Dr Ida Paul (Commonwealth Split-site Scholar from South Africa, PhD in Environmental Management, University of Pretoria and Durham University, 2003 – 2004) has been named as a 2011 Jeanie Borlaug Women in Triticum Award recipient, in recognition of her outreach work...
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Commonwealth, Human Rights and Democracy
The 'Commonwealth, Human Rights and Democracy' conference was held on 11-13 March 2011 at Cumberland Lodge. Photos from the conference are up on Flickr Conference presentations Balancing democracies (opening keynote speech) – Professor Tim Unwin (Chair of the...
New guide on accessing journals for African researchers
Researchers in African universities and research institutes often report that they lack access to high quality academic journals. But recent research suggests that around 80% of some the top-ranking journals are actually available in the current collections of many...
Commonwealth Scholarships in New Zealand for UK citizens
Applications are now open for Commonwealth Scholarships in New Zealand. UK citizens are eligible to apply for scholarships for PhD study at eight different universities in New Zealand - the closing date is 24 June 2011.
Alumni Feature: Focus on Nigerian alumni (April 2011)
This feature looks at the wide-ranging impact of Nigerian alumni, after Nigeria has recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence and has held Presidential elections. The introduction is by alumnus Professor Michael Omolewa (Commonwealth Fellow, History of...
Commonwealth Scholar’s role in designing new hospital
Dr Joseph Oyediran Popoola held a Commonwealth Scholarship to study for a PhD in Environmental Planning at the University of Nottingham in 1981. He is a consultant architect at Poparch Associates Ltd. Kaduna Nigeria. Joseph has worked on the Hasiya Bayero Paediatric...
Fellow involved with major textile research projects
Professor Samuel Chuks Ugbolue held a Commonwealth Fellowship at the University of Manchester in 1988 – 1989. He is based in the Department of Materials and Textiles, at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, He has worked in the private sector as a textile...
Fellow contributes to bio-energy research
Professor Joseph Adeola Fuwape was awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship at the University of North Wales, Bangor, in 1991. His research interests include pyrolytic conversion of plant biomass to bio-fuel, design/construction and performance evaluation of solar timber...
Fellow utilises research in community conflict resolution
Dr Moji Olateju held a Commonwealth Fellowship at the University of Birmingham in 2006. She spent her award working on discourse analysis, researching the multimodal features of political billboards and other social contexts in Nigeria. Her fellowship has broadened...
Split-site Scholar furthers understanding of agriculture and climate change
Dr Nicholas Ozor, who held a split-site scholarship at the University of Reading, 2005 – 2006, is currently Project Co-ordinator on a number of projects that look at innovation in agriculture and the relation between agriculture and climate change. Universities,...
