WINDHOEK- The competition for the next Chevening cycle, the 2015/16 Chevening Scholarships, is still open and closes on November 15.
All applications must be made through ‘eChevening’, the online Chevening Scholarship application system. Guidance for applicants and a link to eChevening is available on www.chevening.org. For remaining questions by interested Namibian applicants, a live Q-and-A session will be held on November 7 at 4-5pm GMT, on the official Chevening Facebook page (www.faceboock.com/officialchevening). Chevening Scholarships are funded by the United Kingdom (UK)’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations and are an important element in Britain’s public diplomacy efforts. They take young professionals, who have already displayed outstanding leadership talents to study in the UK.
Awards for Namibians are typically for a one-year Master’s degree in the subjects trade, human rights, governance, media, and climate change at any of the UK’s leading universities.
Many Namibian Chevening scholars have gone on to reach positions of influence in a range of sectors: some work as MPs, leading journalists, opinion leaders or policy advisors to Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and think tanks; others occupy senior positions in public and private organisations. Applicants should be high calibre graduates with the personal, intellectual and interpersonal qualities necessary for leadership. For further information please visit the website www.gov.uk/world/namibia and or contact: Chevening Officer H.-C. Mahnke, hans-christian.mahnke@fco.gov.uk, Tel: +264 61 274826 / +264 811555278