The bursary programme will cover the following study areas:

1. Mining Engineering
2. Metallurgy (extractive only)
3. Chemical engineering (with minerals processing only)
4. Geology
5. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Heavy current)
6. Mine Surveying
7. Instrumentation and Process Control

What does the AngloGold Ashanti Bursary cover?

The AngloGold Ashanti Bursary will pay ALL your tuition and residence fees (or a residence allowance if your prefer private accomodation. It will pay a cash allowance to help buy books and cover incidental personal expenses. The bursary will buy you a laptop computer in your first year and you will also get vacation work or training as per your course’s requirements.

How to apply for the AngloGold Ashanti Bursary Scheme 2013?

To apply for this bursary for study in 2013 please download the AngloGold Ashanti Bursary 2013 Application Form. Fill the application form in and return it with all the required documents before 15 June 2012 to this email address [email protected] .

Remember to follow all the instructions as stated in the application form.

Goodluck from the Bursary Bin.

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That one way to be used when applying for a bursary is, simple: write a letter! Yes, writing a letter to the bursary manager or whoever holds an equivalent position to a bursary manager- this may be the human resources manager, the skills development officer or the training officer, depending on the particular organisation’s structure. In this letter you may refer to your current educational achievements and your ultimate educational goals and, of course, your desired career.

So the big question is: How to Write a Bursary Application Letter?

First I would like to start with the dos and don’ts of writing a bursary application letter.

The DOs are:

• Do motivate why you believe you should be considered or, for that matter, awarded a bursary from that particular institution. Your motivation should be clear and concise- and by this I mean you should not write a whole page of motivation. Two sentences to one paragraph would do.
• Do be straight to the point. Beating about the bush will only make the reader of your letter lose interest and, probably, encourage him/her to throw it in the bin.
• Do write your full name, contact number and address. This is because some companies or organisations prefer calling you back than writing you a letter- which may be lost in the post.
• And if possible, DO type your letter and have it printed out. Hand written letters tend to be unreadable sometimes as we don’t all have typewriter-like handwritings.

The DONTS:

• Don’t ever motivate your bursary application letter with your family situation. It is very okay to show your financial need, but do not go into detail. I have seen letters that would go as far as saying: “I need this bursary because my parents are divorced, my father is not taking care of us and we sometimes go to bed hungry” this definitely does not motivate but rather sought sympathy from your letter’s reader.
• Don’t include your parents’ payslips, your certified ID’s certified copies or any document to that extend. They have not requested these documents yet and they would be of no use to the bursary personnel at this stage. They may even lose interest in your letter- and we don’t want that, do we?
• Don’t make grammatical mistakes. These are totally unacceptable because it would prove just how careless and undetermined you are.
• Don’t spill stuff on your letter. It should be the cleanest piece of paper you have ever come across. You do not want to appear dirty, do you?

These dos and don’ts should at least get you a response if not a positive one from the bursary institution.

This article appeared in the first Bursary Bin blog, it was written by the founder of seniorjournalism.com and The Bursary Bin, Madimetja Mashishi.

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