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Ireland Fellows Programme is now accepting applications from Nigerian mid-career professionals for its 2023/2024 Roger Casement Fellowship in Human Rights to pursue a master’s degree in Human Rights in Ireland. The deadline for the submission of applications is July 31, 2022.

The Program’s goals are to develop the country’s potential to acquire country-wide SDG desires and to foster fantastic relationships with Ireland.

The Program is designed to assist graduates to make contributions to the potential building of their domestic nations and come to be a part of the subsequent technology of leaders of their respective fields once they go back domestic.

They also are anticipated to make contributions to the improvement of long-time period fantastic private and expert relationships with Ireland, in addition to the merchandising of institutional linkages.

The Ireland Fellows Programme Roger Casement Fellowship in Human Rights was created to honor the memory of Roger Casement, an Irish human rights activist who spent some of his early working life in Calabar, Nigeria.

He was an early advocate for human rights in Nigeria and later in the Congo, the Amazon, and Ireland. With his humanitarian legacy in mind, the Roger Casement Fellowship annually funds a candidate from Nigeria to pursue a master’s degree in Human Rights in Ireland.

Roger Casement Fellowship Eligibility

Applicants must

• Be a resident national of Nigeria.
• Have a minimum of two years’ substantial work experience that is directly relevant to your proposed programme(s) of study.
• Hold a bachelor’s level academic qualification from an accredited and government-recognised higher education institution, with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale) – i.e. a first-class honour, or second class honour, Grade 1 (a second class honour Grade 2 may be accepted if the applicant has substantial directly relevant work experience). It must have been awarded in 2011 or later (i.e. within the last 12 years).
• Not already hold a qualification at master’s level or higher. Not currently undertaking a programme at master’s level or higher, or be due to start a programme at master’s level or higher in the academic year 2022/23.
• Be applying to commence a new programme at the master’s level in Ireland no sooner than August 2023.
• Be able to demonstrate the following: leadership abilities and aspirations; a commitment to the achievement of the SDGs within your own country; and a commitment to contribute to building positive relationships with Ireland.
• Have identified and selected three programmes in Human Rights relevant to your academic and professional background from the Casement Fellowship Directory of Eligible Programmes.
• Have a clear understanding of the academic and English language proficiencies required for all programmes chosen.
• Must not have applied to the Ireland Fellows Programme on more than one previous occasion.
• Be in a position to take up the Fellowship in the academic year 2023/2024.
• Meet any relevant procedural requirements of the Government of Nigeria.

Roger Casement Fellowship Benefits

• The Roger Casement Fellowship Programme normally covers: return airfares, full tuition, stipends to cover accommodation and subsistence costs, health insurance and other allowances, in addition to the necessary entry arrangements such as medical examination and visa.

How to Apply for Roger Casement Fellowship

Applicants must read the Applicants Guidance Note carefully before completing the application form as eligibility criteria may differ from country to country.

The application process consists of three stages:

• Stage 1   Preliminary Application;
• Stage 2   Detailed Application;
• Stage 3   Interviews.

If shortlisted after the interview stage, all applicants will be required to take another English language test, usually, the IELTS exam, unless they are already in possession of an IELTS certificate that is dated 2021 or later which shows the applicant has achieved the necessary score for the course(s) they intend to apply to. Early preparation for the IELTS exam is strongly advised, even for native English speakers.

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