A young Nigerian lawyer receives a Mastercard Scholarship from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom to pursue a master’s degree in law.
Mercy Tochukwu Christopher, a young and talented Nigerian lawyer, graduated from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom with a master’s degree in human rights.
Tochukwu Mercy After graduating from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, Nigeria, Christopher went to the Nigerian Law School to earn her barrister’s degree before taking the University of Edinburgh’s Mastercard Foundation Scholarship to pursue her master’s degree in the United Kingdom.
Students from all over the world can study in the UK thanks to the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship, an annual prize supported by the Mastercard Foundation. After winning the prize in 2020, Tochukwu was able to attend the University of Edinburgh to pursue a Master of Laws degree.
Applications for the 2022 Scholarship Award will be accepted starting on January 22, 2022, according to the University of Edinburgh’s Mastercard Scholarship website. Scholarship Region maintains track of every scholarship that is available worldwide so that you can be informed and reminded when one becomes available.
Mastercard Scholar Mercy Tochukwu Christopher said she was happy to receive a distinction degree from the University of Edinburgh.
She described how she felt overwhelmed by a system that was so different from what she was used to previously, making her doubt her skills, when she was in the United Kingdom and at the University of Edinburgh.
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“I started my LLM Human Rights program at The University of Edinburgh a year ago, quite unsure of my place,” she wrote on LinkedIn. I questioned my skills and felt overpowered by a system that was so different from what I was used to.
“I graduated with honors yesterday! Next week, I will be starting a new career with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and ending my research post with Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), which I began while writing my dissertation.
“When I consider all of them, I am grateful for my early years and how these accomplishments exceeded my expectations. I’m here now and waiting for more.
She expressed her gratitude to the Mastercard Foundation for giving her the exceptional chance to study in the UK and to her professors at the University of Edinburgh Law School for supporting her academic career.
“I am grateful for many reasons: the opportunity I received from the University of Edinburgh’s Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme, my lecturers at the University of Edinburgh Law School who helped me realize my potential, the Mastercard scholars in my cohort who became family, the people who helped me without realizing it, my family who remind me of my progress, and myself for having the courage to dream and believe,” she said.
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