GUIDELINES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS

5. Referees
At least two letters from two different academic referees, individually enclosed
in envelopes, sealed and signed across the back flap of the envelope by the recommender

6. Draft for your personal learning agreement
Applicants must provide brief statements demonstrating their motivation for applying to the MA LLL.
7. First and second semester
Applicants must choose to spend the first year of the MA LLL in either London or Copenhagen.
The MA LLL Consortium will seek to satisfy applicants’ preferences, but cannot guarantee admission to scholarship applicants’ institution of choice.
8. Academic qualification essay (N.B. handwritten qualification essays will not be accepted)
Academic qualification essay which should be between 2500-3000 words in length on a topic related to policy or management in the context of lifelong learning
The qualification essay must be your own work written in your own words. All sources (books, journals, websites etc.) referred to or from which you have quoted or received a substantial amount of information relevant to your qualification essay must be listed in a section at the end of your essay.
9. English-language proficiency
All applicants are required to have a recognised qualification in English (IELTS or TOEFL). A recognised qualification is either an overall score of at least 7.0 in Academic IELTS with a minimum score of 6.5 for reading and of 6.0 for writing; or a score of 650 in TOEFL (280 in the computerised test; 114-115 in the internet-based test). IELTS test report forms should be sent directly from the test centre to the MA LLL Consortium Office.
Relevant links: www.ielts.org www.toefl.org
Applicants who are unable to provide evidence of English-language proficiency in the form of an IELTS or TOEFL test by the stated deadline (31 December 2008), should indicate the date when the required documentation will be provided.

Applicants who do not fulfil the above-stated English language requirements may be admitted to the MA LLL on the condition that they complete a course, including a test, in English for academic purposes at their own expense. This applies to applicants who marginally fail to fulfil the required English-language test score. Applicants whose test score is significantly below the above-stated requirements will not be admitted to the MA LLL.

Alternative evidence of English language proficiency – degrees
First degrees obtained in a country where English is the official language by applicants for whom English is not their official language (mother tongue) may be accepted in lieu of the approved IELTS/TOEFL score. However, such degrees should have been obtained in the recent past (i.e. within four years of the proposed date of admission to the European Masters in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management). Acceptance is based on an individual assessment.

SELECTION RESULT
All grantees will be contacted directly when the European Commission has given final approval.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, applicants should contact Anne Mette Rasmussen at the MA LLL Consortium Office at the Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus:

Telephone: (+45) 8888 9445 Fax: (+45) 8888 9702 Email:malll@dpu.dk