We can't promise the warm climate and the beaches of Banjul, but we
can promise a warm welcome and the towering peaks of Man. United's
stadium.

IDPM, at the University of Manchester, UK, hosts a number of Gambian
study fellows every year and provides them with career development
opportunities including:

* Short professional development training
* One-year Masters programmes
* PhD programmes

Training programme areas include:
>>> Human resource management and development
>>> Computing and information systems
>>> Public management
>>> Social development
>>> Rural development and poverty alleviation
>>> Industrial development
>>> Environmental impact assessment
>>> NGO management and development
>>> Development finance
>>> Organisational change management

Full details plus application forms can be obtained from our Web site:
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm

The Web site also includes:
>>> Details of potential sponsors
>>> Online reports on management and development
>>> Links to other development and management pages

To receive details of new training opportunities and online reports as
they become available, please use our Web site registration page:
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/register.htm

And for those back home: watch out for us in the Gambia - some of our
courses visit every year for fieldwork!

We look forward to seeing you
Richard Heeks

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Dr Richard Heeks
Senior Lecturer, Information Systems & Development
Institute for Development Policy & Management
University of Manchester
Precinct Centre
Manchester  M13 9GH  U.K.
Phone: +44-161-275-2870  Fax: +44-161-273-8829
Email: [log in to unmask]
IDPM Web: http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm
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