Hatfield Lioness Scholarship

Deadline: 31st March 2021
Open to: female students from developing countries
Benefits: tuition fee coverage, stipend, accommodation, and other benefits

DESCRIPTION

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.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must have applied for and been offered an unconditional place on their chosen master’s programme by the end of May 2021.

Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship to fund their postgraduate studies or have completed a degree in the UK before.

Applicants must be female.

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 2021.

Programmes

All except MBA and research Master’s programmes.

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

BENEFITS

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