Dr Kabelo J Senyatso was presented with the 2012 Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize at a ceremony at the University of Botswana on 27 June 2013. Around 50 guests were present at the event, including Ben Luckock (British Deputy High...
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Assessing impact in environmental sustainability
The significance of environmental sustainability and related topics such as climate change to international development is reflected in its explicit mention in the Millennium Development Goals, specifically MDG 7. This report looks at the impact of Commonwealth...
Safeguarding forests in Sierra Leone – April 2013
Jobo Samba (2006 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Sierra Leone, MSc GIS with Remote Sensing and Management, Aberystwyth University) has a lead role in government efforts to protect the environment. Working as a GIS Advisor to the Ministry of Lands, Country Planning...
Winner of the 2012 Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize
The CSC and Taylor & Francis are delighted to announce that Dr Kabelo J Senyatso (2007 Commonwealth Scholar from Botswana, PhD Conservation Ecology, University of East Anglia) is the winner of the 2012 Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article...
Professional Fellow learns about biomass energy in Scotland
Nellie Oduor is a 2012 Commonwealth Professional Fellow from Kenya. Her Fellowship was hosted by the Institute for Energy Systems at the University of Edinburgh In September 2012. I work for the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) as a Deputy Centre Director of...
Malawian Scholar to present poster at Planet under Pressure conference
Collen Zalengera, a Commonwealth Scholar from Malawi, will be giving a poster presentation at the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference, being held in London next March. This major international conference will focus on solutions to the global sustainability...
Scottish Minister announces second set of Commonwealth Saltire Professional Fellows
Shona Robison MSP, Scottish Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, has announced the selection of the second cohort of Commonwealth Saltire Professional Fellows. Three Fellows from Rwanda will come to Scotland in January 2012 for a three-month programme hosted at...
Environmental research presentation
Shaheen Begum (2008 Commonwealth Scholar from Pakistan, PhD in Environment, University of York) recently presented part of her PhD research at the International Conference on the Status and Future of the World's Large Rivers (organised by BOKU – University of Natural...
Commonwealth Scholar’s role in designing new hospital
Dr Joseph Oyediran Popoola held a Commonwealth Scholarship to study for a PhD in Environmental Planning at the University of Nottingham in 1981. He is a consultant architect at Poparch Associates Ltd. Kaduna Nigeria. Joseph has worked on the Hasiya Bayero Paediatric...
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...
