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The award will enable a number of complete undergraduate scholarships, with the first awards being for students in Pakistan, for a full programme of study with the ���Ｇ of London. The award was announced at a series of events in Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan, in May 2024.

The scholarship is named in honour of Professor Mary Stiasny OBE - who retired from her role as Pro Vice-Chancellor (International, Teaching and Learning) in June 2024. Mary joined UoL in 2013, having studied at four of the ���Ｇ’s federation member institutions, worked at three of them, and been a teacher herself.  

���Ｇ of London Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wendy Thomson CBE said: “Mary has truly strengthened our position as the world’s leading provider of flexible and distance learning and it is fitting that the Mary Stiasny Scholarship is being launched in Pakistan. The ���Ｇ now has more UoL students in Pakistan than in any other country in the world, and we are proud to work in partnership with many respected teaching institutions to deliver a world-class ���Ｇ of London degree for students in more than 190 countries around the world.”

Professor Stiasny herself commented that “the ���Ｇ of London is a pioneer in delivering world-class education. We were the first university in the UK to admit students regardless of their gender, race or religion, the first to admit women t

o degree programmes and, in 1865, the first to give students the opportunity to study our degrees anywhere across the globe. I hope that this new scholarship will enable more students to undertake a UoL degree regardless of their financial status.” 

The ���Ｇ of London . For queries about this initiative please contact the Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Office by emailing development@london.ac.uk