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A pipeline has been launched for The Provision of Academic Support to the Royal College of Defence StudiesThe contract start Date is 01 August 2017. Approach to market date is 21 February 2017.The Provision of Academic Support to the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) requirement will support a 3 x eleven-month courses at post-graduate level in international strategic studies with the possibility of a further, single option year. It focuses on security, stability and prosperity at the grand strategic level of governmental decisions, both nationally and within the international community. The course follows the academic year, running from September to July. The Members (as students are called), predominantly but not only from military backgrounds, represent a broad experience base and are selected for their potential to reach the highest ranks of senior leadership and advisory posts in their own countries. The focus of study on the course is practical rather than theoretical.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Ministry of Defence, Def Comrcl CC-HOCS2a1Rm 2.1.02, Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street, Glasgow G2 8EX. Email: defcomrclcc-hocs2a1@mod.uk

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