The UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26) will take place in Glasgow, UK, from 1-12 November 2021, and will bring together over 30,000 delegates, including heads of state, climate experts, and campaigners, to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change. As...
In May 2021, the CSC will launch the Research Impact Awards (RIA), designed to celebrate the research and publication endeavours of Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni at the early and mid-career researcher stages. Open to current doctoral Commonwealth Scholars and...
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC) provides the main UK government scholarship scheme led by international development objectives. It operates within the framework of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) and offers a vivid...
Happy New Year to all Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows! At the CSC, we understand that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, last year was marked with numerous challenges to your Scholarship experience, and we have had to find new ways of connecting with each other. Over the...
As an international scholarship programme, funding around 750 scholarships and fellowships per year, the CSC recognises that it has an important role to play in providing a further increase in equal opportunities for potential scholars. For several years now the CSC...
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is seeking to appoint four new members of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC). Appointed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioners...
The Commission is saddened to hear of the recent death of Dr Christine Humfrey MBE, who served as a Commissioner between 2008 and 2014 and continued to offer support to the Commission even after her tenure had ended, undertaking the review of stipend levels in 2015 on...
On 3 July the CSC and Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) Support Group hosted their annual Parliamentary reception event for Commonwealth Scholars featuring talks from several distinguished Parliamentarians including the Minister of State for the...
Hashan Niroshana Kokuhennadige is a current Commonwealth Scholar from Sri Lanka studying for a PhD in Ocean and Earth Sciences with a focus on Marine Biogeochemistry at the University of Southampton. Looking back on World Oceans Day last month, Hashan shares some...
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC) and Taylor & Francis Group are delighted to announce Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah as the winner of the 2020 Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize, for her article Epidemiology of...
