Written By: Shaher Hamdan, Reviewed By: Dr. Marwa Hamdan

Tips for Chevening Essay Questions

Essay questions are considered the major criteria that determine the strength of your application and contribute a ton in the selection decision.

Essay questions are a good chance to show your leadership and communicating skills which are the core features of the perfect applicants, even more important than academic excellence. There’s a useful style which we recommend to follow when writing the essays called STAR. It stands for Situation, Task, Action and Result. We highly recommend using this style to present your examples either on Leadership or for speaking on networking skills. And each essay should be systematically organized and consist of introduction, body and a conclusion.

 It’s recommended to write a draft on a separate document and let someone proofread it before submitting your application, also it is important to highlight your relevant activities from your studies or professional background, any project or initiative that you have been actively involved in. In addition to voluntary work which is a very important factor for Chevening scholarship.

NEVER COPY PASTE in your application as it would be easy for them to notice it since they use accurate software tools which detect copy paste plagiarism. 

There are a total of 4 essays, each should be between 50-500 words;

1)  leadership essay

It’s considered to be the most important essay question in the application in which you are expected to talk about your role as a leader throughout your different study years in both school and university, work and your life in general. Give examples of the challenges you faced and how did you overcome them and what lessons you gained from these king of situations and how to utilize this experience in the future. This essay should include examples as the following:

• The scenarios in which he played leadership roles.
• How he managed good team management skills in different projects.
• How he led community projects on a fixed budget.
• How he considered the opinion of every member and negotiate among them.
• How he worked with different personalities and led successful projects.
• How his leadership project contributed in the long term and brought a positive change in his community.

2) Networking skills essay

In this essay you should mention your networking and personal relations at the national as well as international levels,talk about how you deal with the people in a variety of professions including government and international representatives, public authorities, and academia and show how you are familiar with a different culture, age groups, socioeconomic classes. Show your interest in improving your network skills by involving in the alumni community and all the different activities and how you will learn and apply your skills in the future to benefit your home country.

3) Why do you want to pursue your studies in the UK essay

In this essay you will start by describing your field of study and career and how they are related to your chosen courses and what these courses have to offer for your improvement and what makes UK universities so special for you specially in your field of study and how big your knowledge will increase by studying these courses in the UK. the candidate should mention his interest in cross-cultural understanding. And finally show how all this is related to and necessary for you in order to achieve your goals and plans for the future.

4) Future career plan essay

Chevening is basically looking to invest into future leaders and influencers, so your essay should demonstrate that:

• You will be a leader in your chosen field and you will bring a great impact once back.
• You should be clear and specific regarding your future plan.
• You should have realistic goals.

There are common styles that successful candidates usually follow:

• Short term & long term career goals.
• It is advisable to elaborate further in your answer as which sector you are planning to work at:

1. In the academic filed: For instance working to improve education at Palestinian universities.
2. In Governmental field
3. In local NGOs
4. In the international NGOs
5. Starting your own business.You can add any other relevant field where applicable

• Chevening is looking for individuals who have a clear post-study career plan. outline your immediate plans upon returning home and your longer term career goals. You may wish to consider how these relate to what the UK government is doing in your country. 
• You should mention your career plans that show how he is going to support his community or country.
• All Goals should be smart enough and realistic.
• A candidate’s plans should include a social, academic, and professional approach.
• You must relate your skills, volunteer activities, and work experience to your career plans.
• A candidate should show his interest in International research that would contribute to the community.

Reference letters

Chevening requires 2 letters of reference.

• A referee must know the applicant either professionally or in academics.
• Reference letters would be verified by the British council once a candidate gets shortlisted.

Still more to come, Our next article regarding Chevening Interviews will be published soon.

Keep follouing our CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIP page:
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Here is an overview of the application and selection process, so you always know what’s going on.

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