DFID SHARED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME 2002

SHARED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

1. GENERAL

1.1 Awards made under this scheme are jointly funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), as part of the British aid programme to developing countries, and participating institutions in the United Kingdom. The scheme is administered by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, 36 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PF.

2. AIMS

2.1 The aim of the scheme is to assist students of excellent academic calibre from developing Commonwealth countries who would benefit from higher education in the United Kingdom, to the developmental advantage of their home countries, but who, for financial reasons, are unable to study in Britain and are outside the scope of other British Government Support Schemes.

3. LEVEL OF STUDY

3.1 Awards are primarily for taught postgraduate courses. Only in special cases will they be available for undergraduate study, for example if the course of training satisfies the conditions of the scheme but is not available in the student’s own country or at a nearby regional institution.

4. SUBJECTS

4.1 Subjects must be related to the economic, social and technological development of the student’s home country.

5. DURATION OF AWARDS

5.1 For postgraduate taught courses, awards will be tenable for up to a maximum of two years; and for undergraduate study, up to maximum of four years.

6. ELIGIBILITY

6.1 Candidates are normally expected to hold a first degree at either first class or upper second class level. The maximum age limit is 35 at the time the award begins. Priority is given to candidates under the age of 30. Sponsoring institutions are required to confirm candidates’ ages and give reasons for wishing to make exceptions for older candidates. They must also confirm that candidates are sufficiently fluent in written and oral English to pursue their proposed studies immediately, as no pre-course English Language Teaching is available under these awards. Candidates who have already studied for one year or more in a developed country will not normally be eligible for an award.

6.2 Candidates must certify in writing that they:

i) are nationals of (or permanently domiciled in) a Commonwealth developing country, and not at present living or studying in a developed country;

ii) have not undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country;

iii) are not at present employed by a Government department (either national or local government) or a parastalal organisation;

iv) are themselves, or through their families, unable to pay to study in the United Kingdom;

v) will return to their home country as soon as their awards ends.

6.3 Candidates are advised that false declarations will cause at least DFID’s share of the award to be terminated, even if the course of study has started. In such circumstances, the candidate will be required to refund any payments made by DFID in connection with the award.

7. COSTS

7.1 DFID and participating United Kingdom institutions will jointly meet the full costs of an award holder’s study in the United Kingdom including air fares to and from the United Kingdom. Maintenance allowance is paid by the scholar’s host institution.

7.2 A grant of up to £225 to cover thesis (Master’s) costs is available; the cost of up to 10 Kilograms of accompanied excess air baggage (books only) is also available for scholars returning home at the end of their awards.

7.3 For those on courses of two years or more, an annual return airfare will be provided.

7.4 No additional allowances are paid for spouses or other dependents.

8. APPLICATION AND SELECTION 

8.1 Although institutions will normally recruit direct, the availability of these awards will be advertised through British High Commissions if the institutions have indicated their wish to avail themselves of this service.

8.2 Applications should be made directly to the institutions at which candidates wish to study. The sponsoring institutions will be the judges of academic calibre and will forward their nominations to the Association of Commonwealth Universities for its agreement. Institutions will normally advise candidates of the result not later than June.

8.3 Candidates should note that although they may apply to more than one institution, only one offer of award may be accepted.

SHARED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME List of Participating Universities 
2002 -2003

~ Some institutions have not specified a closing date. Candidates should note that institutions are asked to forward their nominations to the ACU by 31 May 2002, and should therefore write to the institutions no later than April 2002.
All awards are offered at postgraduate level, except at Cambridge.

* SHARED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME ADDITIONAL NOTES

Shared Scholarship Scheme (SSS) Awards are offered only for subjects relating to the economic and social development of a candidate’s country. The following additional information has been provided by institutions participating in the scheme.

ABERTAY DUNDEE Awards offered for MSc programmes in Biotechnology, International Marketing, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, MSc Urban Water & Environmental Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA) and LLM World Trade Law

BATH Awards offered for MSc in International Development.

