HATFIELD LIONESS SCHOLARSHIP

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The aim of the Hatfield Lioness Scholarship is to enable a female student from a developing country where access to tertiary education is limited to benefit from undertaking postgraduate study at the University of Durham.

The scholarship has been set up as part of the celebration of 30 years of women students at Hatfield College, University of Durham, and is funded by alumni, friends of the College and other sources supportive of the scholarship’s aims. Further information about fundraising for this scholarship can be found here.

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Hatfield College aims to award the Lioness Scholarship to an individual who has the academic and personal qualities to enable them to complete and benefit from a postgraduate course, and who will also act as a positive ambassador for their home country in Durham, and put their enhanced knowledge and skills gained from the master’s programme and experience in Durham to good use for the benefit of their society when they return home.

Applicants must have applied for and been offered an unconditional place on their chosen master’s programme by the end of May 2020.

Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship to fund their postgraduate studies.

The scholarship will cover:

Full payment of University tuition fees
Stipend for living expenses – 4 quarterly payments
One return economy air ticket from the home country to the UK, and the cost of return travel between the UK airport and Durham City
Fully funded, self-catered, single room in mixed accommodation at Hatfield College
‘Settling in allowance’ on arrival

Cost of UK visa and the UK Health surcharge
Duration

One academic year

Restrictions

The Scholarship does not provide funding for dependants, nor for travel during the Scholarship
Accommodation is for the Scholarship holder only; dependants cannot be accommodated
Geographical criteria

Applicants must be a national of one of the following countries:

Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep
Congo, Rep.
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.
Kyrgyz Republic
Lao PDR
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guines
Rwanda
Somalia
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Yemen, Rep.
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Level of study

Taught Master’s Degree programmes

Mode of study

Full-time

Year of Entry

The scholarship is available for students starting a degree programme in October 2020.

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Programmes

All except MBA

Further information

Applicants should:

hold a relevant honours degree of sufficient standard to be admitted to your chosen Master’s course ; and

have all other course entry requirements including the relevant English language qualification;
not hold a Master’s degree; and

not otherwise have the financial means to study for a Master’s degree in the UK