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From: Willems,W <W.Wi...@lse.ac.uk>
Date: 9 January 2017 at 20:05
Subject: FW: new MSc/MA Double Degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and UCT) + scholarship opportunities for African students
To: "Willems,W" <W.Wi...@lse.ac.uk>
Cc: Wallace Chuma <wallac...@uct.ac.za>

Dear friends and colleagues,

Happy New Year to all of you!

We are excited to announce our new MSc/MA Double Degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and UCT). We are very pleased to have two scholarships available for African students to cover the costs of Year One in London at the LSE. Please find full details in the video and links below.

We would be grateful if you could kindly share these opportunities within your networks and/or with any suitable applicants. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and most of our programmes tend to close in the Spring period; early applications are strongly encouraged.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Warm regards,

Wendy Willems

LSE Programme Director, MSc/MA Double Degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and UCT)

Wallace Chuma

UCT Course Convenor, MSc/MA Double Degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and UCT)

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NEW: MSc/MA Double Degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and UCT)

Applications are now open for a new and unique two year programme which enables students to study for one year at LSE in London, the UK’s media capital, and one year at the University of Cape Town (UCT) – the top-ranked university on the African continent with close links to Cape Town’s media and film industry and NGO sector.

The MSc Double Degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and the University of Cape Town) aims to provide:

· critical exploration of mediation in the global context, examining processes of globalisation in relation to organisation, production, consumption and representation in media and communications;

· the opportunity to study a range of courses, flexibly tailoring the programme to develop specialist interests, culminating in an independent research project on a topic in global media and communications at LSE and a further dissertation or creative media production at UCT;

· preparation for high-level employment in media and communications related professions anywhere in the world;

· the opportunity to carry out an internship in Cape Town.

Students on this degree will be trained to examine the intersection of media and globalisation from an African vantage point. They will gain an understanding of global media and communications in an African context and African media and communications in a global context.

General information about the new programme:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/study/mscProgrammes/globalMedia/Home.aspx

Detailed course information about Year One at LSE:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/taughtMasters/collaborativeProgrammes/2017_MScGlobalMediaAndCommunications(withFudanOrUSCorUCT).htm

Detailed course information about Year Two at UCT:

http://www.cfms.uct.ac.za/msc-global-media-courses

How to apply:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/study/mscProgrammes/globalMedia/HowToApply.aspx

http://www.lse.ac.uk/study/graduate/enquirer/howToApply/HowToApplyForGraduateStudyVideo.aspx

Entry requirements:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/study/graduate/enquirer/entryRequirements/home.aspx

Financial support for all students:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/ScholarshipsLSE/MScApp/taughtMScprogrammes.aspx

Financial support for African students:

Two LSE Master’s Awards (LMA’s) are earmarked for African offer holders on the MSc double degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and UCT). Offer holders should be African residents and preference is given to students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The awards cover the first year of study at LSE, are means tested and up to the value of full fees and living costs at £1,200 per month. Please note that further announcements on financial support may be made, including regarding students’ second year in Cape Town:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/ScholarshipsLSE/MScApp/taughtMScprogrammes.aspx

Other LSE financial support for African students:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/africa/study/scholarships/scholarshipsHome.aspx

Other external financial support for African students (see links to country-based awards in column on the left):

http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/ScholarshipsLSE/MScApp/awards/Awards.aspx

For general enquiries about the admissions process, please email: me...@lse.ac.uk

For further details about LSE programme content, please contact Dr Wendy Willems, (w.wi...@lse.ac.uk)

For further details about UCT programme content, please contact Dr Wallace Chuma (wallac...@uct.ac.za)

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Wendy Willems (PhD)

Assistant Professor

Room TW3.7.01G