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Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships for Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe

Overview

The Beit Trust offers annually a small number of Scholarships abroad for postgraduate studies or research to graduates who are domiciled in Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe (the beneficial area). Scholarships are taken up at a university in the United Kingdom, Ireland or South Africa, for study in a subject of the individual’s choice appropriate to the needs of the beneficial area. Duration is normally for a maximum of three years at the discretion of Trustees. In addition, awards for a one-year taught Masters Degree are offered at the University of Leeds, known as the Beit Chevening Leeds Scholarship (BCL); at the University of Reading, known as the Beit Chevening Reading Scholarship (BCR); and at Rhodes University, known as the Beit-Rhodes Scholarship (BR).

BCL Scholarship expenses are shared equally between The Beit Trust, Chevening and the University of Leeds.

BCR Scholarship expenses are shared between The Beit Trust, Chevening and the University of Reading.

Some BR Scholarship expenses are met by Rhodes University, but the Beit Trust handles the administration.

There is no academic difference between these shared scholarships and fully-funded scholarships, but in the UK the respective university handles much of the administration. Many Beit Scholars choose these universities where we share costs to enable us to offer more scholarships to the beneficial area.


The Beit Trust has also set up a pilot scheme to sponsor doctors and surgeons undertaking five-year courses at the College of Surgeons in East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). Separate selection and sponsorship mechanisms apply. For further details see the "Latest" page.

Please note that The Beit Trust is constrained by Act of Parliament to sponsoring ONLY students who are domiciled within Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe. Please also note that we cannot consider your application if you have already commenced your course.

All applicants except medical and veterinary doctors must be under 30 years of age on 31 December of the year of application. Doctors and vets must be under 35 years of age on that date and should have completed 18 months of internship and preferably a one-year rural posting in the relevant country.

The extent of a Beit Scholarship Grant is:

A personal allowance, adjusted annually by an independent authority to the cost of living, is paid covering maintenance support.

Other allowances are paid for arrival, a laptop and printing of a thesis, and return to Africa.

Fees and costs of tuition and related academic expenses are paid by the Trust direct to the universities.

Economy Class air passages are met by the Trust for the initial journey to the place of study in the UK, and for the return passage at the end of the course.

No allowances are paid for spouses or other family members.

Prospective applicants, who must hold a degree of class 2.1, i.e. Merit or Distinction should obtain details of the awards and application requirements from:-

Zimbabwe and Malawi: The Beit Trust Representative, P.O. Box CH 76, Chisipite, Harare, ZIMBABWE. Fax: 263 (0)4 494046. E-Mail: beitrust@africaonline.co.zw

Zambia: The Secretary, The Beit Trust, Beit House, Grove Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5JB, ENGLAND. Fax: 044 (0)1483 725833. E-Mail: scholarships@beittrust.org.uk

COSECSA: ECSA-HC, P. O. Box 1009, Arusha, Tanzania. Tel:+255 27 254 9362. E-Mail: cosecsa@ecsa.or.tz

Initial applications for scholarships can be made online. The Application List for 2011 Scholarships has now closed and the list for 2012 will open in April 2011. Candidates are urged to complete the online form as early as possible in April to establish whether they would qualify. If you do qualify you will be required to :-

Complete and submit a fuller application form

Submit a medical certificate from your doctor

Obtain three references

Obtain a certified transcript of your degree results

Obtain a certified document of evidence of residency (National Registration Card or birth certificate)

All original and certified documents must be received by The Beit Trust by 31 August 2011.

Only those applicants who state that they intend to return to work in the relevant country upon completion of the scholarship, and who can, if short-listed, present themselves for interview before a Beit Scholarship Selection Board in Harare, Blantyre or Lusaka towards the middle of December, will be considered.

Selection is highly competitive, and only postgraduates with at least a Merit (equivalent to a good 2.1 from a UK university) in their first degree are likely to succeed. The selectors favour practical and useful disciplines that are likely to offer a clear benefit to the beneficial area. Because of their high cost, MBAs and PhDs are very seldom awarded in the UK, but a taught MBA at the Universities of Cape Town or Rhodes is acceptable.

Website: http://www.beittrust.org.uk/Scholarships.htm


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