Airey Neave Trust -Refugee Support
- Those people with refugee status or exceptional leave to remain in the United Kingdom and a letter from the Home Office to prove it. Exclusions: asylum seekers, refugees with asylum status in countries other than Britain, overseas students in the UK on a student visa, British citizens or refugees now holding British citizenship.
- Some preference given to: Doctors of Medicine, Veterinary Surgeons, Dentists.
- How to apply – Applicants should apply in March for the following October and must be interviewed on the telephone by Mrs Hannah Scott (0207 833 4440) in order that their command of English may be assessed as well as their eligibility before application forms are sent out. No new applicants are considered after the 1st of May.
- Average grant award – £1,500 towards fees. Extra needs – applicants will need to find £400/£500 from elsewhere for travel and essential books.
Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund (DAFI)
- UNHCR provides, on a limited basis, scholarships for refugees at the tertiary level in universities and polytechnic institutions through the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund (DAFI). Funding for this programme is provided by the Federal Government of Germany.
- The purpose of the DAFI Programme is to contribute to the self-reliance of refugees by providing them with a professional qualification for future employment. Scholarships are granted only for studies in the country of asylum. Preferably, UNHCR would like to see the graduates return home and contribute to the reconstruction of their home country, or to the development of the country of asylum or the refugee community at large.
CARA – Refugee Academic Grants
- Grants aim to enable refugee academics achieve employment in the UK at a level commensurate with their skills and experience in the long term. Grants can support refugee academics to re-qualify in a range of professions in the UK such as teaching, academia, engineering, law, the charity sector and medicine.
- CARA holds 2 grant rounds a year, with deadlines for applications every June and December. Decisions on applications are made two months after the deadlines. For details of the next grant application deadline please see ‘Call for Applications’.
The Hegg Hoffet Fund for Displaced Women Graduates
- deals with applications for assistance from graduate women (in special cases tertiary women students) who have been displaced as a result of war, political upheaval or other serious emergencies, and makes short term grants for refresher courses for re-entry into the candidates’ professional fields, and courses for integration into new countries. In case of serious natural disasters, national federations and associations may apply for short-term grants on behalf of university women (women students), who suffered hardship due to the disaster, and who wish to continue their work or studies.
University of Melbourne Refugee and Asylum Seeker Scholarships
- Refugee and Asylum Seeker Scholarships were established by the University of Melbourne with the aim of assisting refugees and asylum seekers with the cost of tertiary education.
- From its office in Khartoum WTI sponsors refugees and internally displaced Sudanese to study undergraduate level courses at universities and colleges in Sudan. To promote gender equity over half the beneficiaries are female. WTI supports scholarships with funds from various donors, and is the implementing partner for the UNHCR Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI). Programme beneficiaries study a wide range of subjects relevant to the social and economic development of Sudan.
Ahmedsadik Yusuf Mohamed says
Dear, Sir
I am very happy to contact with you, my name is Ahmedsadik Yusuf Mohamed, and I am a Somali victim refugee-exiled journalists, human rights, peace, youth development living in Kampala.
I came in Kampala after I got injury by a time I was working the above mentioned factors and uknown gunmen had cruelly opened fires the car which I was traveling from Belewein to Mogadishu in 2007.
I am requesting you to consider my application and I am hopeful that you will contact with me as soon as possible.
As you are of Somali journalists are killed, threatened and targetted in Somalia anda lot of times, I was also threatened to be killed that is why I fled from Somalia and there are still human rights violations in Somalia.
I am in wait for your kind reply.
I have completed three years bachelor degree in Business administration from Indian Ocean university in 2005 and I also worked for several journalism fields last 7-years
I currently want to continue my postgraduate program in either of the following fields:
1. Mass-communication
2. Social development
3. Policy and Management
I am kindly requesting you to offer master scholarship for me.
Best Regards
Ahmedsadik Yusuf Mohamed
Somali refugee and exiled journalist and human rights activist
Kampala-Uganda
Email:saadaqcade@yahoo.com
Tedros Mehari says
My name is Tedros .I’m from Eritrea . Idid my first degree in English and would like to persue my education.
mohamed says
hi i am mohamed a somali boy who live in uganda kambala i finished my secondry education in somalia and i need to contonue so i need help on order to get scholarship
Taban john wajaras yanga says
iam presently trying study in University of South Africa in South Africa, with too much influx of political and Economic refugee from Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Uganda and other African countries.iam a Sudanese asylum seeker because of undergoing civil war in Sudan in Darfur and i lost my parent in Darfur before i left to South Africa.iam able to pay my monthly rent of 3500.00 and to keep myself. however, iam unable to raise my titution fees of 20000.00. iam doing undergraduate studies in above mentioed University and am owing the University for 15000.00. please help me E-mail moilinga2000@yahoo.com,
telephone +27761337081
Rev Benedict Ndlovu says
I am presently pastoring a church in Hillbrow,in South africa, with a weekly average attendance of between 500 and 600 economic and political refugees from Zimbabwe.I am married to Musawenkosi Ndlovu and we have been blessed with three children, two boys and a girl;Makabongwe[13],Izwen’inkosi[7] and Lwandile[11 months].We are able to pay our monthly rent of R3500.00 and the upkeep of the family.We are also able to pay the school fees for our two sons.Makabongwe is doing Grade 8 and he pays R250.00 per month whilst Izwen’inkosi is doing Grade2 and he pays R190.00 per month.However, we are not able to raise my tuition fees of R15000.00.I am doing my postgraduate studies in Biblical Studies with the University of Johannesburg and am owing the university for the2008 and 2009 academic years.I am expected to register for the 2009 academic year at the beginning of February,2009.Please help.