Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom

This report was commissioned by the CSC as part of its new programme of evaluation activity. Its authors – Olivier Vardakoulias and Natalie Nicholles of NEF Consulting – were asked to undertake a review of current literature looking at the economic implications of offering international scholarships, with a particular focus on how this might be [...]

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This report examines the impact that Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships can have on individuals and on higher education institutions, and the impact that these individuals and institutions can then have on economic and social development. It reports on the targeted awards offered to academic staff and students, before moving on to assess the impact of [...]

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This report analyses the impact of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows in the Asia-Pacific region, which, for the purposes of the analysis, is divided into three sub-regions: Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and South East Asia. As well as outlining some of the key issues for the region, it looks at the impact of awards [...]

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This report assesses the impact of our alumni on governance and democracy, principles which lie at the heart of the Commonwealth. The report takes as its main source the responses of alumni who reported having impact in at least one of four key priority areas for development – and democracy: Governance, International Relations, Social Inequalities [...]

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This report provides an outline of key development priorities in health and the role of Commonwealth Scholarships in development. The main body of the report considers all of our health-related alumni and the wider impact of health-related awards, before narrowing the focus to a selection of case studies and a group of survey respondents,and then [...]

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This report presents the first regionally-focused analysis, in which we aim to assess impact in the Caribbean in terms of both global development challenges and regional issues. Published for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2009. Executive summary Full report

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