Scholars fêted

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Scholars fêted
published: Sunday | September 17, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>

Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter


Jeremy Cresswell (left) presents Richard Brown with a picture of his (Brown's) class at Oxford where he spent a year on a Chevening Scholarship. The high commissioner hosted a reception for the current Chevening scholars, at the British High Commission, Tra-falgar Road, on September 8.

Eight more young Jamaican scholars are heading off to the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: blue 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">United </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: blue 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Kingdom</SPAN> as recipients of Chevening Scholarships.

British High Commissioner Jeremy Cresswell hosted the departing <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: blue 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">students</SPAN> at his residence on Thursday night. Every year, approximately 2,000 students from 150 countries go to the U.K. to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">study</SPAN> as recipients of the scholarships which are funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and administered by the British Council. As a recipient of a similar scholarship that took him to another country in his 'younger days', High Commissioner Cresswell fully knows the value and benefits of a programme like this one.

Achievements lauded

"It's mutually beneficial. The students usually progress in the areas of work they were studying in and it's great that Jamaicans and others get to come to the U.K. and learn about us," he said. He hoped that the students would get a better understanding of "what makes things tick" in Britain. He lauded their achievements, adding that the quality of the applicants is so high, it is hard to achieve one of the coveted schola

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RE: Scholars fêted

(Letter to The Editor)

Dear Sir,

I've just read the article by Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter, which was entitled "Graduates feted."

The reader is left to wonder who the eight recipients of the Chevening Scholarships are, as the reporter never mentioned their names.

I regard this as "lazy" and poor journalism. Surely The Gleaner must hold its reporters to a higher standard. My high school English teachers would have given me a failing grade for such an assignment.

I wonder if Theodore Sealy, in his days at The Gleaner would have accepted such a poorassignment from his staff reporters?

Sincerely,

[Tilla]

RE: Scholars fêted

The Gleaner has really gone tothe dogs. I complain about them all the time that I have just stopped reading their paper.