Two T&T nationals have received fully funded scholarships to study in the UK for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Through the award, Ashlee Burnett and Joshua Hamlet will have a year of postgraduate study at a university of their choice.
The British High Commission noted that the two scholars were selected from a highly competitive process to study in the UK.
More than 50,000 applications were received and more than 5,000 percent of applicants were interviewed online and at High Commissions and Embassies around the world.
British High Commissioner Harriet Cross congratulated Burnett and Hamlet on their achievements.
“I am very proud of them. They have both shown the commitment to be future leaders in their respective fields and the ambition to drive positive change in their country. I wish them well on their journey and I have no doubt that each will contribute significantly to the future of Trinidad and Tobago on their return.”
Cross added: “The Chevening program is a unique opportunity for students to develop professionally, personally and academically while exploring the UK’s diverse cultural landscape, stunning landscapes and vibrant history, all the while building lasting relationships with people from the whole world.”
Burnett is a writer and educator and founder of Feminitt Caribbean and a Young Women’s Leader for 2020. She is a Fellow of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust Network and an advisor to the Global Advisory Committee for the Caribbean region of FRIDA, the Young Feminist Fund . She is also the Education Transformation Coordinator organized by the United Nations Initiative on Girls’ Education.
Joshua Hamlet, 34, is a practicing lawyer called to the Trinidad and Tobago Bar. His legal practice includes arbitration, commercial litigation, bankruptcy and liquidation, public law, corporate governance, employment law and trust law.
He currently serves as a Branch Committee Member of the Caribbean Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has served on the board of non-profit organizations and worked in at-risk communities in the areas of human capacity development, entrepreneurship and youth activism through performance art.
The two will join a group of over 1,000 young people from over 100 countries.
Preparations are being made for scholars to depart for the opening of their September semester.
Burnett will study for an MSc in Education (International Politics and Development) at the University of Bristol, while Hamlet will study for an LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London.
