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United Kingdom Pauses Certain Chevening Fellowships Due to Budget Cuts

The United Kingdom government announced a one‑year pause on several Chevening Fellowship programmes because of expected budget reductions.

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One‑year pause on Chevening Fellowships.

Affected programmes: CRISP science and innovation, cybersecurity, South Asia Journalism.

Reason: anticipated budget cuts.

Chevening Scholarships continue to be available.

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The programmes affected are the CRISP programme for science and innovation, a cybersecurity fellowship, and the South Asia Journalism Programme.

Chevening Scholarships for students remain open and can still be applied for.

The pause aims to align the fellowship spending with the government's reduced financial resources.

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Chevening Fellowship

a funded opportunity for people from other countries to study or work in the United Kingdom

CRISP programme

a special study program focused on science and new ideas

Cybersecurity

protecting digital systems and information from attacks

South Asia Journalism Programme

a program that helps people learn how to report news in South Asian countries

Budget cuts

reductions in the amount of money the government plans to spend

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