20/11/2001

Overseas students attend Stormont reception

The Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren, has welcomed a group of international students to the seat of Government in Northern Ireland.

The students, including participants in the prestigious Chevening Scholarship programme, attended a reception at the Parliament Buildings, Stormont.

Minister Farren said: “I would like to welcome those on the Chevening programme and the other visiting students from the nineteen countries represented here. The Chevening Scholarship programme is the premier Government scholarship scheme for international students and I am particularly pleased that this year 16 students have decided to come to Northern Ireland to participate in it.”

The Chevening Scholarship programme is organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and administered locally by the British Council in Northern Ireland. (CD)

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