Dear Mr. Lotfi,
I like to subscribe in this site and receive the bulletin. My email is:
[log in to unmask]
Sincerely,
Masomeh Shambayati
Tehran - Iran

----- Original Message -----
From: Lutfi,AA (pgr) <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 4:15 PM
Subject: SSN


> Dear All,
>
> I have been following up with interest the exchanges taking place at the
> mail list for some time now.  It occurred to me that it might be of
interest
> to you to have access to an exciting, and absolutely FREE, source of
> information on funding opportunities for postgraduate students and
> researchers in Social Sciences.  This is the Student Support Network (SSN)
> which, among other activities, produces a bulletin containing the most
> up-to-date information available.
>
> What is it?
> The bulletin--which is distributed by email to all SSN members--covers,
> primarily, funding issues for postgraduate students.  Information about
> scholarships, awards, prizes, fellowships, research funding, post-doctoral
> opportunities and similar forms of financial aid for students and
> researchers world-wide is being made available to postgraduate students,
and
> others, through the SSN bulletin.  What this means is that it has a very
> keen readership that is increasing on a daily basis.
>
> Subjects covered:
> Although funding for students of International Relations, broadly defined,
> attracts a lot of interest and thus determines the scope of a considerable
> sector of the funding opportunities SSN covers, we cater for a diverse
group
> of subjects that span all areas of Social Sciences, including area
studies.
> Like students of Middle Eastern Politics, those concerned with
Globalisation
> studies or law will find SSN equally useful.
>
> Target Audience:
> Targeting postgraduate students, SSN caters for the interests of a wide
> range of readership in which University Professors, Researchers,
> Professionals and others are represented.  While the majority of our
readers
> are postgraduate students, the second largest group are University
Teachers.
> The third category includes researchers, while the smallest group include
> professionals who have just started a career, or are in the process of
> returning to higher education.
>
> Audience Distribution and Numbers:
> Within the LSE alone, the SSN reaches almost every postgraduate student at
> the levels of Diploma, MA, MSc and PhD, as well as a considerable number
of
> staff.  Although as a matter of policy, we do not disclose the exact
> statistics of our readership, it is safe to say that we reach several
> thousand readers an average of four times a week and that everytime SSN
> transmits a new issue of its bulletin, we receive new requests for
> subscription.  Currently, other universities are in the process of
> advertising the SSN to their students who are, in turn, signing up.  The
> indicators have shown that in less than one year, SSN readership has
> increased by 300%.  We expect further and steady increase as we are now
> expanding into new geographic areas.  Indeed, in addition to students at a
> significant number of British Universities, SSN reaches postgraduate
> students at universities in Cyprus, Brazil, USA, Japan, Turkey, Japan,
Saudi
> Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Bangladesh (to name but
a
> few).
>
> Final Word:
> In the coming months, SSN will be launching its own website, the access to
> which will be granted for all its readers.
>
> I would be glad to respond to any queries or requests for information you
> might have.  Should you be interested, I will be glad to forward to you
some
> samples of the SSN bulletin to give you an idea of why our readers remain
> keen on us.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you with regard to making use of our
bulletin
> for the benefit of your students much in the same way we are for other
> institutions.  Those wishing to subscribe can email me at
> <[log in to unmask]>.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Ahmad Lutfi, MA
>
> D710 Clement House
> Department of International Relations
> London School of Economics & Political Science
> Houghton Street
> London WC2A 2AE
>
> Office Tel: 00 44 (0)20 7955 6188
> Office Fax: 00 44 (0)20 7955 7438
> Office E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Mobile: 00 44 (0)78 1844 1537
> Messages:   00 44 (0)79 0116 6975
>




%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%