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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1981
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR HK STUDENTS
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HONG KONG STUDENTS WHO WISH TO UNDERTAKE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MAY APPLY TO THE OVERSEAS RESEARCH STUDENTS FEES SUPPORT SCHEME FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
THE SCHEME WAS SET UP IN NOVEMBER 1979 BY THE UNITED KINGDOM SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE TO PROVIDE AWARDS FOR PARTIAL REMISSION OF TUITION FEES TO OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE RESEAR 'H STUDENTS. THE ONLY CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDS ARE OUTSTANDING MERIT AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL- OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS MEANS, NATIONALITY AND PROPOSED FIELD OF STUDY ARE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT,
IN 1981, 622 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS COME FROM 68 COUNTRIES- OF THESE, 30 ARE FROM HONG KONG, 23 FROM SINGAPORE, 41 FROM MALAYSIA AND 12 FROM CHINA. THESE AWARDS WILL BE HELD IN A WIDE RANGE OF DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING ARTS, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, LAW, MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY.
AS A RULE ONLY A STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A FULL-TIME RESEARCH STUDENT AT ONE OF THE 97 PARTICIPATING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN UK, OR IS ALREADY UNDERTAKING SUCH A COURSE AND DOES NOT HAVE AN ORS AWARD, MAY APPLY.
THE APPLICATION MUST BE MADE THROUGH THE INSTITUTION WHICH HAS ACCEPTED HIM OR HER. WHERE A SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT HAS APPLIED THROUGH MORE THAN ONE ACADEMIC INSTITUTION HE OR SHE IS FREE TO DECIDE AT WHICH INSTITUTION THE AWARD WILL BE HELD.
THE ANNUAL VALUE OF AN AWARD IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TUITION FEE FOR A HOME POSTGRADUATE STUDENT AND THE +FULL-COST+ RATE CHARGEABLE TO AN OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE STUDENT.
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SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTORY PROGRESS OF AN AWARDHOLDER, AWARD WILL BE RENEWED FOR A SECOND AND THIRD YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE NORMAL LENGTH OF THE RESEARCH COURSE BEING UNDERTAKEN.
DETAILS OF THE 1982 SCHEME WILL BE AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER 1981 AND INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG OR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
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