Wednesday, April 11, 2007

For All You Anti-Zionists Out There

Here's something for all you lurkers:-

The Olive Tree Scheme recruitment for 2007/8 - 2010 class.

The Olive Tree, in a nutshell, is a British scheme offering full BA and BSc scholarships at City University, London, to 12 Israelis and Palestinians. The scholarhips include: 3 years of tuition fees; 6 flights; full accomodation costs (1st year in dormitories, 2nd and 3rd year in flats in London); and bursaries of £250 to £375 a month. I know I have grumbled to all of you about the program's political and academic weaknesses, and some of them still stand; however, first, it's a matter of taste and personal ambitions, and second, the program had been been continually improving in the past two years, and it looks like its set to become better with each new group.

City University is considered to be a good place to study business studies, engeneering and some of the social sciences. It's not bad for law studies; and it also has a new International Politics department, and it's building a new Journalism school. The BA Journalism courses are in my experience very un-critical and sometimes even "dumbed down", but they give you some valuable skills and City is extremely well connected in the British media industry.

Please pass this info around to potential scholars, or even post it on your website. Don't hestitate to contact me or the Olive Tree office with questions.

Best,

Dimi Reider
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Olive Tree Educational Trust have started recruiting scholars for September 2007 intake. I have attached application form and guidance notes for your perusal. Please read Guidance Notes carefully before attempting to fill in the application form.

Please consult our website if you have any queries about the programme or application procedure. Please email me on olivetree@city.ac.uk if you cannot find an answer on the site.

I will e-mail you to confirm receipt of your application.

The closing date for receipt of applications for the 2007 scholarship scheme is 11 May 2007.

Kind regards,

Diana McIlroy
Olive Tree Educational Trust
Vice-Chancellor's Office
City University
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7040 4112
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7040 8656

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