In September 2024, Commonwealth Alumnus Dr Charles Chukwuemeka Okolie delivered a training workshop for healthcare service providers in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria to raise awareness of inclusive healthcare services and improve access to healthcare for gender and sexual minority individuals.
Between January to February 2025, Commonwealth Alumnus Manzil e Maqsood delivered a two-day Model Conference of Parties 2025 (MCOP 2025) event for youth in Pakistan to learn about and experience global climate discussions through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP) model.
The CSC’s Mentoring Programme connects Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni to support knowledge and skills development and a practical understanding of how these can be implemented post-scholarship to achieve development impact. The CSC aims to pair current Scholars...
On Tuesday 30 January, the CSC Alumni Team launched the 2024 CSC Development in Action webinar series. To kickstart the series, the team hosted a special conversation event with recent CSC Research Impact Award (RIA) winners, Commonwealth Alumni Maryam Bashir and Dr...
On Wednesday 11 April, the CSC Alumni Team were joined by Commonwealth Alumnus Dr Iffat Zafar Aga for the Development in Action webinar series. Dr Aga shared a presentation on ‘Democratising healthcare in Pakistan through telemedicine’ about the role of technology in...
Throughout January and February, the CSC has been hosting site visits for Commonwealth Scholars based at universities across the UK. Our Programme Officers have travelled the length and breadth of the country to meet Scholars and learn about their UK study...
On Monday 6 February the CSC welcomed over 300 Master’s and PhD Commonwealth Scholars to the Connect and Collaborate Event 2023 at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London. The Connect and Collaborate Event is the largest event in the CSC calendar and is an important...
The CSC’s 2022 Leaders in Sustainable Development workshops began last term with sessions on writing, networking, leadership, and project management to support career success and development impact. Hosted online, the workshops offer an inclusive space for Scholars...
The CSC is very pleased to welcome its new Regional Network Coordinators who will be leading an exciting programme of events and activities for Scholars in their UK regions this year. After a competitive selection process, the final 12 Scholars were decided in October...
In response to the UK government’s call to action at last year’s COP26 in Glasgow, the CSC’s Time Limited Programme (TLP) for 2022-2023 is focused on Clean Energy, Air and Oceans. While the pace of climate change quickens, our world urgently needs solutions to turn...
