Learning is beyond geographical location and forestry students do have an opportunity to study abroad in order to get quality education, experience culture and work in a new environment and international exposure. One of the easiest ways to do this is through a scholarship abroad route.
“Scholarship programme for MSc and Phd students from developing countries. A forestry and natural resources targeted scholarship programme can be established under UNESCO or World Bank Scholarships Program.” was one of the recommendations by Monica Gabay and Mika Rekola (2019) in a background study prepared for the fourteenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests [See here – https://ifsa.net/forest-education-needed-in-all-schools/]
As the scholarship application season draws close for the year 2021, many forestry students and graduates in Nigeria and beyond are not aware of scholarships opportunities they can tap into. Others need to be fully aware of the requirements for scholarship applications while some are not informed about the process and the need to apply.
This topic is inline with the goal 3 – “Enable students to engage globally”of International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) 2018-2022 Strategy; IFSA overall vision of “a world that appreciates forests” and the objective of capacity building by the organiser of the Nigerian Forestry Students and Graduates round table session.
The speakers are well experienced and are beneficiaries of one or more scholarships in the field of forestry, they have also attended international forestry conferences among others and they are ready to share personal insights during this Webinar.
Meet our guests and learn more about them
- Dr. Yemi Adeyeye, YPARD Director and Erasmus Mundus Alumnus https://www.linkedin.com/in/yemi-adeyeye-53b36623
- Mr. Bola Tomiyosi, MasterCard Foundation Scholar
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomiyosi-bola-5ba079137
- Mr. Fisola Adesuyi, Erasmus Mundus Scholar https://www.linkedin.com/in/adesuyi-fisola-b4199714
- Mr. Saliu Ibrahim, Integration Analyst at Euroclear SA/NV and Erasmus Mundus Alumnus https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-sunkanmi-saliu-67bb7a17a
Webinar focus
- Searching for scholarships and noting their dates/ types of scholarships
- General applications, overview and general insights
- Preparing and collecting documents such as curriculum vitae or resume, academic transcript, English language proficiency certificate.
- Essay writing such as personal statement, motivation letter, leadership essay, development essay, financial situation essay etc.
- Relevant e-books will be shared also.
Hosts: Meshach Aderele and Olaoluwa Adetula
Date: Saturday, 15th August, 2020
Time: 1:00pm WAT
Registration: If you are joining the roundtable session for the first time, please register through http://bit.ly/maxrelevance to get the Zoom invite link.