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PROSPECT BURM

Registered Charity No. 802615

www.prospectburma.org

The Oxford Lady Gore-Booth Memorial Graduate Scholarship.

The Oxford Lady Gore-Booth Memorial Graduate Scholarship has been created in partnership betweenProspect Burma and St Hughs College,The University of Oxford, for Burmese Graduates. The successful

applicant will receive full funding for a full-time, one year, Masters degree course at St HughsCollege, theUniversity of Oxford in the academic year 2015/16.

The scholarship is an opportunity for a Burmese graduate to study at one of the most prestigious universitiesin the world. The successful applicant will gain knowledge, skills, experience, and contacts that will enhancetheir future prospects.

Prospect Burma

For 25 years, Prospect Burma has been investing in a positive future for Burma (also known as Myanmar)

through educating its young people. Prospect Burma was set up in 1989 and since that time the scholarshipprogramme has opened doors to educational opportunities currently unavailable and underfunded within

Myanmar by awarding some 2,300 scholarships. Its alumni are currently making real contributions to the

development of Burma, particularly in this period of political transition.

The Oxford Lady Gore-Booth Memorial Graduate Scholarship is the pinnacle of this programme andestablishes a lasting educational legacy between Myanmar and the University of Oxford. This scholarship hasbeen created in remembrance of Lady Gore-Booths dedication to keeping the flame of education alive inMyanmar and also honours her long association with Prospect Burma since the charitys inception. It formspart of Oxfords wide-ranging commitment to higher education in Burma, which Daw Suu urged upon theUniversity when she received an honorary doctorate in law in 2012.

Scholarship Criteria

The eligibility of candidates is based upon applying forand gaining a placeon the following courses:

MPhil Development Studies; MSc Comparative Social Policy; MSc Economics for Development; MSc Education

(Comparative and International Education); MSc Education (Learning and Teaching); MSc Environmental Change

and Management; MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy; MSc Law and Finance; MSc Migration Studies; MSc

Refugee and Forced Migration Studies; MSc Water Science, Policy and Management; MSt Women's Studies

The Scholarship will be awarded to a Burmese student who has demonstrated excellent academic ability, willcontribute to the Universitys ground-breaking research, and will go on to contribute to the world as a leaderin their field, pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Applicants should ordinarily be resident in Myanmar andintend to return upon course completion.

With Prospect Burmas emphasis on the development of Myanmar through education, an ideal candidate will

be committed to using the Oxford Lady Gore-Booth Memorial Graduate Scholarship to contribute to thedemocratic and educational development of Myanmar.

Application Process

The deadline for applications to St. Hughs Collegeis the 23rdJanuary 2015 and courses commence in

October 2015. All eligible candidates who have applied for admission to the University of Oxford by thedeadline will automatically be considered for this scholarship.

For more details regarding this scholarship, please visit:http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/fees-and-funding/graduate-scholarships/university-wide-scholarships/oxford-graduate-scholarships/oxford-lady-gore-booth-memorial-graduate-scholarships

For further information about St Hughs College and the admissions process, please visit:http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/admissions

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