On 2 September 2022, the Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Assocation – The Gambia (CoSFAGAM) held their first meeting for members. CoSFAGAM was established in late 2021. The association aims are to promote networking between Commonwealth Alumni to support...
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC) and Taylor & Francis Group are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 CSC Research Impact Awards (RIA). One prize is awarded per stream, with an annual topical prize also available to entrants. This...
Last month, students from across the Commonwealth joined the ACU Summer School 2022 hosted at Leeds Trinity University (LTU). The Summer School programme was focused on ‘Sport and regeneration: driving sustainability, community and wellbeing’ and coincided with the...
To mark The Gambia’s re-entry to the Commonwealth in February 2018, a Time Limited Programme of awards was launched to support eight additional Scholarships for students from The Gambia; seven Master’s degrees and one PhD.
In 2018 the UK hosted the first ever Global Disability Summit. At this summit, the CSC pledged £300,000 to support outreach activities and to encourage more applications from people with disabilities and for subjects related to the rights of people with disabilities.
In 2020-21 the focus of our Time Limited Programme was on Girls’ Education. This was in support of the UK government’s ambitious initiative to get 40 million more girls in low-and middle-income countries into primary and secondary school in developing countries by 2026 and improve learning levels, so girls can achieve their full potential. This programme directly supported UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 and aligned with our own objectives to ensure gender parity in education.
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.
In June, members of the Alumni Advisory Panel 2021-2023 were invited to take part in a scoping activity and review of the CSC Mentoring Programme, as part of ongoing developments to this activity. CSC Mentoring Programme The CSC Mentoring Programme connects...
On 28 July 2022, the Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association, Nigeria (COSFAN) collaborated with the Commonwealth Alumni Association Sierra Leone (CAASL) to deliver the joint webinar, ‘Mentoring on Access to Commonwealth Scholarships’. The webinar...
Over the last few weeks, Commonwealth Alumnus Kagiso Tlhabano-David has been attending the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as the sport psychologist for the Botswana national team. As an emerging advocate for disability inclusion in sport, Kagiso has been...
