Farley Scholarship at the University of Malawi

To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must satisfy the following criteria:

1. Student in good standing, in first, second or third year, and enrolled in the Computer Science programme, or enrolled in specialised Computer Science courses.
2. Must pass all their courses in the year the scholarship is received.
3. Involved in work that contributes to improving the lives of other Malawians. An example of this would be volunteer work of any kind with underprivileged people in a town, village or rural location. NOTE: This is important and if it is not included in the application the applicant may not be considered.
4. Should exhibit leadership qualities and financial need.
5. Must submit an online application by the deadline (see process below) and participate in an interview if requested.
6. Cannot be an immediate family member of anyone on the Selection Committee.
7. Assuming there are enough qualified candidates, one male student and one female student will be chosen. In the event of, for example, no qualified female applicants, then only one scholarship will be awarded, to a male student. In this case, extra scholarships may be awarded to female students in the following year(s).
8. Winners of the scholarship may be asked to help promote the scholarship to future applicants.

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1. Applicants should complete the online application form at glenfarley.com/scholarship by the deadline.
2. The Selection Committee, made up of Mr. Farley and staff from Chancellor College will review all the applications received and if there are qualified candidates, will select the best of these for an interview within approximately two weeks after the deadline noted on the “Key Information” page on this website. Only applicants selected for an interview will be informed.
3. After interviewing the selected applicants, the Selection Committee will choose and inform the recipient(s) of the scholarship as soon as possible after the interviews are completed.
4. The scholarship value will be transferred in Malawi kwacha in two equal payments to the recipient’s account at Chancellor College, to be used for paying tuition or other fees. For the current value of the scholarship, see the “Key Information” page on this website. The payments will be made around the two times in the academic year that fees are due. The second payment is conditional upon the recipient still fulfilling the scholarship criteria at the time of payment.
5. The scholarship funds cannot be transferred to any other bank account or used for other purposes.
6. No applications received outside of the application period or process will be considered.
7. The decisions of the Selection Committee are final.

Glen Farley is a Canadian information technology professional, project manager and artist. He was a Lecturer at the University of Malawi, Chancellor College from 1981-1983. During that time he set up the first Computer Science Programme in Malawi under the Mathematics Department led by the late Paddy Ewer, designed and taught courses to second, third and fourth year students and acquired the first computer equipment and facilities.

Mr. Farley has returned to Malawi two times since, in 1989 for a brief assignment at the Malawi Institute of Management and in 2010 with his family for a visit. He set up this scholarship in 2010 with the assistance of Charles Fodya, then Head of the Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Department, Tiwonge D. Manda, then Head of the Computer Science Programme and Lloyd Kambwiri, Assistant Registrar – Academic at Chancellor College.

Assistance in administering the scholarship funding has been provided by Ellius G.A. Chizimba, Assistant Registrar, Student Welfare and after him, Charles Mbeu, Accounts Officer.

Tiwonge Manda, Chipo Kanjo, Gregory Kunyenje, Martin Thodi, Sam Yute, Violet Mwale, F. Nkombezi and A. Mchenga have assisted in the selection of scholarship recipients.

Winners

Congratulations to these past winners!

2024/25
Martha Bulambo and Gabriel Sinkhamba

2023/24
Victoria Kukada, Hazel Kachingwe and Bheki Makupe

2022/23
Mariana Pachanya and Wadi Mkweza

2020/21
Esnart John, Wezi Nkhoma and Charles Kamwaza

2019/20
Martha Kandulu and Justine Msosa

2018/19
Ellen Kumbani and Alex Banda

2017/18
Silvia Mambo and Madalitso Misomali

2015/16
Comfort Liwambano and Patson Kwiyani

2014/15
Rabecca Dzonzi and Eliot Kalenga

2013/14
Olive Moya and Noordin Malango

2012/13
Innocent Khama

2011
Deborah Amosi Phiri and Joseph Prince Malema