Tag: UK education

25th October 2018 Skopje, North Macedonia

Dominic Otway

Dominic Otway

Deputy Head of Mission

Why Chevening?

This is my first blog as deputy ambassador at the British Embassy here in Skopje, and I want to use it to highlight one of the favourite parts of my job as a British diplomat: the opportunities the British government offer to fund postgraduate study at a UK university. For the past 25 years the UK […]

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24th October 2018 London,UK

Paul Brummell, British Ambassador to Romania

by Paul Brummell

Head of Soft Power and External Affairs Department, Communication Directorate

They are Chevening

One of the most important events of our annual Chevening Scholarships calendar is the orientation day, held on Saturday at the ExCel Centre in London’s Docklands, when new Chevening scholars learnt more about the year that awaited them, had the opportunity to debate key issues from climate change to artificial intelligence, and heard from such […]

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16th February 2016 Skopje, North Macedonia

Monika Bozinoska

Monika Bozinoska

Chevening Scholar

Not everything you learn is in university

Living as a student in the UK what mainly contributes for my satisfaction are opportunities that the university offers. However, the quality of higher education in the UK is not news. It is well known that some of the best universities in the world are here, and they not only provide students with first-class academic knowledge, but also enable them to […]

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11th August 2015 Delhi, India

by Shivani Sharma

Senior Adviser, Science and Innovation Network

Roundtable on exploring Indo-UK education cooperation and funding sources

British Deputy High Commission Chandigarh organised a roundtable meet on 4th August at Chandigarh with three clearly defined aims: increase visibility of UK excellence in Education, forge new partnerships based on mutual interest increase number of quality applications from Indian universities to UK funding sources The idea to hold this session floated from our experience […]

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