The CSC Alumni Team seeks to deliver an event series designed to address the challenges Scholars may face upon completing their scholarship, and showcase the experiences of alumni in overcoming and managing similar challenges.

This report summarises panel feedback on the proposed event series and content development as well as the existing resources available to support new alumni.

The CSC’s Time Limited Programme (TLP) is a theme-specific programme and encompasses a range of activities under a priority area. Each year the Commission is presented with a number of options for future topics for a TLP.

This report summaries insights and suggestions on potential future themes, topical area, and activities to be delivered as a future TLP.

Each year, the CSC provides a Handbook and FAQs for Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows to help them prepare for and adjust to living and studying in the UK.

This report summaries insights and feedback on the information shared in these resources in three key areas: usability and presentation, usefulness and relevance, and areas for development.

The CSC’s Gender Project aims to look at how gender impacts scholar experience and outputs throughout the entire scholar journey, from recruitment and selection through to scholars’ careers after their studies.

This report summarises insights and feedback from panel members on their experiences of the role gender plays in careers post-study and identifies trends and areas for further investigation in relation to the CSC’s work in this area.

Before travelling to the UK, the CSC invites Scholars to attend a Pre-Departure Briefing to introduce them to aspects of living and studying in the UK. Following several internal pieces of work, the CSC’s Policy and Programme teams sought to update the briefing to make it more relevant to the challenges Scholars are likely to face.

This report summarises the responses from participating panel members on ways to update and highlight relevant content.

Following the launch of the redeveloped website, panel members were invited to review the ‘Apply’ section of the website.

Read panel member feedback on the accessibility of the ‘Apply’ section, including the user experience and presentation of content.

The annual doctoral Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize (BJAP) was reviewed in 2020 to identify ways to broaden this activity and promote the value of CSC funded research to international development.

This report summaries feedback from panel members on the proposed changes and ways to support Scholars and alumni in achieving and communicating research impact.

The CSC has investigated the experiences of recently returned alumni to identify the challenges faced in the months immediately following their Commonwealth Scholarship.

Find out more about panel member experiences immediately post-Scholarship or Fellowship and how they addressed or overcame challenges.

Part of the ongoing work of the CSC Evaluation Team is to conduct in-depth assessments of the CSC’s different scholarship and fellowship programmes.

Read insights from panel members on their distance learning experiences as both learners and educators.