President and Asset General Manager of BG Group East Africa, Mr Derek Hudson (left) exchanges documents with British Council Country...
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| President and Asset General Manager of BG Group East Africa, Mr Derek Hudson (left) exchanges documents
with British Council Country Director, Mr Richard Sunderland in Dar es Salaam today, after signing the agreement of funding Tanzanian 8 students in
postgraduate to pursue their studies in National Universities and Dar es Salaam
Institute of Technology (DIT). |
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| President and Asset General Manager of BG Group East Africa, Mr Derek Hudson (left) and British Council Director, Mr Richard Sunderland sign the agreement of funding Tanzanian 8 students in postgraduate to pursue their studies in National Universities and Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) today. The sponsorship worth 300m/- will be coverage by the BG company. |
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| President and Asset General Manager of BG Group East Africa, Mr Derek Hudson speaks with reporters during the signing ceremony in Dar es Salaam today. Right is British Council Country Director, Mr Richard Sunderland. |
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| BG TANZANIA, Vice-President, Policy and Corporate Affairs, Mr John Ulanga clarifies a point to reporters during the launching progromme ceremony. Looking on (centre) is the British Council Country Director, Mr Richard Sunderland and Director of Programmes and Business development, Ms Nesia Mahenge. |
BG TANZANIA AND BRITISH COUNCIL FURTHER CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT SCHEME
22 May, 2015, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania–BG Tanzania and the British Council have officially launched a pilot programme that will support postgraduate students in Tanzania wishing to pursue their studies in National Universities and Institutes of Technology. The National scholarships programme, will offer scholarships to graduates with the option of studying 15 various Masters of Science degrees courses in the relevant Higher Education Institutes.
BG Tanzania has invested USD 150,000 dollars, to provide scholars with opportunities to better their lives through education in relevant institutions of Higher learning. These include University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NMAIST), Ardhi University (AU), and Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT). The commitment to education is a reflection of BG Tanzania’s social investment strategy, which focuses on supporting the government and private sector to build capacity for young Tanzanians to benefit from the potential direct and indirect employment opportunities in the budding oil and gas sector.
This support from BG Tanzania is complemented by other existing higher education schemes such as the International Scholarships and International Graduate programmes. BG has set aside USD 800,000 this year to support the international scholarships programme in oil and gas related studies.
“In our international graduate development programme, we have recruited 9 Tanzanian graduates who are currently going through a series of skills development programmes both in Tanzania and abroad to ensure that they attain world class knowledge and skills in the oil and gas sector.”
Derek Hudson, President and General Asset Manager of BG Group East Africa, said: “Tanzania can benefit from the development of its oil and gas industry in a range of ways. One of these is through employment in the sector. BG is actively committed to making sure that we can employ as many Tanzanians as possible, and to achieve that, we need to invest in making sure they have the skills to participate. This is what our international scholarship programme with the British Council is about.”
Richard Sunderland, the British Council’s Country Director, added, ‘we are delighted to be extending our partnership with BG Tanzania to support capacity building in the oil and gas sector. This domestic scholarship bursary scheme is an excellent complement to the international post graduate scholarship scheme that we delivered in partnership with BG Tanzania and the two schemes together helps young Tanzanians build the skills they need to take an active role in the sector in future. These kinds of partnerships between oil and gas operators and educational providers such as the British Council are a fantastic way of connecting young Tanzanians with learning opportunities to help them grow and develop. We feel very proud to be part of such initiatives here in Tanzania’.
Applications for the programme are available for a range of courses relevant to the oil and gas sector at five Tanzanian Universities and Institutes of Technology; University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NMAIST), Ardhi University (AU), and Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT). Full scholarships cover academic tuition fees, research costs, direct student costs.
The Awards will be open to suitably qualified applicants for study commencing in October 2015 and will run for 18-24 months, depending on the length of the students’ respective courses.
For more information or to arrange interviews contact:
Meg Muigai
Note to editors
BG Tanzania is the local business of BG Group, a global gas major. BG Group explore for,develop, produce, market and ship natural gas and oil around the world.
Our business is founded on our distinctive capabilities of market knowledge and commercial agility; exploration performance; a unique LNG business; and our ability to fast-track the development of economic projects oil around the world.
We are headquartered in the United Kingdom and have operations in more than 20 countries, across five continents. BG Group has a global workforce of more than 5 000 employees, with the majority based outside the UK.
For further information on BG Tanzania or BG Group visit: http://www.bg-group.com
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