The recent Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) held in Mauritius provided an opportunity to convene a focus discussion group on gender on 29 August 2012. Five Mauritian alumni met with Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioners Christine Humfrey and Richard Middleton to consider gender issues facing Commonwealth Scholars before, during, and after their awards. Questions debated included: [...]
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Mauritian alumni meet for focus discussion group on gender
Posted on 12 September 2012.
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Alumni events in Botswana, Kenya and Mauritius
Posted on 13 March 2012.
Alumni have attended a range of events in the last few weeks. On 24 February alumni and distance learning scholars met for the CSC Kenya AGM in Nairobi. Plans for the development of a chapter constitution and future events were discussed. Professor Tim Unwin, Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission met with alumni during a [...]
Alumni events in Australia and Trinidad
Posted on 27 September 2011.
Four events have taken place for alumni in three cities in Australia and in Port of Spain, Trinidad recently. Dr John Kirkland, Executive Secretary of the CSC and Deputy Secretary General of the ACU, combined a conference in Australia with alumni events in Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney from 13-15 September. Future events are also planned [...]
CSC alumni and Scholars launch chapter in kenya
Posted on 22 February 2011.
More than 50 alumni and current Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholars attended the inaugural meeting of the Kenyan alumni chapter in Nairobi on 21 February 2011. Other guests included Dr John Kirkland, Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, and representatives from the British Council and the Kenya Branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society. A committee [...]
Commonwealth Scholarships – Past, Present and Future
Posted on 24 November 2010.
Dr John Kirkland, Executive Secretary of the CSC, reports on a seminar held on 11 October 2010 in Barbados. A more Commonwealth-wide approach, more recognition of the needs of small countries and confirmation of the huge networking advantages that scholarships bring to host, as well as home countries. These were three of the conclusions of [...]
Alumni gathering in Cameroon
Posted on 23 June 2010.
Executive Secretary of the CSC Dr John Kirkland (also Deputy Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities) presented a special session on Commonwealth Scholarships in Cameroon at a project conference on ‘Research and Innovation Management: Improvement for Africa and the Caribbean’ held from 17-19 June 2010 in Cameroon. Dr Kirkland also took the opportunity [...]
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