International Summer School on Banking and Finance Law

ELSA Bucharest (The European Law Students' Association) is proud to bring to your attention the 2nd Edition of Banking and Finance Law - International Summer School, event which will take place during the 18th and 29th of July, 2010, in Brasov county, one of the most beautiful mountainous regions in Romania. 

Since the first BFL Summer School’s Academic Agenda was mainly based on litigation related aspects of Banking and Finance Law (including settlement of disputes within international financial institutions, international arbitration, enforcing of banking titles and debt recovery), this year’s ELSA Bucharest Summer School plans to shift the focus from conflict to compromise.

ISWinT 2010

Applications are now open for the 17th edition of the International Student Week in Timisoara that will take place between the 19th and 26th of July, 2010 in Timisoara, Romania.

"Closed Eyes, Open Mind” is the theme of this years festival. Nowadays we are surrounded by bright colors and technology which keeps us away from the important things in life. Join us and together we will cross the borders of imagination trying to close our eyes and open our minds.

ISWinT (International Students Week in Timisoara) is an international festival that gathers participants from all over the world each spring since 1994. The purpose of this festival is to give an opportunity to the students from different countries to communicate freely, to express their opinions, to interact in a better way, and debate on different themes.

Rhodes International Postgraduate Scholarships

The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate awards supporting exceptional all-round students at the University of Oxford. Established in the will of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, the Rhodes is the oldest and perhaps the most prestigious international graduate scholarship program in the world. A class of 82 Scholars is selected each year from Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica and Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Southern Africa (including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, and Swaziland), United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Intellectual excellence is required of Rhodes Scholars, but it is not enough to earn this outstanding educational opportunity. 

Rhodes’ vision in founding the Scholarship was to develop outstanding leaders who would be motivated to “esteem the performance of public duties as their highest aim.”

IES Liberty Summer Seminars 2010

In close partnership with Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace and Prosperity, Institute of Economic Studies - Europe is back again this year to offer you an opportunity to learn about classical liberal ideas, and explore them with insights from our faculty into the study of history, economics and philosphy. Join us this summer and benefit from intercultural and intellectual exchanges! Spend a week of great experiences, intercultural exchanges, discussing and thinking about freedom, learning from top professors and make new friends from all over the world.

Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies

The Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK), Singidunum University invites you to apply for the Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies. The 2010 Summer School will run on 20th -27th June and will take place at the facilities of the Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade.

The Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies provides a learning opportunity for students interested in study and analysis of societies in and post-conflict. Interdisciplinary in its nature, drawing from the fields of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, History, sociology and International Relations, the Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies will provide students with an interactive learning experience utilizing frontal lectures and class discussions focusing on comparative conflict analysis of difference case studies.

Festival of Young Journalists in Hrodna

The Centre for informational support of public initiatives “The Third Sector" in cooperation with Belarusian Association of Journalists is organising the second edition of the Festival of Young Journalists in Hrodna, Belarus, on May 22-23, 2010.

The organisers are expecting to have near 100 participants on the festival and will be glad to see also representatives of other youth media organizations members of the European Youth Press.

There is no participation fee. Third Sector will also cover the cost of living and meals. Travel expenses will not be covered.

The following events are planned to be conducted during the Festival:

Future of Europe and the Question of Islam

We are pleased to announce, on behalf of the Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe (EICEE), the Hudson Institute and the Kairos Journal, a major international conference - Vienna Forum 2010 on The Future of Europe and the Question of Islam. This international conference will take place at the headquarters of the Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe, in Vienna’s Castle Neuwaldegg, over the weekend of May 6-9, 2010. The previous meeting of The Vienna Forum, in May 2008, was a great success and drew a pool of distinguished international participants.

The conference will examine the political, economic, religious, philosophical and cultural questions surrounding the identity of Europe and the process of integrating Islam therein. The event will host many notable speakers among whom are H.S.H. Prince Hans Adams von Liechtenstein and former President of Spain Jose Maria Aznar.

14th International Culture Week in Pécs

The International Culture Week in Pécs (ICWiP) is one of the most popular annual youth cultural festivals organized in the City Pécs, Hungary. ICWiP has inspired more than 3000 young people from more than 80 countries during its 13 year-long history. Now you are invited, too. This year the festival will be held on 24 July - 1 August.

Its programme combines a summer school, different cultural and sport activities, and an inspiring festival with concerts, danceshows, and exhibitions.

The one-week-long summer visit to Pécs is not just a pile of workshops and enjoyable late night events. It is about building an international community of young, open-minded, ambitious people. The participants from previous years could all justify this statement.

Our aim is not just to gather the youth from all four corners of the world to Pécs, only to spend a week together and move home with the same social web they came with. Not only experiences are being exchanged here, but e-mail and postal adresses, phone numbers, even intimate secrets with newly acquired friends.

YouthActionNet Global Fellowship Program

The application for YouthActionNet Global Fellowship Program 2010 is now open! Launched in 2001 by the International Youth Foundation, YouthActionNet strengthens, supports, and celebrates the role of young people in leading positive change in their communities. Each year, 20 exceptional young social entrepreneurs are selected as YouthActionNet Global Fellows following a competitive application process. The year-long Fellowship program includes:

Skill-building:
• A seven-day leadership retreat for twenty selected Fellows which offers dynamic peer-to-peer learning, collaboration, and sharing among young visionaries
• Focus on the personal growth and leadership abilities of Fellows, in addition to providing instruction in specific skills required to manage innovative, world-changing organizations
• Year-round learning opportunities based on Fellows' individual needs and the six dimensions of leadership highlighted in the YouthActionNet® Global Curriculum: Personal, Visionary, Political, Collaborative, Organizational, and Societal.

New Europe Master in Banking and Entrepreneurship, Italy

New Europe Master in Banking and Entrepreneurship is a post-graduate program, sponsored and organized with the contribution of Fondazione Cassamarca and UniCredit Group since 2003, which aims to provide a technical and practical understanding of the European banking system and of the multifaceted relationships between banks and business communities. The objective of the program is to create new, highly qualified professionals with a command of the knowledge essential to bank and business management. 

The business school Master[BE] offers a successful method of studying the European banking system including the relationships between businesses and financial environments. The program concentrates mainly on two areas, banking and entrepreneurship, as these areas especially represent the most important factors in all economies. 

University of Southampton Scholarships for UK/EU and International Students

The University of Southampton is a truly international institution with a global reputation for excellence in leading-edge research. Students from more than 130 different nations study there and the network of university partnerships spans the globe. The university has a variety of programmes of study at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate (masters' and research) levels.

The university offers some subject-specific scholarships and bursaries to UK/EU and international students. In addition to these, many international organisations offer financial assistance. Eligibility criteria vary depending on the scholarship scheme.