Dr Kanamarlapudi Venkateswarlu (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Molecular Biology, University of Sheffield, 1993-1996) has now become Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at Swansea University, UK. Valérie Price (Commonwealth Scholar, Childhood Studies, University of...
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Commonwealth Scholar publishes article in Science magazine
Canadian Commonwealth Scholar Charles Melnyk (PhD, University of Cambridge) has co-authored an article in Science magazine: 'Small Silencing RNAs in Plants'.
Alumni gathering in Cameroon
Executive Secretary of the CSC Dr John Kirkland (also Deputy Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities) presented a special session on Commonwealth Scholarships in Cameroon at a project conference on 'Research and Innovation Management:...
Alumnus building network to combat climate change
Professor Rafiqul Islam of the University of Dhaka , Bangladesh (Commonwealth Academic Fellow, University of Nottingham) is now a member of an international network on climate change study and research in Germany. He will be visiting several countries, including...
Commonwealth Scholar in China UK Entrepreneurship Challenge final
Shams Usmani (2009 Commonwealth Split-site Scholar, PhD Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University and Lancaster University) and his team from Lancaster University have won a place in the final of the China UK Entrepreneurship Challenge, a competition for business plans...
Reception for Commonwealth Scholars at Cambridge
A reception for Commonwealth Scholars was held at the University of Cambridge, UK, on 1 June 2010. Hosted by the CSC and the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (CCT), guests included current Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows at Cambridge, Professor Tim Unwin (Chair of the...
Alumni events in Zambia and Canada
Professor Tim Unwin, Chair of the CSC, recently met with alumni in two countries. Professor Unwin attended a reception for alumni and current Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholars on 24 May 2010 at the British High Commission in Lusaka, Zambia, hosted by the High...
Launch of the ‘Assessing impact in the health sector’ report
The CSC evaluation report Assessing impact in the health sector was launched on 27 May 2010, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Guests included current Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows, members of the CSC's panel of Academic Advisers, supervisors...
Scholarships aid international health targets, says new study
Higher education and international scholarships have made a significant contribution to the achievement of health targets set by the Millennium Development Goals, according to a new report from the DFID-funded Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom,...
Assessing impact in the health sector
This report provides an outline of key development priorities in health and the role of Commonwealth Scholarships in development. The main body of the report considers all of our health-related alumni and the wider impact of health-related awards, before narrowing the...