BELFAST Awards offered for MSc programmes in Applied Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Finance and Food Science

BOURNEMOUTH Awards offered on all full-time postgraduate courses in the Schools of Finance and Law, Media and Service Industries

BRISTOL Awards offered for Masters degrees in the Faculties of Engineering, Science, Social Sciences, Law, and Medicine.

GLASGOW CALEDONIAN Awards offered for MSc/Postgraduate Diploma programme in Development Management, MSc programmes in Waste Management, Energy and Environmental Management, Construction Management and Master of Business Administration (MBA)

GREENWICH Awards offered in the University’s Natural Resources Institute.

HERIOT WATT Awards offered on all postgraduate full-time Masters courses in all subject areas, except the MBA, all courses at Edinburgh College of Art and postgraduate courses which last more then 12 months.

HULL Awards offered for MSc programmes in Radio Systems Engineering, Computer Graphics & Virtual Environments, Internet Computing (Scarborough), Laser Applications in Material Processing and Economics Public Policy. MA programmes in Developing Area Studies, Performance Theory & Practice. MMus in Music and the MBA programme. 

LEEDS METROPOLITAN Awards offered for Diploma/MSc programmes in International Environmental Health, Project Management and Health Promotion.

LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES Awards offered on all postgraduate taught programmes.

LONDON - INSTITUTE OF COMMONWEALTH STUDIES Awards offered for MA in Understanding & Securing Human Rights and MSc in Globalization and Development: Commonwealth Perspectives on Human Development/Security.

LONDON - INSTITUTE OF OPTHALMOLOGY Awards offered for the MSc in Community Eye Health.

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE Awards offered for LLM and for MSc programmes in Anthropology & Development, Development Studies, Development Management, Economic History, Environmental Assessment and Evaluation, Gender, Health Policy, Planning and Financing, Housing (International), Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Local Economic Development, Management of Non-Governmental Organisations, Operational Research, Population and Development, Social Anthropology and Social Policy Planning in Developing Countries. 

LONDON – SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Awards offered for MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Awards are offered for MSc courses at the Development Planning Unit.

MANCHESTER Courses offered in the Institute of Development Policy and Management

NEWCASTLE Awards offered for MSc in Transport Engineering and Operations and MA in Human Geography Research

OXFORD 2 awards tenable at Linacre College. One only open to candidates for the MSc in Environmental Change and Management and the other only open to candidates for a one or two-year Masters degree in Development Studies. 1 award tenable at Worcester College, subject not specified. 

PLYMOUTH Awards offered for MSc/Mres programme in Sustainable Environmental Management, MSc programmes in Global Change and Coastal and Ocean Policy.

QUEEN MARGARET COLLEGE, EDINBURGH Awards offered for MSc programmes in International Health, Population and Reproductive Health and Social Development and Health.

STAFFORDSHIRE Awards offered for MA programmes in Ceramic Design, Design Enterprise and for LLM.

IDS SUSSEX Awards offered for the MPhil in Development Studies.

WALES ABERYSTWYTH Awards offered in the Institutes of Biological Sciences, Geography and Earth Sciences and Welsh Institute of Rural Studies, the Departments of Computer Science, Information and Library Studies, International Politics and Law, and the School of Management and Business 

WARWICK Awards offered in the Schools of Law, Engineering, Warwick Manufacturing Group

WOLVERHAMPTON Award offered for programmes in the Centre for International Development and Training

YORK Award offered for MA in Post-war Recovery Studies

For further Information on the Shared Scholarship Scheme please contact the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), on the following contact details;

Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
John Foster House
36 Gordon Square
LONDON
WC1H 0PF
UK

Tele: +44 (0) 20 73 80 67 00
Fax: +44 (0) 20 73 87 26 55

E-Mail: info@acu.ac.uk 
Website: http://www.acu.ac.uk/