On Thursday 22 August 2024, the British Excessive Commissioner’s residence was stuffed with pleasure, because the British Excessive Fee Accra, in partnership with the British Council Ghana, hosted a farewell reception to honour the most recent cohort of Chevening and Commonwealth Students from Ghana.
The occasion, which gathered scholarship awardees, alumni, and key officers from the Excessive Fee and British Council, was a testomony to the enduring partnership between the UK and Ghana in fostering academic excellence and management improvement.
Over the previous 40 years, the Commonwealth Scholarship has funded the training of over 2,000 Ghanaians, whereas Chevening Scholarship has supported greater than 400 younger individuals from Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso within the pursuance of world-class training. Many of those people have gone on to turn out to be pioneers in varied sectors, starting from governance to local weather activism.
The reception celebrated and formally recognised the excellent feat of the people chosen for the 2 prestigious scholarship awards. This 12 months, 17 students will journey to the UK on the Chevening scholarship to pursue absolutely funded one-year grasp’s levels at UK universities. Moreover, 30 others will research on the Commonwealth Scholarship. These students might be attending prime UK universities together with Cambridge, King’s Faculty London, Brimingham, and Glasgow, the place they’ll pursue grasp’s diploma in fields similar to regulation, public well being, training, local weather, worldwide safety and enterprise.
Opening the reception, Deputy British Excessive Commissioner to Ghana, Keith McMahon remarked,
“It’s really a pleasure to host a few of Ghana’s brightest minds earlier than they head on to the UK for one 12 months of upper studying. This occasion is a continuing reminder of the potential that lies within the Ghanaian youth, the transformative energy of the UK’s training establishments, and the astounding development that may be achieved when international locations work collectively. We have fun the distinctive journey of those students and the optimistic impression they’ve already had on their communities. We’re proud to help them to do extra by this scholarship scheme and sit up for them persevering with their work upon their return to Ghana”.
Nation Director of the British Council in Ghana, Nii Doodoo Dodoo added, “The students we’re bidding farewell to right this moment replicate Ghana’s wealthy expertise and potential. The British Council is delighted to play a task of their journey, and we sit up for witnessing their successes and the optimistic impression they’ll undoubtedly make right here in Ghana and past.”
The Chevening Scholarship is awarded to people with the ambition, drive, and management qualities wanted to create optimistic change of their dwelling international locations. The applying window for the 2025/2026 Chevening Scholarships opened earlier this month and is about to shut by 05 November 2024. Roughly 1500 awards can be found globally. The British Excessive Fee Accra invitations eligible Ghanaians who aspire to additional their research within the UK to apply for this life-changing alternative.
Listed below are some testimonials from some Chevening Alumni.
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