UK offers scholarship

UK offers scholarship

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian citizens are invited to take part in a scholarship program sponsored by the British government and a brewing company to study for a Master's degree at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

Indria from PT Gitaswara Indonesia, sole distributors of the Guiness brewing products, announced on Saturday that the successful candidate will be able to choose one of eight alternative courses of study.

They include communication studies, development studies, economic, finance, industrial and labor studies, modern international studies, politics of international resources and development and sociology, Indria said.

The one-year degree course will start in September next year.

"We believe we have a responsibility to the communities and countries in which our business operates," said Brendan O'Neil, managing director of Guiness Brewing Worldwide.

According to Indria, this is the sixth scholarship sponsored jointly by UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Guiness for Indonesians. (bsr)