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CEC Parliamentary event 2011

An event for Commonwealth Scholars, organised by the Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC) with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), was held on 21 June 2011 in the CPA Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, London. The event provided...

Commonwealth Scholar receives award for wheat research

Dr Ida Paul (Commonwealth Split-site Scholar from South Africa, PhD in Environmental Management, University of Pretoria and Durham University, 2003 – 2004) has been named as a 2011 Jeanie Borlaug Women in Triticum Award recipient, in recognition of her outreach work...

Commonwealth, Human Rights and Democracy

The 'Commonwealth, Human Rights and Democracy' conference was held on 11-13 March 2011 at Cumberland Lodge. Photos from the conference are up on Flickr Conference presentations Balancing democracies (opening keynote speech) – Professor Tim Unwin (Chair of the...

Fellow contributes to bio-energy research

Professor Joseph Adeola Fuwape was awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship at the University of North Wales, Bangor, in 1991. His research interests include pyrolytic conversion of plant biomass to bio-fuel, design/construction and performance evaluation of solar timber...