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The Godwin Jere Malawi Master’s Scholarship

Funding Information for Prospective Postgraduate International Students

The University of Edinburgh will offer a Master’s Scholarship to a student from Malawi for postgraduate study in MSc in Education. The Godwin Jere Scholarship was set up in 2008 in memory of Godwin Jere who was a headteacher from Malawi and who graduated from the University of Edinburgh in November 2006 with an MSc in Education.

The Godwin Jere Malawi Master’s Scholarship will cover the full overseas tuition fee and will be tenable for one academic session.

Eligibility

The scholarship will be awarded to a Malawian citizen who is a headteacher of a primary or secondary school and is normally resident in Malawi, and who is accepted for admission on a full-time basis for the MSc in Education programme of study at the University of Edinburgh.

Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.

Criteria

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, achievement and potential. Financial circumstances of the candidates are not taken into account.

Application Procedure

Applicants can download an application form in Rich Text Format (RTF) or PDF (which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), or request one to be sent to them from: 

The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh 
EH8 9YL

E-mail: scholarships(AT)ed.ac.uk 
Telephone: +44 131 651 4070

A completed scholarship application form, together with a copy of your degree transcript and two academic references, should be received by the Scholarships and Student Finance Office by the closing date of 1 June 2009 in order to be considered for the scholarship.

Selection Procedure

A Selection Committee will meet in mid June 2009 to select the scholarship holder. The winner of the scholarship will be announced in late June 2009.