{"id":237,"date":"2013-12-13T08:28:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T08:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2015-09-02T20:13:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:13:58","slug":"tullow-oils-international-scholarship-awards-to-boost-mining-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oils-international-scholarship-awards-to-boost-mining-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Tullow Oil\u2019s international scholarship awards to boost mining sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 scholars from Kenya have received the Tullow Group Scholarships and are already in the process of selecting their universities of choice in the UK for further studies.<\/p>\n<p>The Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme began in 2011 in Ghana. It has since been expanded to ten countries in Sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>British Council administers the scholarship programme on behalf of Tullow Group in the countries where it operates. The scholarships are for Masters-level students wishing to study in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme aims to build capacity in areas where Tullow\u2019s host countries experience significant skills gaps, especially, but not exclusively, around their oil and gas industries. The Scheme is aligned with Tullow\u2019s aim of supporting long-term socio-economic development in countries where it operates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scholarships are available to those who are committed to making a contribution to their own country\u2019s development. The Scheme gives candidates a chance to receive a high standard of education from internationally recognised institutions, which can then be applied in the scholar\u2019s home country.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship currently covers Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Gabon, Cote d\u2019 Ivoire, Congo Brazzaville, Uruguay, Guyana, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Suriname and is globally coordinated by the British Council Ghana Office.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, 10 scholars from Kenya\u00a0received Tullow Group Scholarships and are currently enrolled in various leading UK universities including Robert Gordon University, London South Bank University, University of Nottingham, Abertay Dundee, Reading and Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Related articles<\/p>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/03\/kenyan-oil-industry-faces-infrastructure-capacity-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kenyan oil industry faces infrastructure, capacity challenges<\/a> (oilnewskenya.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 scholars from Kenya have received the Tullow Group Scholarships and are already in the process of selecting their universities of choice in the UK for further studies. The Tullow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oils-international-scholarship-awards-to-boost-mining-sector\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[3542,358,1191,1252,1450,3543,2177,2419,2565,2603,3541],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-abertay-dundee","tag-british-council","tag-ivory-coast","tag-kenya","tag-london-south-bank-university","tag-reading","tag-robert-gordon-university","tag-sub-saharan-africa","tag-tullow","tag-uganda","tag-university-of-nottingham","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/tullow.jpg?fit=276%2C182&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2055,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-to-start-offering-vocational-training-scholarships-beginning-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":0},"title":"Tullow Oil To Start Offering Vocational Training Scholarships Beginning 2015","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"November 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tullow Kenya will starting next year expand its annual Tullow Group scholarship scheme (TGSS)to cover vocational training, in a move that will see over a 1000 Kenyans get opportunities to pursue short term courses including welding and carpentry. 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This is about 1000 applications more than the process saw in the last exercise with just 30 applicants to join various UK universities.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/scholarships.png?fit=522%2C259&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":423,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-to-educate-100-africans-on-oil-and-gas\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":5},"title":"Tullow Oil to educate 100 Africans on Oil and Gas","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"February 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Tullow Oil has announced that it is now receiving scholarship applications from interested students in the oil and gas sectors in seven African countries it operates. 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