Hemant Sahni, Commonwealth Scholar from India, has been awarded an Overseas Research Scholarship by University College London and a PhD Studentship by the Child Health Research Appeal Trust to undertake research on T cell development and immune responses at the UCL...
Hannah Openshaw
Promotion for Nigerian alumnus
Dr Godwin Nyiutaha Imandeh (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Environmental Biology, Swansea University, 1995,) has been promoted to Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of Jos, Nigeria.
Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 11
Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 11 (January 2010): Common ground, different shores: Commonwealth Scholarships set to expand, Commonwealth Scholarships go global!, Country profile – Singapore, News round-up, Scholars' news, Alumni in action, Networks and...
Nobel Prize presented to alumnus
Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (Commonwealth Scholar, University of Cambridge, 1973-1974) has been presented with her Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. On 7 December, Elizabeth delivered her Nobel Lecture at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. She was...
Research on security professionals
Dr David Last (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science) has spent thirty years in the Canadian Forces, and is now a Professor at the Canadian Royal Military College. David is carrying out research on the...
New appointments for alumni
Professor B S B Karunaratne (Commonwealth Scholar, University of Warwick) of the Physics Department at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, has been appointed Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS) at the University of Sri Lanka. Professor...
Scholar wins British Poultry Council award
Chamari Palliyeguru (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Poultry Nutrition and Related Biotechnology, Harper Adams University College) has been awarded the British Poultry Council 2009 Scholarship Award for her research work. Chamari was presented with her prize – £1,000 and a...
CSC at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Professor Tim Unwin, Chair of the CSC, held an alumni reception on Wednesday 25 November, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The event provided an informal and enjoyable opportunity for alumni to meet Professor...
Assessing impact in the Caribbean
This report presents the first regionally-focused analysis, in which we aim to assess impact in the Caribbean in terms of both global development challenges and regional issues. Published for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago...
Commonwealth Scholarships have development impact on the Caribbean
Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows from the Caribbean are having a profound impact on development issues and other areas of importance to the region, according to new evidence. The findings, from an evaluation survey of the scheme’s alumni, have been published in a...
