Publication and Resources
New research project on world population
Professor Diana Coole (Commonwealth Scholar from the UK, PhD Political Theory, University of Toronto, 1982) has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust. Diana is a Professor of Social and Political Theory at Birkbeck, University of...
Former Commissioner appointed chair of UNESCO UKNC
Former Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner Professor William John Morgan FRAI FRSA was appointed the new Chair of the Board of Directors of the UK National Commission (UKNC) for UNESCO on 1 February. Talking about his new appointment, Professor Morgan said:...
New academic appointment for Scholar in textiles
Professor Samuel Anbahan Ariadurai (Commonwealth Scholar, Textile Technology, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) has been recently promoted to Professor of Textile and Apparel Technology at the Department of Textile and Apparel Technology of...
Scholars to facilitate Commonwealth Youth Summits
Two Commonwealth Scholars have been selected as facilitators of the upcoming Commonwealth Youth Summits. Stephanie Yorke (Commonwealth Scholar from Canada, DPhil English Literature, University of Oxford) and Steadman Noble (Commonwealth Scholar from Jamaica, MA in...
Canadian alumnus appointed vice-chancellor
Professor Andrew Petter (Commonwealth Scholar, LLM University of Cambridge, 1981), of the University of Victoria Faculty of Law and former Attorney General of British Columbia, has been announced as Simon Fraser University's ninth President and Vice-Chancellor. Andrew...
Alumnus edits new journal
Professor John S Moolakkattu (Commonwealth Academic Fellow from India, 2003-2004) is the founding editor of Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation, published by the School of Politics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Since 2008, he has been serving as...
Alumnus appointed new college President
Dr Jayantha P Jayasuriya (Commonwealth Scholar, University of Liverpool, 1975-1978) has been elected President of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Sri Lanka for the year 2010-11.
Alumnus awarded scholarship for health care policy study
Carolyn Idusso (Commonwealth Professional Fellow in Public Health) is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Scholarship to pursue a Masters in Health Care Policy and Management at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham in 2009-2010.
Recognition for alumnus’ research in late antiquity period
Dr Tamara Lewit (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD, Institute of Archaeology, University of London, 1989) has been elected as the 50th Australasian Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, an archaeological and historical society of approximately 2,500 international...
Alumnus awarded Royal Musical Association medal
Dr W Dean Sutcliffe (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Music, University of Cambridge, 1984) has been awarded The Dent Medal by the Royal Musical Association. The medal is presented annually to recipients selected for their outstanding contribution to musicology, selected...
