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Focus discussion group participants, at an alumni reception held on 31 August 2012

Mauritian alumni meet for focus discussion group on gender

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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Dr Frances Owusu-Daaku and Dr Rita Akosua Dickson

Alumni Feature: Women as Agents of Change (November 2011)

“Women as Agents of Change” was the theme of Commonwealth Day 2011, and was also emphasised again by Her Majesty the Queen at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia. In this alumni web feature we celebrate the diverse  achievements of our female alumni across the Commonwealth. In Ghana, Dr Frances Owusu-Daaku [...]

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Women as agents of change

To mark Commonwealth Day on 14 March – which this year celebrates the theme of ‘Women as agents of change’ – and the centernary of International Women’s Day on 8 March, we feature profiles of two female alumni who have had a major impact on the lives of others, in their home countries and abroad. [...]

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Dame Bridget Ogilvie

Alumni profile: Dame Bridget Ogilvie

A career in scientific research and scientific leadership: Dame Bridget Ogilvie (Commonwealth Scholar from Australia, PhD Immunology of Parasites, University of Cambridge, 1960-1964) remembers her time as a PhD student as a time of freedom and flexibility. Her supervisor let her manage her own studies, and Bridget credits this in part with developing her sense [...]

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Alumni profile: Carolyn McMaster

Serving the Commonwealth in diplomacy and development: Carolyn McMaster (Commonwealth Scholar from Canada, MPhil International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1969-1971) grew up in a household interested in international affairs. From an early age I participated in dinner table discussions about both Canadian and world events. My brother (who also joined the [...]

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Commonwealth Scholarships News - Issue 13

Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 13

Commonwealth Scholarships News – Issue 13 (February 2011): Women as agents of change, Our Scholars and Fellows, Country profile – Cameroon, News round-up, Our alumni, Balancing study and home life, Networks and events

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