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<b>Sent:</b> 27 November 2012 05:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Barend Erasmus; Ed Witkowski; tina.fatti@gmail.com; colleen.cluett@gmail.com; samalamanam@gmail.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Masters opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:[mailto:georgina.cundill@gmail.com]">[mailto:georgina.cundill@gmail.com]</a>
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<b>Sent:</b> 19 November 2012 10:36<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:POFarrell@csir.co.za">POFarrell@csir.co.za</a>; Christo Fabricius;
<a href="mailto:LDziba@csir.co.za">LDziba@csir.co.za</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Bianca.currie@nmmu.ac.za">Bianca.currie@nmmu.ac.za</a>; Oonsie Biggs; Belinda Reyers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> masters opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I hope that you are all well. Please could you circulate the Masters opportunity below to any students you think might be interested in working in
the Eastern Cape?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black">Scholarship: R80 000 for two years, plus fieldwork expenses covered<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black">Contact: Dr. Georgina Cundill, g.cundill(at)ru.ac.za<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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