Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Study and Research in the UK, January 19, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Research Commons, Allen Library

The Office of Merit Scholarships is offering a workshop to provide UW students with information about the opportunities for research and study in the United Kingdom, as well as the various funding opportunities that would support that work. Invited are UW Faculty, Graduate Students who have experience with study and/or research opportunities in the UK. It is our hope to provide participants with a perspective of higher education opportunities in this part of the world. Although the forum will be oriented towards the sciences, we will include information about opportunities available in the humanities and the social sciences.

The Panel will include the following:
Peter C. Patrikis, Executive Director, Winston Churchill Foundation
Churchill College, University of Cambridge

Malia Fullerton, Assistant Professor, Bioethics and Humanities
D.Phil, Human Population Genetics, University of Oxford,

Peter Rhines, Professor, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences
Ph.D, Oceanography, University of Cambridge,

William Mari, UW Graduate Student, Communication
MPhil, History, University of Cambridge

Andrew Woolley, UW Fulbright Graduate Student, Social Work
University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK