I was part of the Rivers state government scholarship scheme; Chevening application

Chevening Scholarship Networking Essay

As an undergraduate, I was part of the Rivers state government scholarship scheme which boasted an extensive network of scholars. Whilst on the programme I was desirous to give back to society and required assistance do so. I reached out to other scholars highlighting how much we had been blessed to be on the scheme. I told them it was our responsibility to give back to society and as a result mobilized a good number of scholars with the necessary resources willing to give back. These efforts led to a group visit to a local orphanage with money and material donations. A gesture well received by the state and orphanage.

I have also kept in touch with this network of scholars after graduating through constant support and sharing of ideas. More recently I held a meeting with some of the UK trained graduates, discussing a project that will improve human resource as well as contribute to community development in our base state. We came up with the idea to train willing locals in programming, design and workshop skills which we would, in turn, lead them to use for the improvement of their communities

Our idea, however, needed financial support and more volunteers and thus required further networking efforts. I attended seminars to recruit more volunteers and reached out to my friends' boss, founder of Chicoco media. These efforts resulted in the addition of two more volunteers to our group and a sure word of Chicoco media's support when we intend to kick off the project.

I hope to carry this network into the Chevening programme and build on it by sharing the vision and its possible impact with Chevening scholars, fellows, and alumni. I believe the vision aligns with that of Chevening as it seeks to promote community development. The network also gives added human resource to Chevening scholars seeking to carry out community development projects in Nigeria.

After my masters, I plan on drawing from what we would have amassed for the implementation of the project in my home country.

Bennett,
you should expand your essay.be more specific about the sort of network you made and its consequences on your personal and professional development.You should explain your ability and your personal way to build networks and use them in order to persue your goals.Write more about why joining chevening network could be a great opportunity for you.

It is not necessary to talk about your post study plans in this essay.
work on these problems and upload your essay again here.

Bennett, your essay does not have a serious purpose for the network nor does it show a solid result via your networking attempts. If you are trying to pass this network off as something that has a national scope, then you need to do a better job at explaining the following:

1. The purpose of your organization
2. The community covered by your outreach program
3. What groups were involved in this outreach
4. How did you create these networks? Go beyond the simple "we belonged to the same scholarship, some were UK scholars, and I approached the boss of a friend." Be detailed with regards to your style of networking development and what roles these networks played in the program. How did you reach out, what was the response, and how do you continue to use that network today?

Use this essay to support your leadership essay by showing how you influenced your network to help you out with this thank you project for the community. That would be a nice touch of reinforcement for your leadership and influencing essay.

Remember, you need to show an existing and working network on a national scale in order to have an effective networking essay. How does Chevening fit into the network in terms of being useful to the Chevening members instead of the other way around? This is not a one way street. A network should be useful to both sides so explain that in the essay.

The last sentence should be used in the post study essay. Don't present that here. It sounds like you were drafting your thoughts and accidentally included it in the networking essay.