The Wales and Northern Ireland and South West Regional Networks held a seminar on 8 April 2016 at Cardiff University titled ‘Educating the people, engaging the nations’. Scholars came together with CSC staff at the seminar to discuss the following key questions: How...
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Successes and complexities: the outcomes of UK Commonwealth Scholarships 1960-2012
Since 2012, the CSC has been conducting a cycle of evaluation surveys designed to generate insight into the experiences, achievements, and difficulties of our alumni. By mid-2015, we had sent a survey to 100% of the members of our alumni network for whom we had...
Commonwealth Scholars Radio 2016
Connect and communicate: academic engagement with modern media 44 Commonwealth Master’s Scholars attended the Connect and Communicate workshop held at the historic and scenic Cumberland Lodge in March 2016. The workshop considered the evolving channels for...
Scholars celebrate Commonwealth Day
Commonwealth Scholars were involved in three major events held last week to mark Commonwealth Day on 14 March. The theme for this year was ‘An inclusive Commonwealth’. Scholars studying in the field of education attended the Annual Commonwealth Day Westminster Seminar...
Evaluation profile: Sultana Khanum
Dr Sultana Khanum was a Commonwealth PhD Scholar at the University of Keele between 1990 and 1994, and she returned to the UK as a Commonwealth Academic Fellow at the University of Manchester for six months in 2003. She has been a Professor of Sociology at the...
2014 Best Journal Article Prize presented to joint winner
Dr Sandhya Sukumaran, joint winner of the 2014 Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize, was presented with her award at the recent launch of the Indian Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (ACSF) on 19th December in Delhi....
2016 Best Journal Article Prize open for entries!
The CSC and the Taylor & Francis Group are delighted to announce that the 2016 Best Journal Article Prize is now open for entries. The Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize is awarded for the most outstanding article published in a...
Launch of Indian Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (ACSF)
The Indian Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (ACSF) was launched in Delhi on 19th December 2015 by Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, Mr Richard Middleton. There are more than 4,600 Commonwealth alumni across India with many now...
Maltese Commonwealth Alumni Event – Valletta November 2015
Over 60 Maltese Commonwealth Alumni came together on Wednesday 25th November in Valletta alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting taking place within Malta at the same time. UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister The Rt. Hon Hugo Swire MP attended...
UK citizens: apply now for Commonwealth Scholarships to study in India
Applications are now open for Commonwealth Scholarships for UK citizens to study in India. The scholarships, offered through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, are for Master's, PhD, or postdoctoral study starting in 2016. The scholarships support tuition...