education

Alumnus featured on BBC news

Dr Heather Bell (Commonwealth Scholar, DPhil in History, University of Oxford), Director of International Strategy at the University of Oxford, UK, was featured in an item on the flagship BBC news programme News at Ten on 28 April 2010. The item was looking at...

New professorship for alumnus

Professor Jones Olanrewaju Moody (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD, King’s College London, 1986-1989) has recently been promoted to be the first Professor of Pharmacognosy in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and also elected Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Former Scholar awarded two fellowships

Dr Amam Zonaed Siddiki (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD in Molecular Parasitology, University of Liverpool, 2002-2006) was recently awarded a Fellowship by the British Council, Bangladesh to attend a training workshop on 'Building a successful international research...

Deputy vice-chancellor alumni appointments

Professor Olorunfemi Olaofe (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, 1979-1982) has been appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Ado-Ekiti in Nigeria. With an academic background in chemical engineering, prior to...

Alumnus named as new vice-chancellor

Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe (Commonwealth Scholar, MSc Numerical Analysis, University of Edinburgh, 1974) has been appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria. Professor Sofoluwe, whose academic area is in computing, was the Deputy...

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...