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Alumnus acts as discussant at Gladywn Lecture

Professor Michael Omolewa (Commonwealth Fellow, King’s College London, 1975-1976) acted as the lead discussant at the 2010 Gladwyn Lecture, held on 8 December 2010 at the Palace of Westminster, London. The lecture itself was given by Dr Nosa Aladeselu, Executive Director of the African Women Empowerment Guild, on the subject of ‘Nigeria: 50 years of [...]

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Academic Fellow wins travel award

Dr Neena Malhotra was a Commonwealth Academic Fellow in 2003, working in Reproductive Medicine at the Assisted Reproductive Unit (ARU) at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. She was awarded the 2009-2010 Overseas Travel Fund by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology London to visit the Assisted Conception Unit at Guy’s Hospital, London, and the ARU in [...]

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Academic Fellow wins UKIERI research award

Dr Shashikala Inamdar was awarded a Commonwealth Academic Fellowship at the School of Clinical Sciences at the University of Liverpool and she was later selected to present the results of her work at the 23rd Annual Lectin Meeting hosted by the Universities of  Stirling and Edinburgh. In 2008, Shashikala was appointed Lead Indian Researcher for [...]

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Former Academic Fellow speaks at UNESCO meeting in Scotland

Professor Michael Omolewa (Commonwealth Academic Fellow, History of Education, King’s College London, 1975) recently gave a presentation at a seminar organised by the Scottish Committee of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, in Glasgow on 10 September. The seminar theme was ‘Understanding literacy in changing economic and social circumstances’, and Professor Omolewa spoke on ‘Interpreting [...]

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Promotion for Indian alumnus

Professor Smita Sadhu (Commonwealth Academic Fellow, State and Parameter Estimation/Signal Processing, University of Cambridge, 2004–2005) has been promoted from the post of Reader to Professor of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India.

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Career updates and recent publications

Professor Kawuma Medi (Commonwealth Academic Fellow, Bristol Eye Hospital) has taken up the post of Assistant Deputy Vice- Chancellor (in charge of Hospital Based Academics and Services) at Ishaka Teaching Hospital, Kampala International University, Uganda. Dr Doris N Onwukaeme has been promoted to Professor in the Department of Pharmacognosy at the University of Benin, Nigeria. [...]

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