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My colleagues and I often care for patients suffering from hallucinations, prophesying, and claiming to speak with God, among other symptoms—in mental health care, it’s sometimes very difficult to tell apart religious belief from mental illness…. Our conclusions frequently stem from the behaviors we see before us. Take an example of a man who walks into an emergency department, mumbling incoherently. He says he’s hearing voices in his head, but insists there’s nothing wrong with him. He hasn’t used any drugs or alcohol. If he were to be evaluated by mental health professionals, there’s a good chance he might be diagnosed with a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia. But what if that same man were deeply religious? What if his incomprehensible language was speaking in tongues?
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Post graduate scholarship to study rule of law, constitutionalism or governance
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
THE MASSMART SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
Massmart is a leading South African retailer. The organisation is committed to sustainable development, constitutional values and good political governance and seeks to establish a prestigious scholarship programme at the University of Cape Town.
Massmart intends that the Scholarship Programme will build up a consortium of excellent scholars/researchers who are already employed in public service, in national or provincial government, or in a constitutional statutory body and who will continue to work in their specific field following achievement of the required degree.
It is envisaged that the scholarship programme would enhance the professional career of the successful candidate, who would be required to register at the University of Cape Town in the Democratic Governance & Rights Unit (DGRU) for the LLM or MPhil degree, in order to study in the area of: (1) Rule of Law and Constitutionalism and/or (2) New Rights and Governance.
The scholarship is available to excellent South Africans who would register as specified above for either a full-time or a part-time academic degree programme. The terms of reference and conditions of award of the Massmart Partnership Scholarship programme are as follows:
Value: Full-Time Study
R100,000 per annum
Value: Part-Time Study
R25,000 per annum
Note: The successful candidate will be required to work at the Democratic Governance Rights Unit one day per week for 40 weeks of the year. Separate remuneration of R25,000 will be paid in respect of this employment.
Tenure; One or two years,depending on degree programme.
Conditions of Award:
Successful incumbents will be required to:
- comply with the Policies and processes surrounding postgraduate funding at the University of Cape Town
- enter in a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Cape Town’s DGRU. The MoU will set out the scholarship holder’s coursework requirements, research project and deliverables; the time-frame for completion in each case, and the required research outputs.
- provide the required bi-annual reports reflecting academic progress
- remain in the employ of her/his present employer for a minimum of 3 years following completion of the degree programme.
Application procedure.
- a full CV with details and proof of current employment
- original or certified copies of academic transcripts;
- two letters of reference from professional persons, at least one of which should be from any academic with whom the applicant has worked/been taught.
- a draft Research proposal setting out the areas of methodology and the time-frame for the specific phases of the research, both of which should be approved by the prospective supervisor.
APPLICATIONS SHOUD REACH PROFESSOR R CALLAND OF THE DGRU (Democratic Governance & Rights Unit) Public Law Department, Faculty of Law, UNIVERSTIY OF CAPE TOWN BY NO LATER THAN 25 FEBRUARY 2010
ENQUIRIES: 021 650 2011 Email: Richard.Calland@uct.ac.za
