Scholarships
Scholarships (among others): training on advocacy and policy influencing and training on gender mainstreaming in development.
(English) Mastercard Foundation Programme, Applications for the 2024/2025 academic year are now open — deadline - 5th of December ’23 or 5th of January ’24
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce that applications for the 2024/2025 academic year are now open. The programme at the University of Cambridge is designed to provide talented students from Africa with fully funded opportunities to complete their master’s training, grow in transformative leadership, and contribute to climate resilience and sustainability in Africa and the world at large.
The programme offers scholarships which span the full range of across disciplines in Cambridge except for the following business courses: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Corporate Law (MCL), Master of Finance (MFin).
Eligibility: To be eligible for this scholarship you
- Must be acitizen of an African country,
- Must be ordinarily resident in an African country unless you can show temporary absence for study/work with an intention to return, or unless you have been displaced.
- Must be applying for a Master’s course of up to one year in length, at the University of Cambridge.
Application Process
The application for funding is imbedded in the course application process.
As part of the application process, prospective scholars will be required to provide a supplementary statement that indicates their personal commitment to contributing to climate-resilient and sustainable futures for Africa.
Deadline
The deadline for submitting applications for funding is the 5th of December 2023 for courses with a
5th of December deadline and 5th of January 2024 for courses with a
5th of January deadline. When making an application, pay close attention to the funding deadline. For any application related inquiries, please check the FAQ section of the website. If the response to your query is not resolved from the available responses, please email
admin@mastercardfoundation.fund.cam.ac.uk.
(English) Amnesty International - Free online courses
The first course,
"Combatting Gender-based Violence Online," takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Polish. It covers the impact of technology on gender-based violence and the importance of creating safe and inclusive online spaces.
The second course,
"Confronting and Countering Gender-based Violence," takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovenian, and Polish. Through real-world examples and interactive activities, learners will explore the root causes, impacts, and consequences of gender-based violence.
Both courses are free and accessible to learners of all backgrounds and experience levels!
(English) Feminist Edge - Professional Development for Gender Trainers at KIT Royal Tropical Institute
Feminist Edge offers professional development for gender trainers that re-captures and re-imagines gender training, as a feminist project, establishing a new approach to training for gender equality. We reposition training for gender equality as a strategy to challenge and engender mainstream development and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The programme addresses the need to (re)claim autonomous spaces for feminist knowledge production and challenges development policy makers and practitioners to re-think how to address social and gender inequity to ensure that "no one is left behind.” Feminist Edge focusses both on the practice of gender training and on its conceptual underpinnings.
START 12 February 2024
END 9 August 2024
DURATION Six months
LOCATION Blended course (online + 1 week face-to-face at KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam)
FEE EUR 5.950,-
LANGUAGE English
APPLICATIONS OPEN 1 June 2023
KIT APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR OKP APPLICANTS 14 July 2023
OKP APPLICATION DEADLINE (COURSE PERIOD 2024) 5 September 2023, 16:00 CET
KIT APPLICATION DEADLINE OTHER FUNDING 20 November 2023
For more information about the programme & the sign up, visit the KIT Royal Tropical Institute
website.
University of Groningen - Gratis online cursus Nederlands beschikbaar
Nu de toestroom van Oekraïense vluchtelingen naar Nederland steeds groter wordt, wil het Talencentrum van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen graag voorzien in de behoefte die onder deze groep kan ontstaan om de Nederlandse taal te leren. Men heeft daarom besloten om de gratis online beginnerscursus ‘Introduction to Dutch’ voorlopig permanent beschikbaar te maken. Dit betekent dat iedereen kan beginnen met de cursus op elk gewenst moment.