Publication and Resources
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...
Lifetime achievement award for alumnus
At the 2009 annual meeting of the American Society for In Vitro Biology, the society honoured alumnus Christopher J Bayne (Commonwealth Scholar at Bangor University, 1964) with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Christopher is now an Emeritus Professor at Oregon State...
Prize for Scholar’s MSc efforts
Clovice Bright Irumba has been awarded a prize from the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University for the best overall performance on the MSc Advanced Course, following completion of his MSc in Petroleum Geochemistry in 2008, with...
Alumnus awarded scholarship for PhD study
Hemant Sahni, Commonwealth Scholar from India, has been awarded an Overseas Research Scholarship by University College London and a PhD Studentship by the Child Health Research Appeal Trust to undertake research on T cell development and immune responses at the UCL...
Promotion for Nigerian alumnus
Dr Godwin Nyiutaha Imandeh (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Environmental Biology, Swansea University, 1995,) has been promoted to Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of Jos, Nigeria.
Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 11
Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 11 (January 2010): Common ground, different shores: Commonwealth Scholarships set to expand, Commonwealth Scholarships go global!, Country profile – Singapore, News round-up, Scholars' news, Alumni in action, Networks and...
Nobel Prize presented to alumnus
Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (Commonwealth Scholar, University of Cambridge, 1973-1974) has been presented with her Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. On 7 December, Elizabeth delivered her Nobel Lecture at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. She was...
Research on security professionals
Dr David Last (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science) has spent thirty years in the Canadian Forces, and is now a Professor at the Canadian Royal Military College. David is carrying out research on the...
New appointments for alumni
Professor B S B Karunaratne (Commonwealth Scholar, University of Warwick) of the Physics Department at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, has been appointed Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS) at the University of Sri Lanka. Professor...
Scholar wins British Poultry Council award
Chamari Palliyeguru (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Poultry Nutrition and Related Biotechnology, Harper Adams University College) has been awarded the British Poultry Council 2009 Scholarship Award for her research work. Chamari was presented with her prize – £1,000 and a...
