The CSC's annual Welcome Programme for new Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows was held on 20-21 November 2011, at the University of Edinburgh. The programme ranged from briefings on the work of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and how Scholars and Fellows can...
Hannah Openshaw
Alumni Feature: Women as Agents of Change (November 2011)
“Women as Agents of Change” was the theme of Commonwealth Day 2011, and was also emphasised again by Her Majesty the Queen at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia. In this alumni web feature we celebrate the diverse achievements of...
Inspiring women in the field of pharmacy
Dr Frances Owusu-Daaku (1986 Commonwealth Scholar from Ghana, PhD Pharmacy at the University of Manchester and 2000 Commonwealth Fellow at the School of Pharmacy) and Dr Rita Akosua Dickson (2003 Commonwealth Scholar from Ghana, PhD in Pharmacognocy, King’s College...
Scientific research leads to international prize
Dr Julie Makani (1995 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Tanzania, Diploma in Internal Medicine, Imperial College London) has won the Royal Society Pfizer Award 2011 for her research into sickle cell disease. She will receive £60,000 towards a 12-month study which aims...
Scientific research leads to international prize
Dr Julie Makani (1995 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Tanzania, Diploma in Internal Medicine, Imperial College London) has won the Royal Society Pfizer Award 2011 for her research into sickle cell disease. She will receive £60,000 towards a 12-month study which aims...
A career in forensic science
Judith Mowatt (1998 Commonwealth Scholar from Jamaica, PhD in Toxicology at the University of Manchester) spent her award researching in the field of genotoxicity, and she believes that her award has had a wide impact, not just on her career but in her professional...
Culture across countries
An international perspective on culture and cultural production has underpinned much of the work of Dr Sarah Thornton (1988 Commonwealth Scholar from Canada, PhD in music and sociology, University of Strathclyde) She is a cultural critic and writer, an art columnist...
Linking the Commonwealth to Europe
Dr Elizabeth Peri (1985 Commonwealth Scholar, MA Fine Art, University of Nigeria) has enjoyed a varied career which has seen her lecturing in Nigeria to currently working at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. After her MA at the University of Nigeria, she...
Environmental research presentation
Shaheen Begum (2008 Commonwealth Scholar from Pakistan, PhD in Environment, University of York) recently presented part of her PhD research at the International Conference on the Status and Future of the World's Large Rivers (organised by BOKU – University of Natural...
New study finds that scholarships support key Commonwealth principles on democracy
Higher education and international scholarships are boosting good governance and democratic principles in countries across the Commonwealth, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK published today. The report, launched at the...
