Mercy Awofiranye

Mercy Awofiranye is a creative writer with over five years of experience. Currently, she specializes in creating helpful content for students in the education space. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, cooking, and learning new things.

Scholarships for Students from Low-Income Backgrounds: Breaking Barriers to Education

Scholarships for Students from Low-Income Backgrounds: Breaking Barriers to Education

Students from low-income backgrounds are not only the ones finding it difficult to sponsor their education. According to the Education Data Initiative, the student debt rate accumulation is gradually getting higher. Additionally, the average public university student borrows approximately $32,637 to attain a bachelor’s degree in the US. Unfortunately, students who are from disadvantaged backgrounds … Read more

Scholarships for Arts and Humanities: Nurturing Creativity

Scholarships for Arts and Humanities: Nurturing Creativity

When you think of the arts, you think of creativity. Majoring in the arts and humanities field allows you to explore your creative talent and impart the lives of people while doing so. Humanities on the other hand is concerned with human society and their culture. As an arts and humanities major wishing to further … Read more

Scholarships For Students Pursuing Careers In Public Service

Scholarships For Students Pursuing Careers In Public Service

The public service exists to address the needs of the members of a community. As the name implies they are in existence to serve the community and the growth and progress of a given community is dependent on the effectiveness of the public service in that given location. They can either be funded or undertaken … Read more

Scholarships for LGBTQ+ Students: Promoting Inclusivity in Education

Scholarships for LGBTQ+ Students: Promoting Inclusivity in Education

LGBTQ+ students who want to study abroad have access to scholarship opportunities that they can maximize to help with the cost of their education. School is generally a difficult environment and being in a minority group makes it more difficult to thrive. In this article, we’ll explore the different scholarship opportunities available to LGBTQ+ students … Read more

Scholarships and the Reduction of Student Loan Debt

Scholarships and the Reduction of Student Loan Debt

Funding is one of the major problems students face when it comes to studying abroad. To this effect, avenues like scholarships and student loans exist to help students with the cost of their education. Other funding options like grants, aids, and fellowships, also exist however, they are not so easy to get.  According to Forbes, … Read more

Scholarships for Students with Disabilities: Empowering Education

Scholarships for Students with Disabilities: Empowering Education

Access to scholarship opportunities for students will help aid their learning process and reduce the cost of their education, thereby encouraging them to study. The fourth sustainable development goal of the United Nations includes quality education for all. If we are all working towards quality education for every student, then students living with disabilities should … Read more

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