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GraSPP signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>MA-level\u00a0<\/span>double degree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>programme,\u00a0<\/span>effective immediately,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with the Department of War Studies, King\u2019s College London (KCL), a globally recognized programme on war studies based in London, the United Kingdom. GraSPP\u00a0<\/span>and KCL will administer\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>MA-level double degree programme, which is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>de<\/span>signed to enhance educational opportunities at the graduate level,<\/span> adding to\u00a0the\u00a0existing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions to enhance knowledge<\/span>–<\/span>sharing and joint<\/span>–<\/span>research activities of mutual interest through PhD-level student and faculty exchanges. For GraSPP, this is a new addition to a range of double-degree\u00a0programmes\u00a0existing with\u00a05<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>universities belonging to\u00a0the\u00a0Global\u00a0Public Policy Network, GPPN<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The double-degree agreement with KCL,\u00a0the first<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for GraSPP\u00a0that is\u00a0focused on the field of international security, will further internationalize and\u00a0invigorate\u00a0its research and education on international security\u00a0affairs. Recruitment of double-degree students will\u00a0begin<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in Fall 2021.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n KCL was ranked\u00a0<\/span>35t<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021)<\/span>, and<\/span>\u00a0its war studies\u00a0<\/span>programme<\/span>\u00a0is especially\u00a0<\/span>internationally\u00a0<\/span>renowned, with\u00a0<\/span>14 concentrations and\u00a0<\/span>a distinguished<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>teaching\u00a0<\/span>faculty\u00a0<\/span>of 95.\u00a0<\/span>Its research has\u00a0<\/span>long provided<\/span>\u00a0intellectual backbone for policy makers and practitioners in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>UK\/Europe<\/span>\u00a0and globally\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>international foreign and def<\/span>ence<\/span>\u00a0policies.\u00a0<\/span>In the signing ceremony held on 7 July 2021, Dr. ‘Funmi\u00a0<\/span>Olonisakin<\/span>\u00a0mentioned that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>KCL<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>programme<\/span>\u00a0is already highly international<\/span>\u00a0by design<\/span>, and the double degree\u00a0<\/span>programme<\/span>\u00a0with GraSPP will\u00a0<\/span>further enhance that tradition to bring it in tune with the heightening importance of Asia.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Professor \u2018Fumni Olonisakin and Professor Hiroshi Ohashi<\/p><\/div>\n Professor Hiroshi Ohashi and Professor Frans Berkhout<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GraSPP signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for\u00a0an\u00a0MA-level\u00a0double degree\u00a0programme,\u00a0effective immediately,\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[206],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-30716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-study-abroad","mppip-tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30716"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-07-at-10.35.53-261x300.png\")
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