Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African Scholars 2013–2014 .(M.Sc. Security, Leadership and Society)

The programme seeks to nurture junior African Scholars interested in pursuing a career in Peace, Security & Development, and to equip them with the skills necessary to achieve this. Through taught courses as well as rigorous mentoring activities, the programme will accomplish the following objectives:

1. Increase the pool of African experts in the area of peace, security and development working to generate African-led ideas to address the security and development challenges on the continent.

2. Foster studies on Peace and Security issues within African institutions of higher learning, and ensure that academic institutions have better access to knowledge and expertise on these issues.

3. Inject skills within regional and national centres of excellence so that they can strengthen their research capacity on peace, security and development topics with independent and critical approaches.

4. Contribute to expertise on peace and security that is grounded in the pursuit of excellence and integrity.

• In order to be considered eligible, candidates must have citizenship in an

African country.

• Successful candidates must hold valid travel documents prior to acceptance.

• The competition is open only to junior faculty members based in universities in Africa from departments of political science; international relations; history, law, development studies, peace, security and conflict studies, and related departments.
• Candidates need to demonstrate an interest in pursuing careers in the field of Peace, Security and Development. Previous study or engagement with the issues of Security & Development is not required but

• Candidates must demonstrate a basic familiarity with these issues. Candidates must additionally be able to demonstrate that they are committed to contributing to work on peace and security in Africa.

• Candidates will be expected to have a clear plan on how to utilise knowl edge gained in the Fellowship up on returning to their countries and academic institutions.

• Candidates must be fluent in spoken and written English.

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate the following values during the application phase:

  Independent thinking;
  Integrity;
  Pursuit of excellence; and a value for all forms of diversity.

The Programme is divided into two phases:

Phase 1: The first phase consists of a 12-month training programme

based at King’s College London. This phase will comprise of regular group ment

oring sessions with renowned academics, policy analysts and practitioners as well as a taught Master’s programme in Security, Leadership and Society, which will be taught at King’s College London.

For a large part of this phase, Fellows will be based at King’s College London, with the African Leadership Centre (ALC) in London .

In addition Fellows will spend brief periods at the Africa Leadership Centre,

Nairobi and Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi,

where they will be required to undertake research and deliver research papers on peace, security and development in Africa.

Institutional Visits: During the 12- month period at King’s College London, Fellows will undertake visits within and outside the UK to academic, policy and resea

rch institutions working on issues of Peace, Security & Development

Phase 2:

For the second phase, Fellows will be attached to select partner universities in Africa, for a period of 6months. During this time Fellows will work as faculty members and contribute to academic and policy research among other activities.

This phase is designed to encourage the dissemination and exchange of ideas on the issues that were studied during the first phase of the programme.

During both phases, Fellows will have access to the programme’s network of mentors, in the form of regular group mentoring and training on key thematic issues. One-on-one mentoring sessions will also be encouraged, so as to help guide students through the programme.

Research Project :

Up on returning home to their universities after the attachment phase, Fellows will be expected to conduct a research project on a key aspect of Peace, Security & Development, and to produce a research report and a policy brief from their research .

These policy briefs will be published and disseminated amongst institutions of higher learning in the region. This phase of research and writing will last for 6 months.

1) Application to King’s College London :

Successful applicants will have the status of full time MS.c. students in Security, Leadership and Society . It is necessary for applicants to the Fellowship Programme to make individual successful applications to the M.Sc. Security, Leadership and Society by 17:00 hrs, Friday 19 April 2013.

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2) Student Visas : All international students at King’s College London will be subject to the immigration rules of the UK, which can be found on the King’s College London web page for obtaining student visas:

The offer of a place on the programme will be subject to successful candidates obtaining a student visa. Failure to obtain a visa to enter the UK automatically invalidates the offer of a place on the programme with no consequences to King’s College London.

Responsibility for processing all visa applications rests solely with successful candidates. The implementing organizations will provide necessary documentation as needed.

3) Expectant/Nursing mothers : Given the intense nature of the programme including its short phases in different locations as well as necessary extensive travel, successful applicants that are expectant or nursing mothers while enc ouraged to apply, will be advised to defer their admission to the programme.

4) Medical Exam : Successful applicants will be required to undergo medical examinations at recommended venues prior to taking up their positions.

5) Programme completion/Return to base : The programme will last a total of 18 months. During phases 1 and 2, Fellows will be expected to make full time commitment to the programme. It is a condition that successful candidates shall return to their base or home countries at the end of the programme.