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Hello all and thanks for staying tuned... Still on my study abroad story which I would be wrapping up so I don't bore you to sleep...'WE' eventually studied abroad... I’m sure you’d be wondering why I am saying ‘We’...(lol) Well, myself and 2 children eventually came to study abroad including my husband despite Chevening’s final verdict. I felt I had gone too far with my preparations to turn back. I probably leveraged on the words of Beverly Sills who said, “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try” . So, I decided to go ahead with the plan in faith that I would not be stranded and to God’s glory I have not been - GLORY! Back to my story, children can travel and stay with their parents as dependants - most of the time if it is the Mother that is studying. The rule also stipulates that the husband must be there and is eligible to work for 40 hours (staying back can be worked around). Education for the children is free so ...

Welcome back to my blog and thanks for reading so far... This is the continuation of my Study abroad story...(hoping it is not boring)...If it, please bear with me as I'm getting somewhere 😁 Anyways, while waiting (meaning placed on the Chevening reserve list),  I decided to continue with other travel requirements such as taking the Tuberculosis test (with approved centers only in Lagos and Abuja) and the English language test (IELTS for UKVI). I’d like to stress that there are different IELTS exams all comprising of 4 components namely - Writing, Speaking, Listening and Reading. The difference lies in the content of the exam where the reading materials in the reading exam for IELTS academic are most likely topics gotten from textbooks, journals, research work etc. The reading materials for IELTS General are mostly from everyday reading materials.  The different types are as follows: IELTS General (could be used for immigration purposes and useful for ...

Hello... I’m back again as promised with my studying abroad story. I’d rewind a little bit to how I stumbled across the C hevening scholarship. I went for a British Council fair way back 2009 and saw some leaflets about it. I gave it a try in 2010 barely 2  weeks to its closing date and submitted a rather horrible application - essays that when I looked back at, even I wouldn’t have given myself the scholarship (lol). Then I stumbled upon this folder saved on my hard drive again in 2016 and thought to give it another try. Chevening application involves 4 essays with topics in leadership & influence, networking, study plans and career/ future plans. For anything ‘FREE’ know that you need to ‘pay’ something for it - be it your time or resources which could be your brainpower and tapping some from others. This time around I was ready to give the essays my best shot, so I started early. I applied online on the Chevening website and selected schools I was interested in....