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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 > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%