{"id":46189,"date":"2014-08-08T07:07:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T07:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fbd16a3e73b2252ecf2b060d2bba81c2"},"modified":"2014-08-08T07:07:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T07:07:03","slug":"news-story-future-leaders-of-turkmenistan-encouraged-to-apply-for-the-uks-prestigious-chevening-scholarship-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=46189","title":{"rendered":"News story: Future leaders of Turkmenistan encouraged to apply for the UK\u2019s prestigious Chevening Scholarship Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Talented professionals and public servants from Turkmenistan are able to apply for a scholarship award under the UK\u2019s flagship scholarship programme funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.<\/p>\n<p>Awarded to outstanding individuals with leadership potential, a Chevening Scholarship offers financial support for a Master\u2019s level degree beginning September 2015 at one of the UK\u2019s leading universities.<br \/>\nApplicants have until 15th November 2014 to submit their application.<\/p>\n<p>Call for new candidates follows appointment of two scholars from Turkmenistan, who won grants to study at UK universities this year. <\/p>\n<p>Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to Turkmenistan said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I look forward to congratulating our current Chevening Scholars who will be heading to the UK shortly and welcoming the last year\u2019s scholar upon completion of her dissertation. This month also marks the start of a new round of Chevening Scholarships, which undoubtedly will help young professionals from Turkmenistan to pursue further education at renowned UK Universities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Awards are typically for a one-year Master\u2019s degree, in any subject at any of the UK\u2019s leading universities. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"to-be-eligible-for-a-chevening-scholarship-you-must\">To be eligible for a Chevening Scholarship, you must:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country, and intend to return there after your studies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Hold a degree that is equivalent to at least an upper second-class honours degree in the UK<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Have completed at least two years\u2019 work or equivalent experience before applying for a Chevening Scholarship<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Be able to meet the Chevening minimum English language requirement<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Be able to obtain the correct visa, and receive an unconditional offer from a UK university<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Chevening team are particularly interested to hear from applicants in Turkmenistan who wish to study: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Political and Economic reform <\/li>\n<li>Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance<\/li>\n<li>International Relations including regional security and stability<\/li>\n<li>Energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Chevening scholarship usually offers a monthly stipend, travel to and from Turkmenistan, a thesis or dissertation grant and tuition fees.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-apply\">How to apply<\/h2>\n<p>Applicants should read the online guidance and be able to demonstrate how they meet the Chevening selection criteria before submitting an application. Further details of closing dates and priority subject areas are available at <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chevening.org\/apply\">www.chevening.org\/apply<\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contact\">Contact<\/h2>\n<p>For further information, please contact:<br \/>\nBritish Embassy<br \/>\n3rd Floor Office Building<br \/>\nFour Points Ak Altyn Hotel<br \/>\n744001 Ashgabat<br \/>\nTurkmenistan<br \/>\nTel: (993 12) 36 34 62\/63\/64<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for Chevening Scholarships, the prestigious global scholarship programme of the UK government, are now open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}