The Waverley Fund
was established in 2001. It aims to assist academically excellent students from
disadvantaged backgrounds who have shown the potential to make a significant
contribution in their future careers.
The AfricanStudies Centre was launched in October 2004, and attracts extremely
high quality graduates. The Centre is a unit of the School of Interdisciplinary
Area Studies (SIAS), a department in the Social Sciences Division.
One scholarship
will be awarded in 2013-14 for an MSc in African Studies, and one scholarship
for a DPhil student.
Am
I eligible?
Eligible
candidates must be ordinarily residents in the sub-Saharan Africa. Applicants
must intend to return to their home country at the end of their studies.
Candidates should
be applying to start an MSc in African Studies, DPhil Development Studies,
DPhil Politics, DPhil History or DPhil Social Anthropology.
Scholarships will
be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit.
Please ensure you
meet the requirements for entry to your course, including English language
requirements. See the Course Guide
for more information.
Deferred students
are not eligible.
What
does it cover?
100% of
university and college fees, and a grant for living expenses (exact amount to
be confirmed) which should be sufficient to cover your costs of accommodation,
food, utility bills and general living costs (clothes, books, insurance,
networking/socialising etc).
The awards are
made for the full duration of a student’s fee liability for the agreed course.
If your scholarship is offered for a course lasting more than one year, the
continuation of your scholarship each year is subject to an annual renewal
process based on satisfactory academic progress.
How
do I apply?
You do not need
to actively apply for this scholarship. All eligible candidates that apply for
the MSc in African Studies, DPhilin International Development, DPhil Politics, DPhil History or DPhil Social Anthropology by Application Deadline
2: (4 January 2013 for Politics; 18 January 2013 for all other subjects) will
be considered.
In order to be
considered for this scholarship, you must have secured a place on your chosen
programme of study by the expected final decision date (13 March 2013).
Applications with an outstanding admissions decision after this date, or
applications which are re-evaluated against the later March deadline field, are
not eligible for scholarship consideration.
Applicants who
are ‘re-routed’ (accepted onto a different programme of study to the one they
originally applied for e.g. transferred from an MPhil to a DPhil or from one
course to another) should contact us as soon as they are notified of the
change in order to ensure that their application for a scholarship is
maintained on their new programme of study.
How
will I know if I have been successful?
Successful
candidates will be notified by email in early May 2013. This webpage will be
updated to show when all decisions have been made. If you have not heard from
us by the time this notice is posted, then your application to this scheme has
been unsuccessful. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable
to contact unsuccessful applicants individually or provide feedback on
applications.
Further
information
If you have any
questions about this scholarship which are not answered above, please email us
through theAsk a Question tool.
