Scholarship

Middlesex University London is pleased to announce the  British Council MSc Scholarships for Women in STEM for the 2023/24 academic year.In partnership with the British Council, Middlesex University London is offering 5 fully funded scholarships for female  students studying on an eligible programme from the one of the countries list below.The Scholarships aim to support girls and women who are under-represented in STEM. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their financial need and how they would inspire future generations of women to pursue a career in STEM.Applicants should be from  East Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippnies, Thailand, Vietnam).

Fellowship

Middlesex University London is pleased to announce the  British Council Early Academic Fellowships for Women in STEM for the 2023/24 academic year.In partnership with the British Council, Middlesex University London is hosting 4.5 (12-month each) fully funded Fellowships for  female post-docs to join in one of the following research groups as a visiting scholar.The Fellowships aim to support girls and women from East Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam)  who have received their PhD within the last 12 months.

Eligible Courses

Department of Computer Science
MSc Data Science
MSc Computer Science
MSc Business Information Systems Management

Department of Design Engineering and Mathematics

MSc Engineering Management
MSc Intelligent Telecommunications Engineering
MSc Robotics

Research Groups

Department of Computer Science
AI in Medical applications, Machine Learning, Computer Vision
System verification, Model checking, formal methods, software engineering 
Software Engineering,Novel interaction technology and design, Data Visualization 
 
Department of Design Engineering and Mathematics

Digital Twinning, 5G/6G Systems

Elligibility for Scholarship

To apply for a British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM, you must

Elligibility for Fellowship

To apply for a British Council Fellowships for Women in STEM, you must

How to apply for Scholarship 

Step 1:  Apply an MSc Course Here  (if you haven't done so yet)
Step 2: Submit  an application form either using an online  Scholarship Application Form  or  Download the WORD Form
The deadline to apply is 23 April 2023  whereby the intervewing is expected to take place between 5-12 May 2023.

What is included in the Fellowship?

What is included in the Scholarships?

How many scholarships are available?

There are  12-month five scholarships available in total.

Personal D​​​ata

You must agree for your personal data to be shared with the British Council, who will be jointly responsible with Middlesex University London for allocating the Fellowships.

Please email any team members  STEMScholarships@mdx.ac.uk  with "Women in STEMas the subject header if you have any question.

Questions

How to apply for Fellowship 

You can apply by completing either an online Scholarship Application Form  or Download the WORD Form  and email to STEMScholarships@mdx.ac.uk The deadline to apply for the scholarship is 31 May 2023  whereby the interviewing is expected to take place between 12-16  June 2023.

What is included in the Fellowship?

How many scholarships are available?

There are  four  12-month and one 6-month Fellowships available in total.

Personal D​​​ata

You must agree for your personal data to be shared with the British Council, who will be jointly responsible with Middlesex University London for allocating the Fellowships.

Please email any team members  STEMScholarships@mdx.ac.uk  with "Women in STEMas the subject header if you have any question.

Questions

Scholars 2022-23 cohort 

Eva 
Chowdhury

Studying 
MSc Computer Science

Irha 
Parishei

Studying 
MSc Business Information Systems Management

Geeta
Thapa

Studying 
MSc Data Science

Krishnapriya 
Radhakrishnan

Studying 
MSc Computer Science

Gul 
Afshana

Start in Jan 2023
MSc Robotics 

Scholars 2023-24 cohort 

Thu Thao 
LE

Studying 
MSc Data Science

Maria Rosa Elena 
Agulto

Studying 
MSc Engineering Management

Thi Hong Nhung 
Nguyen

Studying 
MSc Data Science

Stephanie Mayling 
Cheong

Studying 
MSc Robotics

Jennifer Angelina Dhalimartono

Studying 
MSc Data Science

Tran Phuoc Thinh 
Nguyen

Studying 
MSc Computer Science

Team

Prof Franco Raimondi

Prof Xiaohong Gao

Dr Serengul Smith

Dr Kelly Androutsopoulos

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Photos with Scholars

TEAM

FRANCO RAIM​ON​DI

Prof. RaimondI is the Head of CS and an expert on formal methods. He was the recipient of Amazon Fellowship (2018-2020) on data security. 

XIAOHONG GAO

Prof. Gao was a coordinator for an EU FP7 funded project (WIDTH 2011-2014) for a Marie-Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) with 11 partners from both Europe and Asia, involving training and networking early-stage researchers. She has examined 5 PhD theses for South Asia cohort (2008-2021) and was an external examiner for an MSc programme at the University of Mauritius in Mauritius (2019-2021). Three of 6 PhD students she is currently supervising/co-supervising are females with two coming from the South Asia cohort. 

KELLY ANDROUTSOPOULOS 

Dr. Androutsopoulos (TR03) is a Senior Lecturer and specializes in static analysis algorithms, finite state machines and software engineering. She is a recipient of a prestigious award (CAPE) from Advance HE for supporting students with mixed learning ability and has experience supervising both Erasmus Traineeship and KTP grants. She is the founder and the leader of Women in Computing group and has led female students participating in a number of national events (two received People’s Choice Award at the BCS Lovelace Colloquium). She is also in charge of running annual Employability lecture series at Middlesex. 

SERENGUL SMITH

Dr. Smith is an Associate Professor and specializes in Human Computer Interface and User Experience Design. She is currently director of Computer Science undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, e.g. Computer Science and Data Science MSc programmes. She is the module leader on Postgraduate Work Experience and responsible for allocating students to find a placement and has rich experiment in providing advice on students’ future careers. 

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