Nine Ukrainian pupils are starting the academic year 2022 in British boarding schools: HMCP scholars have been announced

For the fifth year in a row, the Ukrainian-American Concordia University as the National Coordinator of HMC Projects for Ukraine (Kyiv) organised the pre-selection of candidates and selection interviews with applicants for a two-year scholarship in British boarding schools.

23 Ukrainian high school pupils from Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Kyiv region, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Ternopil, Ternopil and Zaporizhzhia regions took part in selection interviews for the British scholarship program under HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

Following this year’s selection interviews, held in January 2022 by Dr Jonathan Wolstenholme, Director and Administrator of HMC Projects, and Mr Harry Hammond, HMC Projects interviewer, six Ukrainians were offered a full scholarship for a two-year Sixth Form course in a boarding school in England or Scotland starting September 1^st, 2022. Another five Ukrainian pupils were offered an opportunity to apply for a reduced fee. On the initiative and with the support of HMC Projects, reduced-fee scholars also received full scholarship offers.

Nine Ukrainian pupils (not taking into account the scholarship winners from Kirovohrad region) are starting the academic year 2022 in the following British boarding schools:

• Dollar Academy (Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland)– founded in 1818, it is the oldest co-educational boarding school in the UK, situated at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Central Scotland – dollaracademy.org.uk
• New Hall School (Chelmsford, Essex, England) – an independent co-educational school in Essex – newhallschool.co.uk
• Woodhouse Grove School (Apperley Bridge, West Yorkshire, England)– an independent co-educational day and boarding school, founded in 1812 and situated on a 70-acre campus in Yorkshire – woodhousegrove.co.uk
• King William’s College (Castletown, the Isle of Man) – an independent co-educational day and boarding school, founded in 1833 and situated on the Isle of Man – kwc.im
• Frensham Heights School (Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey, England) – a progressive independent day and boarding school with a 100-year history – frensham.org
• Cheltenham College (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) – an independent co-educational school of the Victorian period, founded in 1841 – cheltenhamcollege.org
• Ellesmere College (Ellesmere, Shropshire, England) – an independentco-educational day and boarding school set in rural northern Shropshire, located near the market town of Ellesmere; founded in 1884 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard – ellesmere.com
• Akademeia High School (Warsaw, Poland)– a private academically-selective international high school in Warsaw, offering iGCSEs and A Levels – edu.pl

HMC Projects are working hard to secure as many scholarships for Ukrainian pupils as possible. At their initiative, those participants of selection interviews who, initially, were not granted full or reduced-fee scholarships are now receiving scholarship offers from independent boarding schools in the UK. The full list of British schools where Ukrainian scholars will study, starting September 2022, will be announced later in May.

To get more information about the HMC Projects Scholarship Programme, please go to ConcordiaUA website: https://www.concordia.edu.ua/home/hmc-projects/, join our Facebook Group “HMC Projects – Ukraine” or write to hmcprojects@uacu.edu.ua.