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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

UK: Chevening scholarships for Kenya in Academic Year 2010

Overview

Chevening scholarships for Kenya to study in UK in Academic Year 2010

The Chevening programme is named after Chevening House in Kent, the official country residence of the Foreign Secretary. It began in 1983 and has developed into a prestigious international programme of Scholarships and Fellowships. The first Scholars started in 1984, the first Fellows in 2005. The programme provides nearly 1,000 Scholarships at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK for postgraduate students or researchers from over 130 countries.

It also provides over 200 Fellowship places for mid-career professionals who are already working in fields related to the FCO’s policy goals. The programme is largely funded by the FCO. The Scholarship scheme receives significant contributions from HEIs and other organisations in the UK, and from a wide range of overseas sponsors including governmental and private sector bodies, with which the FCO or its overseas Posts have partnership agreements. It is managed by the British Council, on behalf of the FCO, both in the UK and overseas.


Requirements

Chevening scholarships are prestigious awards and highly sought after by people from all over the world who want to make a difference. There are over 17,000 applications for about 1000 awards in 2009/10. A typical successful applicant is:

◦ A graduate with the personal, intellectual and interpersonal qualities necessary for leadership. These include:
- influencing and communications skills, leadership track record, networking ability, ambition, plans for the future

- intelligence, academic potential, drive, self management, strength of character, integrity, interests outside work

◦ Motivated to make a career that will take them to positions of leadership in their own country within 10 years of their scholarship
◦ Committed to networking to find global solutions
◦ Able to use their studies and experience in the UK to benefit themselves, their countries and the UK

Applicants must:

◦Have good English Language skills and an IELTS score of 6.5 (or its equivalent) for admission to postgraduate courses
◦ Meet the academic requirements for their courses of study

How to Apply

Details about all countries where the Chevening Scholarships scheme operates can be found here.

Prospective scholars applying for Chevening scholarships for 2010/11 will need to apply on-line here: E-Chevening. Remember though that you should first read your country page to see if there is any country specific information relevant to your application. Those pages will give you information about application dates for example.

Any follow up questions should be directed to your local British Council Office.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The links to all country pages should be below. A technical problem means you will have to type the following URL http://www.chevening.com/how-apply/ with the letter that corresponds to your country name at the end, e.g applicants from India or Indonesia etc should go to http://www.chevening.com/how-apply/I.

1. Contact details

Address -

British Council,
Upperhill Road,
PO Box 40751,
Nairobi 00100,
Kenya

Phone number - +254 (0)20 283 6000
Fax number – +254 (0)20 283 6500

E-mail address - gillian.fernandes@britishcouncil.or.ke

2. Application Deadline 2010/11

Date – 15 December 2009


3. British Council / FCO Embassy Links

http://ukinkenya.fco.gov.uk/en/

Source: http://ukinkenya.fco.gov.uk/en/ and http://www.chevening.com


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