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New Masters Scholarships in Cyber Security and Network and Internet Systems
The School of Computing and Communications are offerinng new scholarships in the following Masters schemes. We have scholarships available for both Home/EU students and Overseas students. Successful applicants will receive a reduction in the tuition fee to the value of £1,500 for UK and EU students, and £3,000 for overseas students.
The courses are:
MSc Network and Internet Systems
Applicants need to have applied for the course through the admissions portal and uploaded relevant supporting documentation.
In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must submit a short essay (maximum of 2 sides of A4) tackling the following question:
"The Internet has continued to evolve since its inception more than 30 years ago. Discuss how you see the Internet continuing to develop over the next 10 years, and consider the potential impact on the underlying networking technologies."
MSc in Cyber Security
Applicants need to have applied for the course
through the admissions portal and uploaded relevant supporting documentation.
In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must submit a short essay (maximum of 2 sides of A4) tackling the following question:
"What has been the most significant cyber security event in the last 5 years and why? Your answer should draw together research and public commentary in order to reinforce your reasoning."
The closing date for applications for both subjects is Wednesday June 6th. Please submit to scc-msc-enquiries@lancaster.ac.uk, as either an MS Word or PDF document.
For more details about the courses please see the links below.
Mon 30 April 2012
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