SCRIPT Scholarships: The SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law offers two scholarships for students wishing to pursue one of the following programmes:

• LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Medical Law and Ethics (Distance Learning)
• LLM Intellectual Property Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Information Technology Law (Distance Learning)

Scholarship amount: £3,000 each.

Award Criteria

Awards will be based on a short paper (up to 1500 words including footnotes) on following topic:

Critically assess an example of how technological innovation (eg. in medicine, IT, intellectual property, forensics) impacts on the law, and vice versa.

Your paper must be your own original work, and you should not have used it in any other context. It will be judged on its academic merit.

At least two members of the academic staff will assess the paper independently (double blind), and in case of dispute will refer the paper to a third member/party.

The first award is open to applicants from around the world. The second award is open specifically to assist students from developing countries.

A developing country shall be considered any country classified as a low income economy by the World Bank.

Applications for the scholarship must be submitted to clare.neilson[at]ed.ac.uk by 31st July.

For more information, see: SCRIPT Scholarships – Distance Learning Website

SCRIPT Scholarships: The SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law offers two scholarships for students wishing to pursue one of the following programmes:

• LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Medical Law and Ethics (Distance Learning)
• LLM Intellectual Property Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Information Technology Law (Distance Learning)

Scholarship amount: £3,000 each.

Award Criteria

Awards will be based on a short paper (up to 1500 words including footnotes) on following topic:

Critically assess an example of how technological innovation (eg. in medicine, IT, intellectual property, forensics) impacts on the law, and vice versa.

Your paper must be your own original work, and you should not have used it in any other context. It will be judged on its academic merit.

At least two members of the academic staff will assess the paper independently (double blind), and in case of dispute will refer the paper to a third member/party.

The first award is open to applicants from around the world. The second award is open specifically to assist students from developing countries.

A developing country shall be considered any country classified as a low income economy by the World Bank.

Applications for the scholarship must be submitted to clare.neilson[at]ed.ac.uk by 31st July.

For more information, see: SCRIPT Scholarships – Distance Learning Website

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Intellectual Property and Technology Law Scholarships: The SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law offers scholarships for students wishing to pursue one of the following Distance Learning programmes:

• LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law
• LLM Medical Law
• LLM Intellectual Property Law
• LLM Information Technology Law

Award Application Eligibility Criteria:

Awards will be based on a short paper (up to 1500 words including footnotes) on following topic:

• Critically assess an example of how technological innovation (for example; in medicine, IT, music distribution, forensics) impacts on the law, and vice versa.

Your paper must be your own original work, and you should not have used it in any other context.

It will be judged on its academic merit.

Please use the coversheet provided.

To be considered for the award, you must first complete the application process for entry to the LL.M in Innovation, Technology and the Law (distance learning).

Deadline: 31st July each year.

Applications for the scholarship must be submitted to: llm.distance [at] ed.ac.uk.

For further information and to download the coversheet, see: Intellectual Property and Technology Law Scholarships Website

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Our reporters walked on the streets of Kampala and randomly asked Ugandans what they think about the anticipated war betweenIranandAmerica. Many of the respondents wishedIranto defeat America.

Sheikh Mohammad Musa of Kibuli Mosque says that a chance has come for Americato be challenged militarily and technologically. Sheikh Musa condemns America for being behind human loses inRwanda, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan among other countries. He wished its downfall. Another Ugandan Denis Matovu, a Christian and a trader on Kampala streets was no different from Mohammad Musa who was a Muslim.

He says that many people in the world are not happy with America’s negative plans on other countries. Matovu says that Americait seems is not happy with Iran’s progress in science and technology. It should also be noted that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his predecessor Akbar Rafsanjani are good friends of president Museveni and the ruling party in Uganda, the National Resistance Movement.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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