The Royal
Agricultural University invites applications for masters fellowship programme.
Fellowships are open to Africans from Sub-Saharan Africa who have experience in
agriculture, agri-business, food or natural resource management.
Fellowships cover
tuition fees, board and accommodation, airfare, incidental costs.
The RAU, the UK’s
smallest publicly-funded university, ranked fourth out of the 12 universities
in the South West and placed a respectable 51s
t out of the 127 UK-based
universities
Course
Level:
Fellowship is available for pursuing master’s programme at Royal Agricultural
University.
Study
Subject:
The programme is specifically linked to MSc’s in International Rural
Development, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security and Business Management
plus the MBA in International Food and Agri-business.
Scholarship
Award: Scholarships
cover tuition fees, board and accommodation, flights to and from the UK,
provision for networking and a short industrial placement either in Africa or
in the UK. Scholarships also cover incidental costs whilst in the UK and on
placement; however, applicants are advised that funding does not include
provision for home and family costs. Furthermore, Fellows are expected to
return to their own countries following their UK studies to complete their
programme and ‘begin to make a difference’.
Scholarship
can be taken in UK
Eligibility: The following criteria must
be met in order for applicants to be eligible for scholarship:
Fellowships are open
to Africans from Sub-Saharan Africa who have experience in agriculture,
agri-business, food or natural resource management; an interest in land reform;
and a desire to make a strategic and sustainable contribution to Africa’s
development. In short, tomorrow’s innovators and leaders.
Nationality: Applicants from Sub-Saharan
Africa (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo
(Brazzaville), Congo DRC (Zaire), Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissaau,
Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa Sudan, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) are eligible for this masters
fellowship.
How to
Apply:
Please return your form electronically to: african.fellowship-at-rau.ac.uk .
Application
Deadline: Fellowship
application deadline is January 31st, 2017.
