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A SCHEME of Science and Literature Fellowships, modelled very closely after the pattern of the Fellowship Scheme of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has been organised in Owens College, Manchester. The Council propose, early in October next, to appoint to five Fellowships on the terms and conditions following:—1. The appointment will be made by the Council, after receiving a report from the Senate, not on the results of examination, but after consideration of documentary or other evidence furnished to them. 2. Application by persons desiring to hold these fellowships must be made, in writing, on or before October 1. fin his application the candidate should indicate the course of his previous reading and study, and his general purposes with reference to future work. 3. The candidate must give evidence of having received a sound and systematic education either in literature or in science, such as the possession of a degree of an English University, or a certificate from the authorities of an English School of Medicine or Science, of good repute, showing that he has passed through his curriculum with distinction, or, in default thereof, such other evidence as shall be satisfactory to the Council that he is qualified to prosecute some special study or investigation in the manner indicated in § 6. Finally, he should produce a satisfactory testimonial of character and conduct, and should give the names of not more than three persons from whom further information may be sought. 4. In the award of the Fellowships regard will be had to the pecuniary circumstances of the candidates... The value of each Fellowship will be 100l. for the academical year 1881–82. In case of resignation or other withdrawal from the Fellowship, payment will be made for the time during which the Fellowship may have been actually held. 6. Every holder of a Fellowship will be expected to devote his time to the prosecution of some special study, with the approval of the Council after receiving a report from the Senate; and before the close of the year to give evidence of progress by the preparation of a thesis, the delivery of a lecture, the completion of some research, or in some other method. He will study under the direction of the Professor of the subject in which he is appointed, and will be required to pay such fees as the Council shall in each case determine. 7. He may be called on by the Council, after report from the Senate, to render some service to the College, either as an occasional examiner or by giving instruction in lectures or otherwise, to students in the College-provided always that he shall not, during his tenure of the Fellowship, hold any regular or salaried post as Assistant Lecturer or Demonstrator in the College-but he may not engage in teaching elsewhere. 8. He must reside in Manchester during the academical year. 9. He may be re-appointed at the end of the Session for a second and, in like manner, for a third year. 10. Candidates are invited to apply for appointment in any one of the following nine departments:—(1) Classics; (2) English Language and Literature; (3) History; (4) Philosophy; (5) Pure Mathematics; (6) Applied Mathematics (including Engineering); (7) Physics; (8) Chemistry; (9) Biology (including Physiology).
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Fellowships at Owens College, Manchester . Nature 24, 254 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024254a0
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