Dr Anil Prakash was awarded a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship to work at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester in 2005. There he worked under the mentorship of Dr Catherine Walton on the molecular identification of the mosquito vectors of...
Hannah Openshaw
Commonwealth Scholars attend small states conference
Delegates from member states in the Commonwealth, including Commonwealth Scholars, were among a large international audience at a recent conference on ‘Educational Policies and Priorities in Commonwealth Small States’, held at the University of Bristol on 25 October...
Alumnus receives environmental epidemiology prize
Dr Adetoun Mustapha (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Environmental Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, 2003-2007) was awarded the 2010 Rebecca James Baker Memorial Prize by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology in Korea, August 2010. This is a...
Former Academic Fellow speaks at UNESCO meeting in Scotland
Professor Michael Omolewa (Commonwealth Academic Fellow, History of Education, King’s College London, 1975) recently gave a presentation at a seminar organised by the Scottish Committee of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, in Glasgow on 10 September. The seminar...
Alumnus’ research on early island history
Professor Atholl Anderson (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD in Archaeology, University of Cambridge, 1973), together with colleagues from the Australian National University, has carried out field research in the Seychelles looking at the early history of the islands. The...
Alumnus’ research may combat cancer and cholesterol
Dr W M P B Weerasinghe (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Ruminant Nutrition, Harper Adams University College, 2005-2008) has utilised his PhD research in a recent publication. His PhD focused on milk fatty acid production in lactating ewes. Two of the fatty acids have...
Promotion for Indian alumnus
Professor Smita Sadhu (Commonwealth Academic Fellow, State and Parameter Estimation/Signal Processing, University of Cambridge, 2004–2005) has been promoted from the post of Reader to Professor of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India.
Commonwealth Split-site Scholar publishes thesis
Emmanuel Akpabio (Commonwealth Split-site Scholar, PhD Environmental and Resource Management, Lancaster University, 2004-2006) has published his doctoral thesis as a textbook, titled Integrated Water Resources Management in Nigeria: Local factors and institutional...
2010 Commonwealth Scholars from Botswana organise charity event
A group of 2010 Commonwealth Scholars from Botswana organised a charity event at SOS Children’s Village in Tlokweng, Botswana on 7 September 2010. SOS Children’s Villages care for orphaned, destitute, and abandoned children. The Scholars decided to organise the event...
University of Aberdeen launches centre for sustainable development
The University of Aberdeen last week launched the Centre for Sustainable International Development, an interdisciplinary hub for research and raising awareness in this increasingly important area. The University of Aberdeen is home to six Commonwealth Scholars, soon...
