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PRESS RELEASE
UNICAF is the largest and most generous
Scholarship Programme available for African Students for internationally
recognized Degrees.
The programme supports students that are domiciled
in Africa and provides opportunities for studies towards various high
quality, distance learning degree programmes awarded by European
universities, at a fraction of the cost.
The UNICAF Scholarship Programme was founded to
offer gifted, underprivileged students from Africa the opportunity of
furthering their education by studying towards internationally
accredited qualifications.
The University of Nicosia, one of Europe’s largest
independent Higher Education Institutions, has a long tradition of
welcoming African Students to its campuses and has offered assistive
scholarships for decades.
In the Eastern Mediterranean, the University of
Nicosia is ideally placed as a hub for Europe, Asia and Africa – it has a
prestigious reputation as a pioneering University with an academic
tradition rooted in US and UK collaborations.
For example, it has pioneered Cyprus’ first
Medical School in collaboration with the renowned St. George’s Teaching
Hospital of the University of London.
Another great innovation has been the development
of distance learning programmes that can be studied on line, anywhere at
any time to the convenience of those that would normally not be able to
attend a traditional campus owing to family or work commitments, or
because of the remoteness of access.
This tradition of innovation of student support
has now been formalised into the UNICAF Scholarship Scheme which has
been specifically designed to help African students studying at a
distance or through blended learning.
Thousands of African students have benefited from
these scholarship opportunities and it is hoped that the formalisation
and promotion of the UNICAF programme will assist 10s of thousands of
students in the near future to reach their potential through opening up
access to programmes of study that would otherwise remain out of reach.
The combination of flexible, distributed learning
that can be accessed through mobile technologies, and scholarship
assistance through the UNICAF scholarship programme represents a
watershed of educational opportunity in Africa.
The UNICAF Scholarship programme offers assistance
of up to 80% of the cost of the degree programme which can be worth
approximately $10,000.
UNICAF provides an important access route not only
to University of Nicosia programmes, but also a range of awards offered
through its many collaborative partnerships with top European
Universities and also those within the United States.
The European Higher Education Area’s progressive
Higher Education Policy allows awards and credits to be recognised
across the tertiary and higher education sector and through UNICAF,
African students are being offered the opportunity of accessing
European.
Awards, recognised globally as a gold standard
that will boost both employment opportunities and help professional
skills capacity building.
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