Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom

53rd Annual Report of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom to the Secretary of State for International Development, for the year ending 30 September 2012 53rd Annual Report 2011-2012

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Professor Rifat Atun (1985 Commonwealth Scholar from Cyprus, MB BS Guy’s, King’s  and St Thomas School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences) works in health system formulation and implementation, contributing to health care in developing countries. Currently, Rifat is Professor of International Health Management and Head of the Health Management Group at Imperial College London. [...]

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Welcome to the April CS3 Alumni e-newsletter. This issue brings you news of recent events, updates on alumni projects and the latest Professional Networks developments. If you have a project you want to share with other alumni in the next e-newsletter (due out in October 2013), on projects that would be of interest to other [...]

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Applications are now open for Commonwealth Scholarships for UK citizens to study in a range of Commonwealth countries. Scholarships are available during 2013-2014 for Master’s study in eight low and middle income Commonwealth countries, including Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, the University of the South Pacific, Sri Lanka, Swaziland and Tanzania. Two of these countries [...]

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On Monday 11 March, Commonwealth Scholars, staff from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, Chevening Scholarships Secretariat, and the Association of Commonwealth Universities attended the Commonwealth Day Observance at Westminster Abbey. The event marked the start of the Commonwealth Week celebrations, exploring this year’s theme of opportunity through enterprise. The observance was a great [...]

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Dr Zipporah Ali, 2007 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholar, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford Brookes University, UK, in recognition of her services to palliative care in Kenya. Zipporah is Executive Director of Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) and is currently studying for an MSc in Palliative Care from the University of Dundee by distance. [...]

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