It is surprising that while so many Asian countries are part of the Commonwealth, so few students recognise the various scholarship and fellowship opportunities available to them as a result of their country’s membership.
Of course, most of the most lucrative scholarships, i.e. undergraduate scholarship to the United Kingdom, are provided only to citizens of underdeveloped […]

While most private colleges in Malaysia put overseas-based and twinning programmes at the forefront of their marketing strategy, Institute Perkim-Goon (IPG) - the largest business college in Penang - has revealed that its primary focus is on its local programmes.
According to the insititute’s officials, this is grounded on their belief that local programmes are better […]

If you happened to read the Star Malaysia newspaper on Saturday, you would have spotted an article on Natasha Capol, namesake of the Natasha jewellery collection, and aspiring actress under Singapore’s LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts Bachelors of Arts in Acting degree programme.
Running over to the LASALLE-SIA site wouldn’t have told you much about the […]

It was announced recently that the FireFly agencies (mostly agencies under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore) awarded some 40 scholarships this year - double that of last year’s numbers (though certainly not near peak values of some years).
This is probably due to the higher number of students willing to take up their […]

After so much fuss over the lack of a JPA-class (think open to all Malaysians) scholarship for postgraduate education and the recent launch of a PhD scholarship programme for public university lecturers, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Malaysian Government has decided to introduce the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship (a.k.a. King’s Scholarship) for those […]

If you are an Asian who wants to pursue graduate studies in Public Policy or Public Administration, look nowhere else but the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Why? Because even you’d be surprised at the number of full scholarships available for both courses at NUS.
There are three scholarships available […]

Three days ago, there was a post on how the Government should setup a PhD scholarship scheme for public university (IPTA) lecturers of all races. Today, the Government announces that such a scheme, valued at RM1.2 billion, would be implemented under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).
This is either prescience, or… sheer forgetfulness. But whatever it […]

Late last month, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it was allocating S$30 million over the next 5 years on a Finance Sector Development Fund (FSDF). And a large portion of this budget is to be disbursed through the Finance Scholarship Programme (FSP) - a postgraduate scholarship scheme for targeted fields including actuarial […]