General: Scholarship instalments

Dear all,

Ms Stanton has just emailed me this very important notice regarding our scholarship instalments:

You currently have two months' worth of scholarship money in your account (around 2500€) for the months of September and October.

 

From November, the scholarship will be paid monthly (1 252.60€ / month) around the middle of every calendar month (i.e. mid-November, mid-December etc.) until the last payment of this 2008-2009 academic year in mid-June.

 

Should you do have any questions regarding bank issues, please do not hesitate to contact Natacha BEAUGRAND: natacha.beaugrand@bnpparibas.com as she will be more than happy to help, but please write in French if you do contact her.

Lisbon Guide (5 of 9): Academic Matters

LISBOA 

An informal guide by & for Erasmus Mundus students 

Collaborators: Alessandra Gallerano

Becky Chen 

Izabela Araújo

Lorenza Tiberi

ACADEMIC MATTERS   

 

You do not have to deal a lot with the secretariat, but mostly with the Erasmus Office (7th floor, right hand side, Torre A). Bear in mind that the office is open from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:00 and in the afternoon from 14:30 to 16:30. Sometimes the ladies are still in the office after the opening hours, but try to avoid talking to them unless you are in a big trouble. Please remember that once you come to Lisbon you will need a huge amount of passport photos: 

@ 1 for the student card

@ 2 for the library card 

@ 1 for the university residence 

@ 1 for the monthly metro pass 

@ 1 for the Cartão Jovem (a card for those under 26 which gives a lot of discounts in bookshops, shops, train tickets etc. it’s sold at the post office). 

@ All the associations (culture, sports, etc) require a photo of you. 

ABOUT EMA 

If you haven’t heard about EMA yet, this is the right time for you to get to know them! EMA is the Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association, that is, an association composed by EMA students and alumni from all EM masters courses, not only from Crossways. It’s more than 80 masters courses! EMA acts on behalf of our interests so if you don’t know anything about it yet, go to www.em-a.eu and find out more! There you will see information about EMA as well as a big community of students and alumni where you will find job ads, house hunting tips, blogs, and much more. 

EMA also has regional chapters that are intended to assist specific problems of students and alumni who come from certain regions. So far there are three active chapters: Latin American Chapter, Chinese Chapter, and Indian Chapter. If you are a national from one of these regions, write an email to ask for more information and join the fantastic work they have been doing! If you are not from one of these regions, don’t worry, thereare many more chapters to come! Keep an eye on the newsletters you receive from EMA for more information! 

@ Latin American Chapter: info@ema-la.eu. Website coming soon!  

@ Chinese Chapter: www.em-a.eu  

@ Indian Chapter: Vijita Aggarwal vijitaaggarwal@yahoo.com 

For the Guide's next section, please click here.

General: Amendment for dissertation extension request procedure

by Anuradha Choudry  

Just a quick reminder for the 1sst year students who have to submit the dissertation by 20 October. If you want to ask for an extension to 20 December you have to do it by 20 September. Cheryl said that we have to send copies of the letters to the following people:

 

You should send the letter to both of your supervisors,

to Dr Gustavo SAN ROMAN   gfsr@st-and.ac.uk and

to Dr Henriette PRATZSCH in St Andrews hamp2@st-andrews.ac.uk