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Common Errors: Pre-Screen

Common errors that can cause Chevening scholarship applications to be deemed ineligible include: - Failing the eligibility pre-screen questions. - Incorrectly completing the application form, such as listing duplicate university courses or having dual UK citizenship. - Not meeting the minimum work experience hours of 2,800 hours by incorrectly entering work details. - Answering "no" to eligibility statements in the declaration section, such as being currently employed by certain organizations. - Failing to meet the minimum word counts for essay questions or committing plagiarism on the application. - Not completing the entire application form in English. Checking for these common errors can help applicants avoid making mistakes that result

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Common Errors: Pre-Screen

Common errors that can cause Chevening scholarship applications to be deemed ineligible include: - Failing the eligibility pre-screen questions. - Incorrectly completing the application form, such as listing duplicate university courses or having dual UK citizenship. - Not meeting the minimum work experience hours of 2,800 hours by incorrectly entering work details. - Answering "no" to eligibility statements in the declaration section, such as being currently employed by certain organizations. - Failing to meet the minimum word counts for essay questions or committing plagiarism on the application. - Not completing the entire application form in English. Checking for these common errors can help applicants avoid making mistakes that result

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Common errors

Don't fall for the same errors that past applicants have
made.
Below are examples of the most common errors that Chevening
applicants have made in their application form. As a result of these errors,
applications are deemed ineligible and applicants are not taken through to the
next stage of the competition.

If your application has been deemed ineligible, please refer to the below to
understand what error you may have made. If you’re yet to submit an
application, read this to avoid making the same mistakes others have.

Pre-screen
Applicants must correctly answer all parts of the eligibility pre-screen in order
to access the application form. An incorrect answer to one of these questions
would result in the applicant failing the pre-screen stage of the application.

Application form
Applicants must correctly complete all parts of the application form to be
considered eligible. Only eligible applications will be processed. Below are the
sections of the application form where applicants have made the most
common errors.

Personal details
Applicants who indicate they have dual citizenship from the United Kingdom
cannot be considered for an award.

Work experience
Applicants are required to have worked a minimum of 2,800 hours. Those
who cannot demonstrate that they have worked the minimum number of
hours cannot be considered for a scholarship.
Your work experience will be calculated automatically by multiplying the
number of weeks worked by the number of hours worked per week. For this
calculation, a working week comprises 35-60 hours and a working year
comprises 40-50 weeks.

Some common errors applicants made are:

 Not meeting the minimum number of hours worked prior to submitting their
application.
 Not entering the correct total number of weeks worked for each year of
employment.
 Entering an unrealistic number of hours or weeks worked (e.g. 2,000 hours
rather than 20 hours per week).
 Entering the same work experience entry more than once.

UK university
Applicants who enter duplicate courses at the same universities cannot be
considered for a scholarship. Applicants must select three different courses.

Declaration
This section of the application form requires the applicant to correctly answer
a number of statements to be considered eligible. If an applicant is not able to
confirm that these statements apply to them, they will be deemed ineligible.

Applicants are asked to think carefully and select one of the two options
available against each statement (e.g. ‘Yes’ or ‘No’).

This is an example of a statement that the applicant will be asked to answer: ‘I


confirm that I am not employed (and have not been employed since 1 July
2017) in a permanent or temporary role in the following organisations; Her
Majesty’s Government, or the Association of Commonwealth Universities. If
an applicant answers ‘No’ then this indicates the applicant is employed by one
of these institutions and therefore cannot be considered for an award.

Application questions word count


Applicants must meet the minimum word count in the essay questions. If the
minimum word count is not met, your application will be deemed ineligible.
Plagiarism
All applications are run through plagiarism software, which compares the
content of the application against online sources. If an applicant commits
plagiarism, they will be disqualified. Applicants are allowed to insert
quotations but must acknowledge the source as they would in an academic
essay.

Use of English language


Applicants must complete the application form in English. If the application
form is not completed in English, it will be deemed ineligible.

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