Background |
Established by the Kwok Scholars Association, each year the Kwok Scholarships will provide full funding for up to 2 exceptional students from Hong Kong who intend to return to Hong Kong or China on completion of their studies to develop a career in public service for the benefit of the Hong Kong community and/or betterment of China.
Funding is available for 2 undergraduate scholarships at the University of Oxford, annually. |
What is included? |
The scholarship covers:
The scholarship is tenable for the full duration of a standard undergraduate course. |
Eligibility |
Applicants must be a Chinese student from Hong Kong, and have exceptional academic merit and/or potential and have been offered a place to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) or another Social Sciences undergraduate course related to public service. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to public service for the benefit and betterment of the people of Hong Kong and/or China, and the intention to use his or her studies at the University of Oxford to further that commitment.
After gaining a place for admission, submit a separate application for a Kwok Scholarship online by 31st January. Shortlisted applicants will be interviwed in March. |
Testimonial |
In my application for the Kwok Scholarship, I wrote about encountering Rawls' principles of justice. With regard to socioeconomic inequalities, I was attracted by the notion of equality of opportunity. Less advantaged members of society deserve a chance to study and work in any position as much as anyone else does.
I believe what Project Access is doing is concurrent with this view. As my school provided comprehensive support for both university applications and scholarship applications, it is difficult to imagine how much more time and effort would be required for a student to undertake these procedures without such support. The work of PAHK is therefore extremely valuable to underprivileged students, not only by presenting information to them, but also instilling the very belief that socioeconomic background in itself is not and should not be a barrier to Oxbridge applications. -Martin Yip, Kwok Scholar 2018 |
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