Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom

Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 16

28 February 2013

Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 16 (February 2013): Supporting the wider community, Our Scholars and Fellows, Country profile – Trinidad and Tobago, News round-up, Our alumni, Tertiary education in the Commonwealth, Networks and events

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Posted in CS News, Evaluation, News, Publications

Identifying Methodologies for Cost Benefit Analysis and Value for Money

28 February 2013

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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Posted in Evaluation, Evaluation, Publications

The world in 2113: what will it be like, how can we prepare?

01 February 2013

Commonwealth Scholars are invited to apply to attend the third ACU Commonwealth Residential School, being held from Thursday 8-Monday 12 August 2013 at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, United Kingdom. The Commonwealth Residential School was instigated by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) in 2011. It aims to provide a forum to bring together high quality [...]

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Update your online Directory of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows entry – April 2013

30 January 2013

The online Directory is a unique resource, listing the names of more than 29,000 people who have held scholarships or fellowships around the Commonwealth since 1959, and showcasing the career profiles of almost 5,000 alumni members. The online Directory, updated annually, enables our current and former scholars and fellows to follow the progress of alumni, [...]

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Posted in Alumni, News

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Alumni chapters – April 2013

30 January 2013

Kenya chapter Since it was founded in 2011, the CSC Kenya alumni chapter has held regular Annual General Meetings and also participated in social events and stakeholder activities. This includes the ‘Me and my Net’ malaria-awareness raising campaign from the Royal Commonwealth Society and meeting British MPs from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select [...]

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Professional Networks update – April 2013

30 January 2013

The Commonwealth Scholarships group on LinkedIn now has almost 2,000 members, many of whom are also members of the eight CSC Professional Networks, which are also hosted on LinkedIn. The Commonwealth Scholarships group gives our Scholars, Fellows and alumni another way to get in touch with us, but, more importantly, allows them to communicate directly [...]

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Posted in Alumni, News

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