Category Archives: Academic News

New Fortress Awards $4-million Scholarships to CMU

New Fortress Awards $4-million Scholarships to CMU New Fortress Energy has announced a new partnership with Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), which has seen it award 12 students enrolled across various disciplines with scholarships valued at close to $4 million. The students are Stephen Bennett, Sherwayne Howell and Huntley Rowe from the faculty of Marine Transportation; Christopher

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Scholarships for Caribbean Students in Atlantic Canada

International Students, win millions in scholarships to study in Atlantic Canada. Get student work permits and current information about study in Canada

JF Mills Scholarships Jamaica Flour Mills

Tertiary Students Receive Scholarships from Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation (JF Mills)

Tertiary Students Receive Scholarships from Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation. Eight tertiary students have received scholarships valued at $3.6 million from the Jamaica Flour Mills (JFM) Foundation and the Hart/Jacobs Scholarships, for the 2018/19 academic year.

NCB Foundation to Pay for More CSEC Subjects

Chair, National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation, Thalia Lyn (second right), transfers $13.9 million to the Overseas Examinations Commission’s (OEC) account to cover the cost incurred for the 3,334 students from government-approved public and private schools who sat Principles of Account and Principles of Business in June. Observing (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry

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Gov’t Pursuing More Opportunities for Jamaican Students to Study in China

Jamaican Students to Study in China Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Governments of Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China are in discussions on ways in which they can significantly increase the number of young Jamaicans able to study in China. He said this would be welcome, in

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Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility

14 Students Won The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Scholarships for 2018

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility announced its 2018 scholarship winners who won a share of US$129,000 to pursue studies in areas related to disaster risk management.

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Scholars and Artists 2019-2020

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Scholars and Artists 2019-2020 The Swiss Government through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), is inviting interested applicants to apply for doctoral, postdoctoral and research fellowship scholarships, to pursue studies and/or research at public funded universities or recognized institutions in Switzerland for the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Tahir Thompson is The Scholarship Incubator Program Scholarship Winner

Congratulations to Tahir Thompson on winning the ScholarshipJamaica.com’s Scholarship to attend the Skolastik Oasis Caribbean’s Scholarship Incubator Programme (SOCSIP) at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus held last week. The SOCSIP is a three (3) day scholarship application, interview and preparation technique programme designed and produced by Miss Tracy-Ann Hyman, an Education Finance

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A Successful Scholarship Incubator Programme (SOCSIP)

SKOLASTIK OASIS CARIBBEAN (SOC) hosted its very first 3-day Scholarship intensive, titled: Scholarship Incubator Programme (SOCSIP), at the Hub Co-Working Limited at 34 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston 10, on July 26, 27 and 28, 2018. This particular SOCSIP aimed to break down the often tedious Scholarship Application Process into ‘bite sizes’ enabling students to nail

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Jamaican Accepted Into Pilot US Journalism Fellowship

Aldane’s Wins Maynard Journalism Fellowship Former Wolmer’s head boy and Jamaica Observer freelancer Aldane Walters is among the first cohort of media workers in the United States who have been accepted into the Maynard 200 Journalism Fellowship. The journalism fellowship award, offered by the Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, seeks to train 200 journalists, producers,

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