The short course on ‘Research Methods and Skills’ (RSM) is being organized from 16 September 2013 to 11 December 2013 for a period of 82 days in the Netherlands by the Maastricht School of Management in collaboration with the Maastricht School of Management and the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance of the University of Maastricht.
The aim of the broader RMS course is to enable and prepare you to initiate, implement and write up research, whether it is for a research project, a dissertation or thesis, a paper, a journal article or for competitive intelligence purposes. Research is vital in academia, but also outside – eventually all decision-making whether in private business or government need to be evidence based, and hence will call for good research and a “scientific mindset”.
Academic institutions in developing countries in general face the need to strengthen research competencies and outputs, as the next frontier, after the improved educational delivery. Research competencies and skills are essential for the effective conduct of research and for ultimately for evidence-based decision-making, whether in business, government or international development organizations. Development of research competencies of academic staff is also an integral element of the process of the strengthening of faculty in higher education institutions. This is the more so, however, for junior academics, entering into position, as development of research competencies is inevitably linked to their career track. Although a limited part of the (junior) academic staff eventually may enroll into Doctoral study tracks, through international scholarship schemes, many need to be trained and facilitated outside these Doctoral tracks.
The RMS program will fill the gap for particular academic skills and will allow the kick-starting of research activities of (starting) academics and also of decision-makers in developing countries.
The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) is offering financial support for this short course to cover your costs of living, the costs of tuition fees, visas, travel, insurance and thesis research, as specified in the NFP Rules and Regulations for fellowship holders.
Admission information for this course is available at this link.
The deadline to apply for NFP is 29 January 2013. To know more about this fellowship programme, visit this link.
More training programmes at this link.
