Job Description: A number of awards of £2,000 and £3, 000 are available for students who have been made an offer to student on the taught Masters courses at Warwick HRI (School of Life Sciences) in the following programmes:

MSc Plant Bioscience for Crop Production
MSc Food Security
MSc Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century
MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate
Students must be in receipt of an offer to study one of the mentioned MSc courses at the University of Warwick before applying for the opportunity .

Students must submit an essay (1,000 word maximum) on the topic requested.
Scholarship applicants for the MSc Plant Bioscience for Crop Production, MSc Food Security and MSc Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century courses are asked to submit an essay on the following topic: “Production of fresh, green food is a global business. Describe and discuss changes you expect to see in the agribusiness world over the next 10 years.” Scholarship applicants for the MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate course should submit an essay to address the following question: “How will future climate change impact on competing land uses for the provision of food, energy, biodiversity and ecosystem services?”

Applicants should email [email protected] to indicate that they wish to be considered for the opportunity , attaching their essay for consideration. The closing date for the competition is 30 June 2010. Applicants will be notified of the outcome shortly after this date.

Departmental contact: Mrs Denny Croft, MSc Teaching Co-ordinator.

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +44 (0)24 7657 4995

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