Hatfield Lioness Scholarship at the University of Durham

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.

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.

Eligibility

Applicants must have applied for and been offered an unconditional place on their chosen master’s programme by the end of June 2019.

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

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
  • El Salvador
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia, The
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Principe
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Lao PDR
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Philippines
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • 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.

Programmes

All except MBA

Further information

Applicants should:

  • hold a relevant honors 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 – 12 monthly 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, 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

How to apply – Please ensure you submit both the applications required:

Stage 1: An academic application for your chosen master’s programme; within this application you should reference your intention to apply for the Hatfield Lioness Scholarship. Please forward your academic offer letter to hatfield.trust@durham.ac.uk when you receive it from the University.

Stage 2: An application for the Scholarship on this Application form

Application deadline

31st March 2020

When candidates will hear the outcome of their application

Mid-June 2020

Applications will be considered on: academic merit, personal qualities and the fit with the chosen degree programme to the candidate’s aims.

For more information, please visit the official web page

Check Also

Visegrad Scholarship at the Open Society Archives, Hongrie

We invite applicants from the fields of history, the arts, philosophy and sociology to reflect …