Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship 2024

The Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship is a tailored programme of leadership development which aims to enrich and transform cultural practice and engagement by developing leadership potential, acumen and skills.

The Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship brings together some of the most creative and dynamic cultural leaders in the UK and internationally for an intense personal and professional learning experience unlike any other. Clore Leadership Fellowship will support you to be the leader you have the potential to be, through in-depth learning, tailored to your individual needs, aspirations and circumstances.

• Table of Content
• About Chevening
• Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship
• Requirements for Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Chevening

Chevening is the UK government’s international awards programme aimed at developing global leaders. Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations, Chevening offers two types of award – Chevening Scholarships and Chevening Fellowships – the recipients of which are personally selected by British embassies and high commissions throughout the world. Chevening offers a unique opportunity for future leaders, influencers, and decision-makers from all over the world to develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK cu... continue reading

Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship

A Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship includes a set training budget to cover:

• Up to two return economy flights from your home country to the UK to undertake fellowship activities
• Accommodation while in the UK
• Living expenses while in the UK
• A period of secondment for approximately 4-6 weeks at a cultural institution in the UK
• Individually tailored fellowship learning plan which may include participation in courses conferences and other processional development activities in the UK
• Course and conference fees within the UK
• Training and development costs within the UK
• Travel in the UK

Requirements for Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship Qualification

To be eligible for a Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship, applicants must:

• Intend to return to the country they were selected from at the end of the period of study
• Hold a degree that is equivalent to at least a good UK second-class honours degree or have equivalent professional training and/or experience
• Have completed at least five years’ work, or equivalent experience, by the end 2023
• Meet the minimum requirements in accordance with the main fellowships scheme
• Have a good working knowledge of English to be assessed in your application form and if you are invited to interview
• Not hold British or dual British citizenship
• Not be an employee, a former employee, or relative* of an employee of His Majesty’s Government, or have been within the last two years from the opening of Chevening applications (including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, all British Embassies/High Commissions, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade and the UKVI), the British Council, a sponsoring UK university, or a staff member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

* Note: Immediate relatives are defined as parents or step-parents, siblings or step-siblings, children or step-children, spouse, civil partner or unmarried (where the couple have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least two years).

Please note that applicants who have previously received financial benefit from a HMG-funded scholarship or fellowship are eligible to apply after a period of five years following the completion of their first HMG funded award. In these cases, applicants will be required to demonstrate their career progression from that point.

Applicants are also advised to review the Clore Leadership key attributes.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Chevening website.