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15 -19 March 2010. ICES-INASP AuthorAID Workshop
on Research Writing Skills
A Workshop titled “AuthorAid Research Writing
Skills” will be held by INASP (International Network for
Availability of Scientific Publications), in
collaboration with ICES from 15-19 March 2010 at Hotel
Tourmaline, Kandy, Sri Lanka. In August 2009, ICES
(Kandy office) submitted a proposal for a “Two-day
Workshop on Effective Proposal Writing” under PERii Mini
Activities for 2010 to INASP. This activity was approved
by INASP and included as a part of the “AuthorAid
Workshop on Research Writing Skills” which INASP will
hold in collaboration with ICES from 15-19 March 2010 at
Hotel Tourmaline, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Objectives of the workshop: • To improve the ability of
authors to communicate their research so that it is
acceptable to peer-reviewed journals • To enhance the
proposal writing skills of the NGO personnel and early
career researchers.
Please contact Kandy office for more information.
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| Vacancies at ICES |
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Positions with the following minimum
requirements are open currently at ICES.
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1. Program Coordinator – Relevant
experience or postgraduate qualification
2. Media & Publicity Officer –at least 2
years experience in relevant work
3. IT Officer/Manager – at least 2 years
experience in relevant work
4. Research Assistants
– University
Graduate
5. Translator (written)
– Sinhala
to English & Tamil to English and vice
versa
Please submit your CV (detailing your IT
knowledge as well) along with a cover letter,
explaining your interest, naming two referees
to:
Manager, Administration,
ICES, 2, Kynsey
Terrace, Colombo 8,
or by
email on or before Sunday, 28 February 2010.
Selection will be on a rolling basis, early
applicants will be considered from 25th
January onwards.
For more information:
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| Featured
Past Event |
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Future Security & Implications of the
PTA/ERs
in Post-War Sri Lanka
On 09th March 2010, The International Center for
Ethnic Studies held a roundtable discussion on the
Future Security & Implications of the PTA/ERs in
Post-War Sri Lanka. The roundtable was led by
Dr. Rohan Gunaratna
(Head, The
International Centre for Political Violence and
Terrorism Research, S. Rajaratnam School of
International Studies, Singapore),
Shanaka Jayasekara,
(Associate
Lecturer, Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter
Terrorism (PICT), Macquarie University, Sydney,
Australia) and
Dr. Deepika Udagama
(former
Head of Department, Faculty of Law, University of
Colombo). The discussion was well attended by all
sectors in society, including individuals from
government and non-governmental institutions as well as
the diplomatic community.
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Past Event |
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The 10th Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial
Lecture
The 10th
Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture was held on
Sunday, 26th July 2009, at BMICH Committee Room ‘A’ at
6:00 pm. The lecture was delivered by
Prof. Upendra Baxi,
Professor of Law in Development,
University of
Warwick.
The topic of the lecture was Rethinking Utopian
Legality with Neelan Tiruchelvam. Prof. Baxi also
conducted a workshop the Subasinghe Conference Room at
the Agrarian Research and Training Institute on
Saturday, July 25th at 9:30 am. The Topic of the
workshop was
Transformative Constitutionalism in Contemporary Sri
Lankan Conjuncture.
The Island serialised the lecture content July 29
- July 31, 2009.
This is linked below.
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