Recent Posts Tagged With 'advice'

• Your 5-minute guide to college costs

  Posted on Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 03:49 in money, College, scholarship, saving, advice, University, admissions, universities, scholarships, student lounge

  Paying for college? It might feel like there’s a vacuum hooked up to your bank account. But these two dozen tips can ease some of the pocketbook pain. Before you do anything else, apply for financial aid. Even if you think your family earns too...

• Avoid Scholarship Scams

  Posted on Thursday February 26th, 2009 at 21:02 in advice, admissions, ucla, scholarships, scholarship scams, african scholarships, scholarships for africans, student lounge, full scholarships, scholarships america, scholarships in america

  It’s a story that college admissions officers have heard too often. Iregi Macharia*, a secondary school student from Kenya, received an official-looking email from a man who promised to find him a full scholarship to UCLA, for a modest fee. The man...

• 2009 AfDB’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) - Deadline February 28th

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 23:01 in careers, jobs, advice

  Thanks to my good friend Rachel for this reminder. I hope some of you are able to take advantage before Feb. 28. The African Development Bank is the continent’s leading development finance institution and a key development partner of its 53 Re...

• UK Student VISA

  Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 12:30 in immigration, advice, universities, student visa, uk visa, uk student visa, student lounge

  You’ve been accepted by a UK university…what now? Now, you need to arrange for your UK student visa. The UK Student Visa is called an INF 5.  You will apply for the INF 5 at a British mission overseas – usually, the British embassy in your hom...

• Interested in a University in the UK?

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 23:19 in advice, UK, admissions, universities, study in uk, student lounge, uk university, university in uk

  If it is your desire to study in the UK, you’re probably wondering how to achieve it.Here are a few tips from the experts. We spoke with officials from the international student office at several universities, and here’s there advice. Before you ...

• Getting an Australian Student Visa

  Posted on Thursday January 15th, 2009 at 12:05 in immigration, advice, universities, australia visa, australian scholarships, australia student visa

  Congratulations! You’ve been accepted by an Australian university. Now it’s time to think about your student visa. You should apply for your visa as soon as possible – at least two months before you begin classes. Each person applying for a stu...

• Admissions information for Australian Universities

  Posted on Wednesday January 14th, 2009 at 22:58 in australia, advice, admissions, african education, toefl, study in australia, australian scholarships, australian admisions

  If you found our Australia post useful and are interested in pursuing an education in Australia, here is some more information to help you make a decision as well as help you get accepted should you choose to apply to one of the many fine institution...

• Study in Australia

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 07:51 in advice, admissions, universities, phd, bachelors degree, study in australia, masters degree, student lounge, australian admisions, australian cirriculum, cost of australian education

  Australia is quickly becoming a destination of choice for African Students to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees.  Here’s a piece from our advice library that may be useful to anyone considering Australia as a potential host for post se...

• OFID Scholarship Award 2009/10 Gives up to $100,000.00 for Completion of a Masters Degree

  Posted on Thursday January 1st, 2009 at 13:01 in scholarship, advice, scholarships, ofid, corporate information, student lounge, graduate scholarship opporutinty, opec fund for international development

  OFID (The OPEC Fund for International Development) is pleased to announce that qualified undergraduate students are welcome to apply for the OFID Scholarship 2009/10. The OFID Scholarship will be awarded to support an undergraduate student from any d...

• Scholarships for African Students in UK - Chevening Scholarship Programme:

  Posted on Friday December 26th, 2008 at 10:21 in advice, scholarships, chevening, african scholarships, uk scholarships, student lounge, chevening scholarships, ghanian scholarships, lesotho scholarships, nigerian scholarships, scholarship deadlines, swazi scholarships

  Just last month Nana Awere Damoah shared his Chevening Scholarship experience with us. We recieved a lot of follow up questions to that piece and hope this will help answer most if not all of those questions. As a follow up, we're providing some m...

• Chevening Scholarship Alumnus Shares his Experience

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 19:19 in advice, chemical engineering, fellowships, nottingham university, add new tag, corporate information, student lounge, africanscholar, africanscholar.com, british council chevening scholar, chevening scholarships, kwame nkurumah university of science and technology

  I first came across Nana Awere Damoah, when I was updating the scholarships for Africans group on Facebook. He introduced himself as a Chevening Scholarship alumnus of Nottingham University in 2005/6 and offered to share more information about his ex...