Antoinette Simpah Danso is a 2011 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Ghana. She studied MSc Meat Science and Technology at the University of Bristol. Antoinette’s MSc project was on the effect of various slaughter methods on the quality of lamb meat. She explains:...
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Mining women’s potential in Zambia
 Mususu Kaonda (2012 Commonwealth Scholar from Zambia, PhD Materials Science, University of Birmingham) spoke to SciDev.Net about how to encourage more young women to begin science and engineering careers. Mususu was encouraged to follow a career as an engineer by...
Bringing science to the wider community
Professor Shaun Hendy (1995 Commonwealth Scholar from New Zealand to Canada, PhD in Physics, University of Alberta) combines his work as a Professor of Physics with encouraging public engagement in science. In 2012 he won the New Zealand Prime Ministers Science Media...
Taking the Solar Village to Asia and Africa
Professor IM (Dharme) Dharmadasa (1977 Commonwealth Scholar from Sri Lanka, PhD Solid State Electronics, Durham University) has been involved with the ‘Solar Village’ project since the 1990s. The scheme improves the standard of living for remote villages where there...
Science & Technology Network Focus – October 2013
Commonwealth Scholarship alumni and Science & Technology Network members around the world make significant contributions through scientific research, product development, community projects and by communicating science more affectively to the general public. As...
Improving the food supply chain
Wilson Asamoah (2011 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Ghana, MSc Food Chain Systems, Cranfield University) has found that his scholarship is enabling him to introduce technical innovation in food supply management systems. Following his return to Ghana after his...
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...
Parliamentary committee recognises value of Commonwealth Scholarships
'DFID’s support for individuals through the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) has been hugely important', according to the latest report by UK MPs on the Commons Science and Technology Committee. In its report Building scientific capacity for development, the...
Solar energy and sustainable development – October 2012
A new book ‘Advance in Thin-Film Solar Energy’ (Pan Stanford Publishing 2012)  discusses how solar energy can be used in everyday society as a sustainable source of energy enabling development. The author, Professor IM Dharmadasa (1977 Commonwealth Scholar PhD Solid...
Scholars discuss science and development with UK MPs
A group of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows had the opportunity to discuss their experiences as researchers in their home countries at a round table with the Commons Science and Technology Committee yesterday. The round table, which was convened as part of the Select...
