B.V.I. Tuesday, September 29 – BVI residents and other Commonwealth students can apply to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (UK) to primarily pursue postgraduate study towards a Master or Doctoral degree in the UK from October 2010.
The scholarships are intended for persons of high intellectual promise who may be expected to make a significant contribution to their own countries on their return from study abroad.
Through its participation in the Commonwealth Scholarship the UK seeks to make higher education available to students of the highest ability, with the potential to make a real contribution to their home countries.
Awards are available in the following categories: one to three years full-time taught masters courses or a doctoral postgraduate qualification in an eligible UK institution; six months of clinical training in medicine or dentistry; doctoral degrees, of up to three years duration; and one research on a split-site basis, towards a PhD registered at a university in the candidate’s home country, if appropriate.
The eligibility requirements state that candidates should be Commonwealth citizens, refugees or British protected persons permanently residing in a Commonwealth country other than the UK; candidates should hold, or expect to hold by October 2010, a first degree of at least upper second-class honour level or a degree of second class and a relevant postgraduate degree, which will normally be a Master’s degree and that they should be available to commence their scholarship in October 2010.
All applications must reach the Ministry on or before Monday, November 30.
British Virgin Islands News