Isaac Ndlovu

Canon Collins Scholar 2009-2010

PhD Literature

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Literature at UCT

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Last updated: 18 June 2013

Scholarships Now Open

 

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Scholarships for Postgraduate Study in the UK

 

This scholarship is now closed

for applications

 

Canon Collins Trust acts as a nominating agency for Commonwealth Scholarships. If you are applying to study at Oxford University, click here.

 

Are you eligible?

 

To apply for this scholarship through Canon Collins Trust you must:

• Be a national of, or have refugee status, and  be permanently resident in one of the following countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia
• Be in possession of a good first degree (minimum second class, upper division or equivalent) or about to graduate in the year of application
• Be applying for a full-time masters or PhD at a UK university

 

For full eligibility criteria please see the Prospectus.

 

What the Commonwealth offer

 

For more information, please read the information on the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Website.

 

How to apply

 

We normally accept applications between September and November, for study commencing in September the following year. Applicants must apply using the Commonwealth electronic application system (EAS).

 

Note:

1. Please do not apply through us unless you meet the eligibility criteria above.
2. To identify Canon Collins Trust as the nominating agency, you must say you on the form that you are applying from the “United Kingdom”. Canon Collins Trust will then appear as an option under the ‘nominating agency’ category.
3. You must apply to Oxford separately and awards are conditional on your being offered a place.
4. It is not a requirement to include IELTS certification with your application to the Canon Collins Trust. However successful applicants from Mozambique will be required to complete an IELTS test. Nominated applicants will be provided with further information following completion of the assessment process. IELTS testing will be organised and funded by the Commission.

 

Incomplete applications will not be considered.