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Source Name: The British Council
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UK Minister Announces the GREAT Britain Scholarships – India 2015 Worth Rs.150 Million and GREAT Scholarships Guide
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Oct 10, 2014 18:50 PM
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New Delhi, Delhi, India
Vince Cable, Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, UK today announced the GREAT Britain Scholarships – India 2015 and GREAT Scholarships Guide as part of the ‘GREAT BRITAIN’ campaign (“GREAT”) at a FICCI conference in New Delhi. Launched in February 2012, GREAT is a strategic international marketing programme designed to promote the UK to business, tourism and student markets worldwide in order to enhance the country’s global reputation.
The UK and India share a well-established, broad-ranging and expanding partnership on education. With almost 400 scholarships this year, and over 750 in the last two years, the GREAT Britain Scholarships – India 2015 is the largest ever scholarships programme offered to Indian students. The scholarships for the current year are worth almost 1.5 million pounds (approx. 150 million rupees).
In addition, British Council has also launched the GREAT Scholarships Guide 2015, which has been designed to assist students with their scholarship search and addresses some of the important aspects that students need to keep in mind while applying.
Indian students applying for undergraduate courses in the UK continue to grow, owing to a conducive environment they get to study and live. Over 93 per cent of postgraduate students in the UK rate the quality of teaching positively and 88 per cent said that they are satisfied with their learning experience, as per the new HE Academy Postgraduate Taught Experience survey.
The UK enjoys a global reputation of the second most desired destination for higher education with over 330,000 foreign students from over 200 countries, including around 24,000 from India. In the recently published QS World University Rankings 2013/14, four of the top six universities in the world are in the UK. According to the latest QS report, a survey was carried out with 27,000 graduate employers and found that graduates from UK universities are among the most employable, with employers rating five UK universities among the world’s top 10.
GREAT Britain Scholarships Student Mobility is critical for cultural relations. The mutual movement of people and ideas between India and the UK helps create the condition for more creativity, innovation and enterprise. The British Council is working with partners across Government in the GREAT Campaign, promoting the UK as a destination to study. The GREAT scholarships would entail:
GREAT Britain Scholarships Guide The British Council is working with partners across the UK government in the GREAT Campaign to promote the UK as a study destination. Towards that, it has launched GREAT Britain Scholarships – India 2015. With almost 400 scholarships this year, and over 750 in the last two years, this is the largest ever scholarships programme offered to Indian students. The GREAT Britain Scholarships Guide– India 2015 has been designed to assist students with their scholarship search and addresses some of the important aspects that students need to keep in mind while applying. The guide includes:
Online resources
A comprehensive website aimed solely at the Indian students –with a searchable course database of more than 450,000 courses, information on visa procedures, stories from alumni, scholarship information and lots of advice for potential students and their families - http://www.educationuk.org/india/
For advice about the quality of teaching and research in UK higher education institutions students should consult the following official resources - for subject and institution reviews visit www.unistats.ac.uk and for research ratings visit www.rae.ac.uk
The UK is very competitive — both for tuition fees and living costs — according to a study by the UK Higher Education International Unit published recently. Eight out of 10 higher education students in UK also give their courses top marks, finds a survey published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in August 2011. You can find out more on www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2011/nss.htm
International students with a recognised degree from a UK Institution may also be able to apply for visa to work in the UK as per the announcement on ‘Exceptional talent route’ and ‘New student entrepreneurs’ scheme. You can find more on www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/countries/india
The ‘GREAT Britain’ Campaign The ‘GREAT Britain’ campaign (“GREAT”) is a strategic international marketing programme designed to promote the UK to business, tourism and student markets worldwide in order to enhance the country’s global reputation and deliver long-term economic benefits. GREAT was officially launched in February 2012.
The British Council: The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. It aims to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and increase appreciation of the UK’s creative ideas and achievements. The British Council is active in 109 countries and 227 towns and cities worldwide.
For more information please contact: Suchita Gokarn suchita.gokarn@in.britishcouncil.org Head I Education Promotion (India), British Council Division British Deputy High Commission |