Selection Criteria
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Countries & Courses
See the University of Oxford website for full details on eligibility and the application process. Application for the scholarship is made alongside your graduate course application via the University of Oxford website. Please do not send your application to the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust. Go to the University of Oxford website for full details.
Motivation and purpose
You will need to fill out the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme application form where you will be required to explain the relevance of the proposed course of study to your future professional objectives - what your career goals are and how the course will support you to achieve this. You should also be able to demonstrate excellence in your professional path and extra-curricular activities. You should also provide evidence to show your commitment to effecting social, economic or political change at the local, regional or international level.
Leadership potential
My post-graduate education at the University of Oxford has allowed me to enrich my knowledge in public policy and the evaluation of social programmes. With this formal training, alongside my working experience, I feel ready to take the next steps in my career and pursue positions that allow me to continue improving the quality of education of children in low and middle-income countries.
Maria Barron Rodriguez (2016-18),
Peru,
MSc Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation,
Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld
You should be able to describe your leadership skills with particular relevance to communication and interpersonal skills as well as an aptitude for strategic thinking, enterprise and teamwork alongside leadership qualities such as initiative, commitment, responsibility, originality, creativity and risk-taking.
Commitment to the Programme
Scholars must commit to all core requirements of the Leadership Programme. Participation is a compulsory requirement of the Scholarships and Leadership Programme Award and is written into the University of Oxford Scholarship offer letter which successful applicants receive in May/June. The Leadership Programme includes key events which require scholars to be in Oxford prior to the start of the academic year and leave Oxford after the official end of Trinity Term. The Programme is intensive and applicants will need to demonstrate that they are able to manage these additional commitments to their academic studies.