The Shanghai Municipal Government is offering up to 15 fellowships for the 2023 International Visiting Scholar Programme at the Shanghai Open University (SOU).
Since 2013, SOU has successfully run the International Visiting Scholar Programme each spring and/or autumn, with the participation of member universities and institutes of the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE), Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), and other organizations dedicated to advancing global cooperation between universities, institutions, and interested scholars through academic exchange.
Further details on the Scholarship is available at: https://iie.sou.edu.cn/ien/2023/0803/c9112a90996/page.htm
Degree level
Visiting Scholar Programme
Duration of the Programme
On site in Shanghai: 2 weeks from 16 to 27 October 2023
Deadlines
8 September 2023
Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2023
Who can apply?
The candidates for the programme:
- Must have relevant teaching and/or research experience in open and distance learning;
- Must possess a post graduate degree and have held the position of instructor or above in the home institution;
- Must be fluent in written and oral English;
- Must be in good health;
- Applicants who have administrative management experience , or who have been engaged in collaborative research with SOU, will be prioritized.
Fields of Study
Topics may include but are not restricted to
- The new opportunities and challenges in the pandemic era;
- Specialty construction and curriculum development in open and distance education - the specialty includes: preschool education, elderly care, public safety emergency management, art design, international Chinese language education and cultural dissemination;
- Promoting lifelong learning in higher education: from institutional strategies to practical implementation;
- The application of AI in education;
- Quality assurance and evaluation of open and distance learning (ODL);
- Teachers’ professional development related to ODL;
- Personalized service design for online learning in open and distance learning;
- The learning analysis in open and distance learning.
What the scholarship offers
SOU will provide the following for the fellowship:
- Hotel accommodation;
- Living expense allowance;
- Transportation within Shanghai during the two weeks), which is 250 RMB per day for the allowance before tax;
- Workspace with Wi Fi telephone and internet access.
All fellows are required to provide proof of health insurance during their entire stay.
Application process
Applications must be submitted online via the following link: application link
Applicants must and attach the following documents:
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Curriculum Vitae (candidates should have advanced English skills and hold a M.A degree or above);
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A research proposal for the fellowship programme: it could be a study on SOU practices, a comparative study between SOU and the applicants home institution, a proposal for future collaboration, etc;
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A professional letter of recommendation from the head of the home institution (President, Rector, Chancellor or Vice Chancellor);
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A recent photo (passport size) of the applicant;
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A scanned photo of the passport (for VISA application)
Contact
If you would like more information and have inquiries about this scholarship, you can contact the Institute of International Exchange of SOU Ms. Dorothy Tang via email at
Documents and links
SOU’s Institute of International Exchange ’s website
Note
Please note that this opportunity is not offered by the Department of Higher Education and Training. Applicants are required to undertake their own research into programmes and institutions and are responsible for ensuring that the qualifications will be recognised in South Africa by contacting the South African Qualifications Authority and the relevant professional bodies. If there are any discrepancies in the details provided, the information given by the sponsor supersedes the details provided above. No additional financial support will be provided by the Department of Higher Education and Training.
