44 out of 830 received Chevening scholarship
KUALA LUMPUR: Forty-four professionals have been selected to pursue their postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom as recipients of the British government’s Chevening scholarship for the 2017/2018 academic session.
The Chevening award is the British government’s global scholarship programme offered by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
British High Commissioner to Malaysia Vicki Treadell, who hosted a pre-departure briefing and reception for the scholars yesterday, said education continued to be a key priority leading the agenda between the UK and Malaysia as the countries celebrated 60 years of diplomatic relations this year.
“Malaysia’s growing appetite for higher education in the UK is reflected in the increase in Chevening scholarship applications.
“We received a record 830 applications for the 2017/18 year compared with 701 applications the previous year.”
She said Malaysia continued to receive one of the highest number of Chevening scholarships per capita in the world.
The scholars will head for the UK as early as next month to pursue master’s programmes at top British universities, with the aim of returning to Malaysia to make a contribution to one of these priority areas: public policy, human rights and law, media and education, economics, science and engineering.
This year’s recipients include New Straits Times news editor Faridul Anwar Farinordin, who will pursue a Master’s degree in Migration and Global Development at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England.