochemists and historians specializing in manuscripts studies
– She/He should take part in international meetings
– She/He should write papers on research works
REQUISITE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge
– She/He should have a Good knowledge of plant anatomy and xylology,
– She/He should have a Good working knowledge of English and particularly in the scientific field
– Great interest in studying ancient manuscripts materials would be appreciated
Know-how
– Good knowledge in the identification of wood species, and possibly of paper fibers
– Strong knowledge or even mastering optical and digital microscopy techniques.
Soft skills
– She/He should be predisposed to working independently and showing initiative while at the same time working cooperatively within the research team, and collaborative working relationships;
– She/He should be aware of health and safety rules
REQUISITE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Initial training in sciences, graduated with a Master degree
With a Specialty in Plant Anatomy
Previous experience in the characterization of ancient manuscripts will be appreciated
For further information, please contact:
[email protected] , +33 1 40 79 53 18
HOW TO APPLY
If you want to apply, please email your resume and your letter of motivation to :
[email protected] (Principal Investigator)
[email protected] (Project manager)
[email protected] (Scientific partner – supervisor)
Masters Scholarships
Māori Electoral Option MA Thesis Scholarship
Value:
The scholarship covers stipend of $15,000, plus tuition fees for the thesis component
Tenure of award:
One year
Closing dates for applications:
15 November 2018
Number of awards offered:
One
History or background of award
An MA Scholarship is available for a thesis in the 2019 academic year, associated with the ‘Big Data Approach to the Problem of Electoral Turnout’, a Marsden-funded research project, under the supervision of Professor Jack Vowles. Taking a ‘big data’ approach, using marked electoral rolls indicating whether or not the 30,000 people sampled cast a vote, this research maps and seeks to explain stability and change in voting and not voting over two general elections and two local elections. The proposed research will analyse movement between the general and Māori rolls during 2018, using both the matched sample and the entire rolls before and after the change.
Purpose of award
Applications are sought from those who are eligible at the time of application, or who will have become eligible at the start of Trimester 2 the following year, to enrol for a Master’s degree by thesis worth 90 points or more. This will either be Part 2 of a two-year, 180 point Master of Political Science (MPols) degree (course code POLS595, 90 points) or a 120 point Master of Arts (MA) thesis in Political Science (course code POLS591).
Selection criteria
* Applicants would normally be expected to have completed a Bachelor’s degree or Honours or Master’s degree Part 1 in political science or an appropriate social science subject demonstrating academic achievement equivalent to a First-Class Honours degree from a New Zealand University.
* Applicants undertaking a 180-point Master’s degree may be eligible for this scholarship provided that they conduct the research under POLS595 (as a 90-point thesis).
* Scholarships will be awarded solely on the basis of academic merit.
* The research will require a willingness to engage with and analyse data, using various methods of quantitative analysis and experience in using statistical methods will be an advantage. Assistance in learning such skills, if required, will be available from the project research assistant in the first half of the year, and throughout from the supervisor.
How do students apply?
Regulations
Apply online
Decision makers
Professor Jack Vowles, Dr. Matthew Gibbons, Professor Jon Fraenkel.
What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?
Entry into MA or MPols programme
For guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact:
Position: The Scholarships Office
Organisation: Victoria University of Wellington
Address: PO Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 463 5557
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/study/student-finance/scholarships
Masters Scholarships
Vision Matauranga – Deep South Challenge Masters Scholarship (by Thesis)
Value:
Up to $20,000 ($15,000 stipend and a fees contribution of up to $5,000)
Tenure of award:
One year
Closing dates for applications:
15 November 2018
Number of awards offered:
Two
History or background of award
In collaboration with Victoria University, the VISION MĀTAURANGA science programme as part of the Deep South National Science Challenge, is offering two Masters Scholarships. The scholarships have been established to build cross-disciplinary research capability and capacity in global change studies to help meet the emerging demands of increasingly complex social, economic, political and bio-physical system changes facing Māori and wider Aotearoa/New Zealand society. Projects are sought that will contribute to the following four research themes:
Theme 1: Understanding climate change – linkages, pressure points and potential responses
Theme 2: Exploring adaptation options for Māori communities
Theme 3: Assistance to Māori businesses to aid decision-making and long-term sustainability
Theme 4: Products, services and systems derived from mātauranga Māori*
* Includes: Te Reo Māori and Tikanga Māori
Purpose of award
The scholarships have been established to build cross-disciplinary research capability and capacity in global change studies to help meet the emerging demands of increasingly complex social, economic, political and bio-physical system changes brought on by a warming climate facing Māori and wider Aotearoa/New Zealand society.
