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The Rhodes Scholarship has faced controversies since its inception, primarily concerning the exclusion of women and Black Africans. Initially, the scholarship was limited to male students with Commonwealth of Nations , Germany, and the United States, a restriction that only changed in 1977 following the passage of the Sex Discrimination Act.
Between 1920 and 1948, he held the Beit Professorship of Colonial History at the University of Oxford. [ 1 ] Coupland is known for his scholarship on African history , as a member of the 1923–1924 Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India, and as an influential member of the 1936–1937 Peel Commission , a royal commission on ...
Financed primarily by the Oxford University Press, the Clarendon Fund was established by the Council of the University of Oxford in 2000 and launched in 2001. [1] The original aim of the Fund, as agreed by the council, was to "assist the best overseas graduate students who obtain places to study in the University", regardless of financial capability and to remove any barriers between the best ...
Stellenbosch University: Merton: 1903 South Africa Historian of South Africa and critic of colonial rule in Africa and the West Indies Karl von Müller: Oriel: 1903 Germany Historian John Behan: University of Melbourne: Hertford: 1904 Australia Lawyer and academic (University and Trinity Colleges) [1] Carl Brinkmann: Queen's: 1904 Germany
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Scholarship. Black women studying meteorology and have at least a GPA of 3.0, may qualify for a two-year, $6,000 stipend from the AMS. To apply, you must be a ...
The scholarship is one of the most prestigious scholarships worldwide for higher education at the University of Oxford. Trust awards around thirty-five scholarships each year for high calibre graduates [ 4 ] and early career professionals from developing and emerging economies to study at the University Oxford.
Oloori Kofoworola "Kofo" Aina Ademola, Lady Ademola MBE, MFR, OFR (née Moore; 21 May 1913 – 15 May 2002) was a Nigerian educationist [2] A writer and advocate for women education and also the president [3] of the National Council of Women's Societies in Nigeria and was the head of the women's organization from 1958 to 1964. [4]
Ntokozo Qwabe (born 1991) is a South African Rhodes Scholar who was one of the founders of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign at Oxford University.His subsequent comments following the 2015 Paris attacks and behaviour towards a white waitress in South Africa were criticised in news and social media, leading to a petition for his removal from Oxford which was rejected by the university.