The British High Commissioner in South Africa, Dame Nicola Brewer will announce on 13 February that the deadline for the two new Chevening Scholarships, Bloodhound and Sports Science, has been extended until 14 March 2013.  The fully funded Bloodhound scholarship is open to South African graduates who wish to complete an MSc in the UK. Applications can be made at www.chevening.org

• The Bloodhound/Chevening Scholarship is linked to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This one year programme will be for engineering graduates who are South African and wish to pursue their engineering education in the UK to MSc level and be involved with the exciting Bloodhound Supersonic Car Project. It is likely the student will be based at the University of the West of England in Bristol, where the Bloodhound team is also located;

• There will be scope to work alongside the Bloodhound engineering team and partner supply companies in the UK and when the car arrives in the Northern Cape and heads to Hakskeenpan in late 2013;

• The Bloodhound team will provide a mentor in both South Africa and the UK and the successful candidates will be expected to continue their engineering careers in South Africa and also help to promote science and engineering careers to school learners. Applications should be clearly marked Bloodhound.

• Chevening Scholarships are the UK Government’s global scholarship programme, funded mainly by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at higher education institutions in the UK.

• The scholarship programme provides full or part funding for full-time courses at postgraduate level, normally a one year Master’s degree. The name ‘Chevening’ comes from Chevening House in Sevenoaks, Kent – currently the joint official residence of the British Foreign Secretary and the Deputy Prime Minister.