{"id":581,"date":"2022-09-21T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/?p=581"},"modified":"2022-09-21T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:51:49","slug":"establishment-of-the-kings-scholarship-at-kings-college-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/establishment-of-the-kings-scholarship-at-kings-college-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishment of the King&#8217;s Scholarship at King&#8217;s College London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Royal Bhutanese Embassy, Brussels is pleased to announce the establishment of the King\u2019s Scholarships of Bhutan at King\u2019s College London, the United Kingdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Scholarship was established through an exchange of Letters between H.E. Mr. Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bhutan in Brussels, on behalf of the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) and Professor \u2018Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President (International, Engagement &amp; Service) King\u2019s College London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this partnership, the King\u2019s Scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate student from Bhutan, admitted to King\u2019s College London for a BA in International Relations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prestigious King\u2019s Scholarships is inspired by His Majesty\u2019s vision to create a \u201cwell educated and forward looking society that is ready to meet and seize the opportunities of the 21st century\u201d. The scholarship is aimed at identifying the talent pool for leadership in civil service from a young age and grooming them strategically. Besides the undergraduate studies, awardees will be provided with developmental and leadership programs so that they will be able to anticipate and seize opportunities for the long term interest of the country. It is implemented by the RCSC in collaboration with the Department of Adult and Higher Education (DAHE), Ministry of Education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In signing the Letter of Intention, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor \u2018Funmi Olonisakin conveyed that King\u2019s College London is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cappreciative of this initiative which will support qualified students at the King\u2019s College coming from Bhutan\u201d.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Bhutanese Embassy, Brussels is pleased to announce the establishment of the King\u2019s Scholarships of Bhutan at King\u2019s College London, the United Kingdom.\u00a0 The Scholarship was established through an exchange of Letters between H.E. Mr. Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bhutan in Brussels, on behalf of the Royal Civil Service Commission &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}