{"id":302,"date":"2021-04-14T09:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T09:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/?p=302"},"modified":"2021-04-14T09:32:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T09:32:32","slug":"julius-nyerere-fully-funded-masters-scholarship-2021-2022-for-tanzanian-students-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/2021\/04\/14\/julius-nyerere-fully-funded-masters-scholarship-2021-2022-for-tanzanian-students-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius Nyerere Fully-funded Masters Scholarship 2021\/2022 for Tanzanian Students \u2013 UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content mh-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p><em>The\u00a0University of Edinburgh will offer a one-year postgraduate scholarship to a student domiciled in Tanzania to study a Masters-level programme in the Centre of African Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>16th April\u00a02021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligible African Countries:\u00a0<\/strong>Tanzania<\/p>\n<p><strong>To be taken at (country):\u00a0<\/strong>University of Edinburgh UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Scholarship:\u00a0<\/strong>The Julius Nyerere Scholarship was set up in 2009 in memory of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere who led Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and became the first prime minister and later president of Tanzania. Nyerere received a scholarship in 1949 to attend the University of Edinburgh where he obtained a Masters of Arts degree that saw him study courses in English, Political Economy, Social Anthropology, British History, Economic History, Constitutional Law, and Moral Philosophy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Masters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selection Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2.1 Honours degree at undergraduate level in a Humanities or Social Science subject.<\/li>\n<li>Candidates must submit a Personal Statement for the scholarship application which should clearly state why you are applying for this scholarship, along with your experience and aspirations in the field of Africa and International Development.<\/li>\n<li>Candidates must also arrange for two referees to submit reference letters supporting their application.<\/li>\n<li>Please note: The Nyerere Scholarship cannot be held alongside any other scholarship funding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bs-irp left bs-irp-thumbnail-1\">\n<div class=\"bs-pagination-wrapper main-term-none none \">\n<div class=\"listing listing-thumbnail listing-tb-1 clearfix columns-1\">\n<div class=\"post-27752 type-post format-standard has-post-thumbnail   listing-item listing-item-thumbnail listing-item-tb-1 main-term-104\">\n<div class=\"item-inner clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong>\u00a0The award will be made to a student domiciled in Tanzania who is accepted on a full-time basis for the MSc in Africa and International Development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number of Scholarships:\u00a0<\/strong>1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Value of\u00a0 Scholarship:\u00a0<\/strong>The scholarship will cover Tuition Fees and an annual stipend of \u00a313,500.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:\u00a0<\/strong>The scholarships will be tenable for one academic year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Apply:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Information on how to apply will follow shortly.\u00a0 Deadline date is\u00a0<strong>16th April\u00a02021.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In order to gain access to the scholarship application system applicants must have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh.\u00a0 Please note that, following the submission of an application for admission, it can take up to ten working days for all system checks to be completed and for access to be granted.<\/li>\n<li>The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd our web-based information portal at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myed.ed.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.myed.ed.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>When logging in to MyEd, you will need your University User Name and password. If you require assistance, please go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/student-systems\/support-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/student-systems\/support-guidance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Eligible applicants will complete an online scholarship application.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Information on how to apply will follow shortly\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/student-funding\/postgraduate\/international\/region\/africa\/nyerere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Scholarship Webpage for details<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-tags mh-clearfix\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The\u00a0University of Edinburgh will offer a one-year postgraduate scholarship to a student domiciled in Tanzania to study a Masters-level programme in the Centre of African <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/2021\/04\/14\/julius-nyerere-fully-funded-masters-scholarship-2021-2022-for-tanzanian-students-uk\/\" title=\"Julius Nyerere Fully-funded Masters Scholarship 2021\/2022 for Tanzanian Students \u2013 UK\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpaying.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}