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Hillary Clinton in London to launch scholarship programme in partnership with Sky and Swansea University



Sky and Swansea University have together launched a global scholarship programme designed to find answers to “urgent global challenges”.

The programme has been launched in partnership with former US First Lady Hillary Clinton and will start in the autumn at the university’s school of law.

Billed as a global first, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges Scholarship will “support the next generation of leaders committed to addressing urgent global challenges, including the rights and protection of children online, the climate crisis and cyber security.”

Scholars will be selected over the summer and granted a fully-funded, postgraduate one-year scholarship at the university, and aided by funding from Sky.

Mrs Clinton, who was first lady of the US from 1993 to 2001, came to London to announce the programme, and used Twitter to reveal why it’s close to her heart.

She said: “I made a surprise stop at the Sky Leadership event to announce a new scholarship program from @SkyUK & @SwanseaUni. 

“It’ll give students the chance to design a one-year master’s at The Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law to study issues relating to children’s welfare.”

She later added: “I’m delighted that this partnership between Sky and the School of Law at Swansea will be able to achieve something truly unique, with an urgency that the challenges we face today demand. 

“The programme is a modern, flexible approach which combines the rigour of academic excellence with practical, real world impact. 

“These scholars will embody our shared values of working together across disciplines and geographic boundaries to improve conditions and opportunities for all, and especially for women, children, the marginalised and the disenfranchised.”

Mrs Clinton, who lost out to Donald Trump in the race to become US President in 2017, has close links to the university’s school of law, which was named in her honour as The Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law.

Law school dean, Professor Elwen Evans QC, said: “These scholarships will support the delivery of a transformational programme and we hope that our students will be outward-looking in addressing the big issues. 

“If we are to tackle the major challenges, such as climate, security, protecting children online, and inequality, we require innovative thinking and leadership, and a sustained commitment to transnational cooperation and collaboration.”

“This programme capitalises on the considerable research expertise within the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law in order to provide students with an incredible opportunity to be undertake study into areas of global challenge, and to be equipped with the skills to undertake legal research and to effectively advocate for transformational change to law, policy and practice.”

The Masters scholarships, which include an external placement, are the first element in a wider Global Challenges Programme which will eventually include a doctoral research programme and relevant academic collaborations. Places are now up for grabs but are limited “to a select number of exceptional students”. 

Jeremy Darroch, group chief executive at Sky, said: “We are honoured to be the inaugural partner for the Hillary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges Scholarship and are immensely proud to support a programme so committed to building a better tomorrow.

“As a society we face a number of global challenges and as a responsible business we recognise the importance of using our reach and voice to make a difference in addressing these, making an impact in the wider world, and helping others do the same.

“I look forward to welcoming the scholars to the Sky family and exploring the good we can do together.”

Applications are now open here.



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