Letter of Reference Template SISS 2017 2018

Swedish Instue (SI) Scholarship Programmes Enclosure o he applicaton for Swedish Instue Sudy Scholarships  for sudies in Sweden a Maser’ Maser ’s level for he academic a cademic year 2!"#2!$ LETTER OF REFERENCE FORM (Insructons) Who can fill out the letter of reference? %he referee should &e someone who 'nows you in a professional raher han a personal manner I does no have o &e your direc &oss I can &e for insance he *+ manager manager as long as he manager can commen on your wor' If you for insance are stll a suden or a freelancer and do no have a professional referee referee you may ,nd an academic referee or a clien who is no a family mem&er mem&er E-amples of who can &e your referee   

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.o/wor'ers 0amily mem&ers#relatves#parner mem&ers#relatves#parners#friends s#friends Individuals who demand compensaton (money (money goods favours favours services or oher means) from you in order o give you a saemen of reference

Why does SISS require a letter of reference? %he referee referee is e-peced o sae sae an opinion of he applican from a professional perspectve and will here&y provide an imporan supplemen o he le1er of motvaton and he curriculum viae pplicans are recommended o provide a le1er of reference from heir curren or previous employer

Restrictions %he le1er of reference mus &e compleed in English or alernatvely ranslaed ranslaed &y an o3cial noary wih he noary’s appropriae o3cial samp %he original le1er of reference reference or he English ranslaton should no e-ceed wo pages (e-emp he insructon page) ny additonal page(s) will &e disregarded disregarded In order o &e valid he le1er mus &e daed signed and samped &y he company#organisaton#univ company#organisaton#universiy ersiy where you wor'ed or sudied a and ha he referee represens represens If your referee has changed 4o& and is una&le o represen your former or curren employer we recommend ha you ,nd a di5eren di5eren referee ha stll wor's a he company#organisaton company#organisaton and is a&le o commen on your wor' performance %he le1er of reference mus have he o3cial samp and &e signed6 the Swedish Instute makes no excepons 7e1ers ha are no signed and#or samped will &e disregarded and he applicaton will &e deemed ineligi&le %he compleed le1er of reference reference in a P80 forma should &e enclosed along wih your online applicaton (please do not include his insructon page in he ,le) If he original le1er is no in English &oh he original le1er and he ranslaton should &e enclosed as one P80 ,le SI will carry ou random chec's on he applicatons and applicans o conrol any false or misleading informaton including fa&ricaed documenaton Should any false informaton &e found he

applican will &e auomatcally dis9uali,ed from his and fuure SI scholarship programmes ny false informaton discovered during he scholarship period will &e cause for erminaton of he scholarship %he scholarship holder will hen have o repay he full scholarship amoun o SI

Background Informaton regarding he Swedish Instue Sudy Scholarships can &e found on he Swedish Instue’s o3cial we&sie

Enclosure o he applicaton for Swedish Instue Sudy Scholarships  for sudies in Sweden a Maser’s level for he academic year 2!"#2!$ LETTER OF REFERENCE FORM (%wo pages ma-imum including his page)

%he le1er of reference mus &e compleed in English or alernatvely ranslaed &y an o3cial noary wih he noary’s appropriae o3cial samp If so &oh he original le1er and he ranslaton mus &e enclosed as one P80 ,le %he referee may decide how o allocae e- &eween he 9uestons provided given ha he le1er does no e-ceed wo pages ny additonal page(s) will &e disregarded Informaon shoud !e t"ped hen prined and signed &y hand &y he

referee hen scanned and uploaded as a P80/,le &y he applican along wih he online applicaton in he second sep of he scholarship applicaton !/! 0e&ruary 2!" 0I+S% :ME(S) of applican (as wri1en in your passpor) 7S% :ME of applican (as wri1en in your passpor) 8%E <0 =I+%* of applican (>>>>/MM/88) .I%I?E:S*IP of applican 0@77 :ME of referee <+A:IS%I<:#@:IBE+SI%>#E:%E+P+ISE of referee %I%7E#P
=rieDy commen on he applican’s poental o conri&ue o and#or drive social change in his#her cone-

Please evaluae he applican’s leadership capaciy and poental o play a role in developmen of he sociey (eg in newor'ing motvaton and perseverance6 pro&lem solving and communicaton) Please give a concree e-ample

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Signaure of reference person