Applications are sought from those who are eligible at the time of application, or who will have become eligible within six months of notification, to enrol in a Master’s degree by thesis worth 90 points or more. In most cases this will be Part 2 of a two-year Master’s degree.
Selection criteria
Applications are sought from those who are eligible at the time of application, or who will have become eligible within six months of notification, to enrol in a Master’s degree by thesis worth 90 points or more. In most cases this will be Part 2 of a two-year Master’s degree.
– Applications are invited from New Zealanders of Māori descent
– You must be eligible to undertake an MA or MSc at Victoria University of Wellington
– You must be enrolled in a full-time study
– Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit
– A suitable university supervisor must be agreed prior to acceptance
– Proposed research should be feasible and applicable
– Study must commence within 6 months of receiving this scholarship
Applicants across the physical and social sciences are encouraged to apply.
How do students apply?
Scholarship applicants must contact the School in which they wish to enrol directly so that their research proposal and the feasibility of supervision can be assessed. Enrolling as a Master’s student and applying for a Scholarship are two separate processes. The holding of Scholarship is conditional upon the scholarship recipient gaining enrolment as a Master’s student.
Applicants, other than those who have completed all of their study at Victoria, must include a certified copy of their academic record from other institutions with this application.
Regulations
Apply online
Decision makers
Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit by the Deep South Challenge Kāhui Māori and the Science Leader for the Vision Mātauranga science programme.
How and when do students learn of the decision?
Once the Selection Committee has made a decision applicants will be notified by email of their results, and any feedback from the Committee. The scholarship will be paid in monthly instalments following completion of a 6-monthly progress report by the student.
What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?
Scholarship recipients will be expected to sign a Postgraduate Scholarship Contract.
Once the period of tenure of a scholarship has commenced, the Scholarships Committee may, at its sole discretion, grant a scholarship recipient a deferment of their scholarship for a period of up-to six months. In most cases such a deferment will coincide with a formal suspension from their enrolment in the Master’s degree.
A scholarship shall be terminated and the corresponding proportion of the scholarship emolument forfeited, if a scholarship recipient ceases to resume the aforesaid programme of research or advanced study within one month of the last day of the period of deferment.
Scholarship recipients shall be required to devote themselves full-time to their programme of research during the tenure of the scholarship and may not hold a position of employment without the approval of the Scholarships Committee. Approval may be given for scholarship recipients to undertake paid employment (usually tutoring) for up to a maximum of 600 hours in one calendar year.
Each scholarship recipient and his/her principal supervisor shall provide a quarterly progress report to the Scholarships Office six months after the commencement of the scholarship. Where progress is not satisfactory, the matter will be referred to the Scholarships Committee.
The Scholarships Committee may at any time suspend or terminate a scholarship, if the scholarship recipient is not diligently pursuing their programme of research, has violated the University Statute on Conduct, or has failed to comply with any of the terms and conditions on which the scholarship was awarded.
Who else has information about this award?
For more information about this award and the Vision Mātauranga programme of science please contact:
Associate Professor Sandy Morrison
Deep South Challenge Vision Mātauranga Science Leader
Email: [email protected]
For guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact:
Position: The Scholarships Office
Organisation: Victoria University of Wellington
Address: PO Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 463 5557
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/study/student-finance/scholarships