Posted on 16 February 2012. Tags: education, governance, Professional Fellowships
Matarr Baldeh held a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in 2011, at Results UK. He is the National Coordinator of the EFA Campaign Network in the Gambia. During my Fellowship, I learnt about the UK corridors of power through BOND training, met MPs through the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education and Disability, and learnt how UK NGOs [...]
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Posted in Case studies, Professional Fellowships
Posted on 16 February 2012. Tags: economics and finance, education, health, Professional Fellowships
Gabriel Sam Amolo is a 2011 Commonwealth Professional Fellow from Kenya. His Fellowship was hosted by Widows and Orphans International. I am a Kenyan currently working with an NGO as Deputy Director in charge of programmes and fundraising. I am responsible for overseeing the initiation and implementation of the organisation’s activities, running community health facilities, [...]
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Posted on 01 December 2011. Tags: environment, Professional Fellowships
Shona Robison MSP, Scottish Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, has announced the selection of the second cohort of Commonwealth Saltire Professional Fellows. Three Fellows from Rwanda will come to Scotland in January 2012 for a three-month programme hosted at Heriot-Watt University by the Rwanda-Scotland Alliance. The Minister announced the newly-selected Fellows while addressing new [...]
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Posted on 22 April 2011. Tags: Professional Fellowships
Some of our CSC Professional Networks now have groups on LinkedIn, allowing both the CSC and also our alumni to post discussion and news topics, as well as share professional experiences and best practice. Using such social media is part of the CSC’s strategy to increase interactivity for network members, alumni and award holders. At [...]
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Posted in Alumni, News
Posted on 11 February 2011. Tags: Professional Fellowships
An information event for current and prospective Professional Fellowship hosts was held on 10 February 2011. The event gave organisations new to the scheme a chance to find out more about Commonwealth Professional Fellowships, both from CSC staff and those who have experience of hosting Fellows themselves. It was also a chance for organisations who [...]
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Posted in Events, News
Posted on 08 December 2010. Tags: Professional Fellowships
Remmy Mukonka (2010 Commonwealth Professional Fellow, George House Trust) made a speech at a World AIDS Day Vigil held in Manchester on 1 December 2010. Remmy spoke about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zambia (his home country) and in Africa at large, and gave a ‘call to action’. Watch the speech on YouTube George House Trust [...]
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