Scholarship / CHEVENING ESSAY - Quality Leaders [2]

Hi guys, I am Ian from Indonesia. I plan to apply Chevening Scholarship this year, I would really appreciate if you can provide some suggestion and comment

Leadership and influence

Chevening is looking for individuals who will be future leaders or influencers in their home countries. Explain how you meet this requirement, using clear examples of your own leadership and influencing skills to support your answer. Min word : 100 words, maximum word count : 500 count

There was a day which not as usual, when I going back home and scrolling over my phone to find interesting stuff on internet until finally I saw reposted post from Winston Churchill (British statesman) : "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm". Though being pertinacious to my teammember, I was actually in midst of despair at that time because my funding proposal got rejected by all of possible donor and I urgently needed those to pay advance fee for lodging and accomodation regard to one of my research program, wildlife expedition in westernmost tip of java island, Indonesia.

After musing over the quotes, I realised that everything happens for a reason including me, chosen as head of research division in university student union as well as my firsthand experience, to lead in professional organization. Owing to limited time that we have, I held an meeting upon my teammembers and carefully scrutinized our initial proposal and urged every person to deliver feedback. Instead only submitting proposal, presenting our research directly was my next strategy to attract funder involved in our exceptional project, by helping preserve one of flagship species of indonesia in there, javan rhino, yet was deemed as world's most endangered rhino species which still remaining 60 individuals lived in the wild. Delegating task to each members , what I was doing next by splitting my team into writing and presentation team based on their own abilities. Beside fostering shared responsibilities, I hope it would bear sense of inclusiveness to each other member.

A week has passed since we delivered our presentation our research plan in five private company and three of them granted our funding proposal. Aside only sponsored our research, they agreed to give endowment to hold our research publication, packed in national seminar event which successfully attended by many scholars and young students from various region in Indonesia to spread awareness about the plight of javan rhino and other wildlife in Indonesia also presented inspirational talk by inviting renowned wildlife expert, sharing how we can contribute to pull them from the brink of extinction.

To the conclusion, leaders create chances for better future quality of life and society. I believe Chevening will enchance me to broaden my influence and make a change to society's mindset toward the importance of nature and preserve species due to very few of people who see these as vital issues in recent days and along Chevening scholarship, it will give me chance to move forward, acquire new insight and knowledge to provide better management between wildlife and human in my country.

Scholarship / CHEVENING APPLICATION ESSAY- NETWORKING TOGETHER IS BETTER [2]

Dear chaps, Please give some suggestion and critics to my this another essay for chevening application. I would love to share my opinion to your essay as well afterwards

services for the sake of better future of mankind

Meeting with other fellow conservationist, especially who being more experienced is noteworthy since what I learnt in the class would be totally different in the field. After graduating, I made contact with my former internship supervisor and express my interest on working there if any vacancy were available finally I got accepted and signed contract one-week later as research coordinator at Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF). This NGO is focused on rehabilitation of orangutan since many of them are experienced with land-conflict with human and relocate them in safer place is our job. I resided in very remote area in East Kalimantan, Indonesia where I was conducting final behavioural research and wildlife monitoring project. Besides doing a research, I obligated accompany volunteers from many various part of world, off to see orangutans and other wildlife, for instance like Gapforce (UK-based gap year and student volunteering provider). I also had meeting with funder, local communities and international or national news media even celebrities as ambassador when it came a month before to discuss about releasing plan of orangutan and this challenged myself in speaking and negotiation skill since it was not easy to speak with professionals from different expertise even if I was prepared well.

After sixth month, I decided to not extend the contract it was very hard leaving my orangutan kiddos but I had to as I want to seek more challenged experience. By the day, I was applying a job in Facebook as wildlife trade officer and one month after being interviewed, officially became part of team. It was like a dream come true because I met my role model in conservation, Prof Vincent Nijman and Prof K.A.I Nekaris, , both are foremost wildlife biologist who worked in Java since 1992 and director of this project, affiliated with Oxford Brookes University and TRAFFIC, leading NGO working globally on trade in animals and plants. My duty is focusing on wildlife trade survey over 12 cities in Java and Bali, has not been easy since interviewed-traders sometimes become suspicious and their words struck on me, but I always take it easy. Every month I have to submit monthly report to our director , funder from Cleveland Metropark Zoo (USA) and conservation agency in Java. In midst of working-period, I have been accepted to join Wildlife Conservation Course which held by Wildllife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University in Nottingham University Malaysia Campus. It was my first-abroad experience and genuinely gave me amazing experience by meeting with other wildllife biologist from different 11 countries in Asia , thanks to my director who allowed me to join this course

When I become a Chevening scholar, I confident to be more advanced in many ways and engaging to another scholar and alumni to be "more human" by taking their attention toward biodiversity rich countries as conservation priorities and being contagious influencer in preserving wildlife and their surrounding,persist ecosystem services for the sake of better future of mankind.