The British Council is opening a call for participants for its Seminar on Chilean Priorities for Human Capital Development which will take place in Santiago on the 22nd of March, 2018. The objective of the seminar is to be able to showcase specific research that has been developed by UK universities or research groups in the priority areas mentioned below, as well as postgraduate programmes in these areas. The Seminar will be focused on attracting future Chilean scholarship holders and to invite them to choose the UK to pursue their studies. British Council will cover the following items for people selected to participate in the Seminar:
- Flights: UK – Chile – UK. (leaving UK on Tuesday March 20th and returning on Friday March 23rd)
- Travel insurance
- Accommodation in Santiago (two nights in a hotel).
- Local transport from Santiago airport to hotel and hotel to airport in Santiago.
- Total allowance of 82,000CLP to cover any local expenses (to be given in cash in Santiago).
Background The UK currently holds the exclusive position of being the number one destination for “Becas Chile” scholarship holders. The trend of choosing the UK as destination country to pursue further education abroad has been favourable for the UK, surpassing countries such as the US or Spain in the last few years. Being able to continue to advance this trend is of great importance for the British Council in Chile. Last year CONICYT announced that a percentage of the scholarships they distribute through "Becas Chile" at the Masters level would be aimed towards the following areas for 2018:
- Water resources, more specifically technological development for water management in agriculture; water economics and planning (social, cultural and administrative aspects of water management); comprehension of water processes and its relation with the ecosystem; and technological development for the mining, sanitation and industrial sector.
- Resilience towards natural disasters, more specifically: new technologies in materials and equipment; risk evaluation capacities; methodologies and models to assess threats; design and implement monitoring and alert systems; and community resilience and vital lines.
- Digital transformation, more specifically: scientific computing; data science; cloud computing; cybersecurity; cyber-physical system; and the social and human dimensions of digital transformation.
Considering that the Seminar will be focused towards sharing specific masters and research areas from the UK related to the areas described above, the participant applying to attend should have a key role in the degree they are promoting – either as a professor, researcher or director. The Seminar will not be limited to recruiting future students, but rather sharing programmes and areas of research the university is promoting in areas related to those prioritised by Chile. The participant should not belong to the department in charge of recruiting international students. More information about the profile of participants can be found in the accompanying pdf. Applications have to be sent before Sunday 25th of February to the following email address: education@britishcouncil.cl
We are accepting applications to take part in the Seminar until 25 February. Applications have to contain the following:
- CV of speaker to attend Seminar
- Invitation to bid - Annex (template attached to this posting)
- Copy of passport (page with picture and information)
Applications have to be sent before Sunday 25th of February to the following email address: education@britishcouncil.cl Any questions regarding this invitation to bid should be sent to the same email address. Successful applicants will be informed during the week of the 26th of February.