Deadline- 19 October 2012
Countries/Region- BERMUDA
Each year, there is one Scholarship available in Bermuda to enable an outstanding student – chosen on the basis of exceptional intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service – to study at the University of Oxford. The first Rhodes Scholar from Bermuda was selected to come to Oxford in 1904, and since that time nearly 100 students from Bermuda have been awarded this prestigious scholarship.
Eligibility criteria–
- Candidate must be a Bermudian or British Subject. The candidate, or either one of his/her parents (or guardians), must have been resident in Bermuda for at least five consecutive years immediately preceding 1st January of the year for which the Scholarship is to be awarded. Periods of absence for the purposes of education are disregarded. In the case of a British Subject who is not a Bermudian, he/she, or either one of his/her parents (or guardians), must also have been resident in Bermuda for a total of at least ten years. In the event that both of a candidate’s parents (or guardians) are dead, the residency requirement must have been satisfied immediately prior to their death;
- A candidate who satisfies the citizenship qualification in other Rhodes constituencies may not apply for a Scholarship in more than one such constituency;
- candidate must have been educated in Bermuda for at least five years;
- candidate must be at least 19 years and younger than 25 years by 1 October 2013. This means candidates must have been born after 30 September 1988 and on or before 1 October, 1994;
- Candidates must have completed (or be due to complete by 1 October 2013) at least three years of undergraduate study, normally a Bachelor’s degree with First or Upper Second Class Honours, or a combined degree with First or Upper Second Class results in a recognised university;
- The Rhodes Trust and Oxford University require that selection for a Scholarship and for admission to the University will be without regard to marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour, sex and gender, religion, sexual orientation, social background, disability, caste or other irrelevant distinction.
- A selection committee will make no nomination if it is of the opinion that there is no sufficiently qualified candidate.
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