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Remarks by HE Mrs Marianne Young, British High Commissioner to Namibia, on the occasion of the Chevening Exhibition Opening “insula Albionum” by Marita van Rooyen, 28 July 2015, 18h30
Venue: Novel Motors Company
Good evening everyone
I am delighted to be with you all today and to have the honour to launch Marita’s exhibition entitled insula Albionum.
Marita returned at the end of last year from studying Documentary Photography through the Chevening Scholarship scheme at the University of Wales. Soon, our two current Chevening scholars will return home and,at the end of August another batch of 6 exceptional Namibians will depart to take up their Chevening scholarships in the UK.
I am delighted that my office, through our Chevening Scholarship programme, was able to bring together the Alumni association, Marita and Jaguar Land Rover Windhoek in order to present this exhibition tonight.
This is a special exhibition. Entitled “insula Albionum”. Which is the earliest known name for Europe’s largest island Great Britain and derived from the Latin albus, meaning ‘white’. This probably refers to the white cliffs of Dover, which is the first view that greets visitors from the European continent. The exhibition showcases aspects of life during a one-year Chevening scholarship, and Marita’s work and diverse views of Great Britain.
It is made-up of two projects, one documenting the River Usk and the other a depiction of charity in the church.
The exhibition will run for the next two weeks here at the Jaguar Land Rover Windhoek showrooms. I would like to thank the artist Marita van Rooyen and especially our partner, Jaguar Land Rover, for supporting this endeavour which highlights the healthy bilateral relations between the UK and Namibia.
It also gives me an opportunity to highlight, that the next Chevening online application cycle is about to begin next week on 3 August and will close on 3 November later this year.
Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at UK universities.
Awards in Namibia are typically for a one-year Master’s degreewith priority given to those who wish to study in the areas: Trade, Human Rights, Governance, Media and Climate Change at any of the UK’s leading universities.
So if you know of anyone with leadership potential in these areas, please highlight the existence of this excellent UK government funded scholarship programme and point them to where they will find all the necessary information.
With these words, I am delighted to officially open the Chevening Exhibition insula Albionum by Marita van Rooyen, and wish you all a pleasant evening.
Thank you.
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