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Financial help for Masters students from developing countries available through Marshal Papworth programme

Posted 9 November 2022

The 2022 Marshal Papworth course attendees at Harper Adams.

Students from developing countries can receive financial help to study a Masters degree at 91Pro next year via the .

The aim of the scholarship – for students beginning their studies in September 2023 - is to teach and develop students’ skills and knowledge to help them make a difference to farming practices in their home countries.

Students from Ghana, Kenya and Malawi were among the cohort who joined the course earlier this year – taking part online at first, and then coming to the Harper Adams campus in Shropshire for face to face teaching.

The students were the first to be taught in-person at Harper Adams after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lecturer in Sub-Saharan and Tropical Agriculture, Ed Mashatise said: “The long-term impact of the scholarship is to improve food security in host countries and their communities and to have sustainable farming systems in the developing world.

“This is an excellent opportunity for prospective students, including those from Sub–Saharan Africa t,o enhance their agricultural skills at Harper Adams, the UK’s leading specialist university for the agri-food and rural business sectors.”

The scholarship is available for students from developing countries who have applied to study MSc Integrated Pest Management, MSc Entomology or MSc Agricultural Sciences and Production Systems.

The Marshal Papworth Fund was originally established in 2001 to provide one-year scholarships to educate agricultural and horticultural students from developing countries.

The Fund takes its name from its late founder, Marshal Papworth, a Huntingdonshire farmer, who played a key role in the agricultural community, as well as being a proactive member of the East of England Agricultural Society.

The scholarship will cover payment of full international tuition fees of more than £15,000 and also living expenses of £10,000.

The deadline for applications to be made is Friday, February 10, 2023. 

For more information, and how to apply, click here.