OSISA Scholarships For African Women 2017

Organisation : Rhodes University
Announcement : 2017 OSISA Scholarships For African Women
Applicable for : Southern African women
Deadline : November 1st. 2017

Website : https://osisa.org/

OSISA Scholarships For African Women 2017 :

** Applicants should be women who are already practising journalists or are working in various fields of the media industry in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Related : SAMRO Overseas Scholarships Competition : www.southafricain.com/7229.html

** Successful applicants will register for the SPI’s intensive, one-year-long fulltime Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management (PGDip in Media Management), the only formal qualification in media management in Africa and the developing world.

** The PGDip in Media Management is pegged at the honours degree level.
** Candidates must already possess an undergraduate degree from a recognised university in order to pursue postgraduate study.

The OSISA scholarships cover :
** The full cost of tuition
** Accommodation and meals in one of Rhodes University’s residences
** Course materials
** A monthly subsistence allowance
** Medical aid cover
** Mid-year media management internship costs.

** Employers of the successful scholarship applicants or the scholarship winners themselves have to cover their travel costs to and from Rhodes University, including during the University’s holidays, to encourage greater ownership and appreciation of the scholarship programme by the beneficiaries and their media organizations.

** The PGDip in Media Management, popularly known as the PDMM, equips participants with critical knowledge, understandings and work competencies that emerging media leaders need to perform more effectively, strategically and ethically in their organizations and to fast-track their careers to management positions.

Application details and procedures :
** Only women candidates who are already working in the media industry in the 10 Southern African countries of OSISA listed above are eligible to apply for these scholarships. Candidates should already have an undergraduate degree in any discipline from a recognised university.
** The application deadline for these scholarships is 18 November 2017.

Students wishing to apply for these scholarships need to :
** Complete the Rhodes University’s standard Honours Application form (available at .ru.ac.za/applying/ under the section ‘Postgraduate Studies’ which must be submitted directly to the Registrar’s Division at Rhodes University and a copy emailed to Wendy Dyibishe (w.dyibishe@ru.ac.za) at the Sol Plaatje Institute.

** Submit a detailed Curriculum Vitae, including contact details, to Wendy Dyibishe.
** Submit certified academic transcripts of ALL tertiary qualifications.
** These are sent to both Wendy Dyibishe at the SPI and to the Registrar’s Division at Rhodes University; and

** Submit to the SPI — through Wendy Dyibishe at W.dyibishe AT ru.ac.za — a 1,000-word letter of motivation which explains why the student is interested in doing the PGDip in Media Management, how the course will assist the student’s career and why the student believes she/he qualifies for the OSISA scholarship.

** Only short-listed candidates will be contacted after the applications close at 12 mid-day (Southern African Time) on 18 November 2017.

** OSISA is an African institution committed to the creation of open societies through support for democracy, human rights and good governance and it works in Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

** The Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership is a pioneering media management institute of Rhodes University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies.

** It educates and trains high-level media managers and leaders for and from across Africa through delivering unique, innovative and Africa-contextualised courses and training programmes.
** All of the Institute’s courses and training programmes are fully accredited and certificated.