Seychellois student completes Master’s degree with support from Environment Trust Fund |27 February 2026

Georgette Cowin with Dean Gobin, committee member of the Environment Trust Fund

Seychellois student completes Master’s degree with support from Environment Trust Fund

Georgette Cowin is the latest recipient of the Environment Trust Fund (ETF) scholarship to successfully complete her Master’s degree.

The scholarship, one of the ETF’s key capacity-building initiatives, is awarded annually to two Seychellois nationals pursuing postgraduate studies in environment-related fields. Ms Cowin graduated from the University of Exeter with a Master of Science (MSc) in Island Biodiversity and Conservation. The programme was delivered in Jersey, Channel Islands, through the Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies (JICAS).

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