49th Annual Report (2007-2008) - Commonwealth Scholarship ...

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission 

in the United Kingdom 

49th Annual Report to the 

Secretary of State for International Development 

For the year ending 30 September 2008

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom 

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United 

Kingdom (CSC) is responsible for managing Britain’s contribution to 

the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP). 

The CSC supports around 750 awards annually. Awards are funded 

by the Department for International Development (for developing 

Commonwealth countries) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 

and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in 

partnership with UK universities (for developed Commonwealth 

countries).The CSC makes available seven types of award (see page 2), 

and also nominates UK citizens for scholarships to study in other 

Commonwealth countries under the CSFP. 

The CSC is a non-departmental public body in its own right, and 

seeks to conform to all relevant guidelines on good practice. Members 

are appointed in line with the Code of Practice of the Office of the 

Commissioner for Public Appointments. No remuneration is paid to 

Commissioners, except for out-of-pocket expenses and an honorarium 

of £200 for each selection committee for which they assess 

applications. The Chair also receives an honorarium of £5000 per 

annum, in respect of two days work per month. The Commission’s 

secretariat is provided by the Association of Commonwealth 

Universities; financial and welfare support for scholars is provided by 

the British Council. 

The CSFP is an international programme under which member 

governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other 

Commonwealth countries. The Plan was established at the first 

Commonwealth education conference in 1959 and is reviewed by 

Ministers at their triennial meetings – the only scholarship scheme in 

the world to receive such high-level recognition. 

Membership of the Commission for the year ending 30 September 2008 was as follows: 

Professor Trudy Harpham (Chair) 

Department of Urban Development and Policy, London South Bank 

University 

Professor Tim Unwin (Chair Designate) 

UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, 

University of London 

Dr Hilary Perraton (Deputy Chair) 

Research Associate, Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, 

University of Cambridge 

Dr Denis Blight AO, FRSA 

Independent consultant on international education; Chairman, LIS Pty 

Ltd (StudyLink) 

Professor Mark Cleary (from 1 May 2008) 

Vice-Chancellor, University of Bradford 

Dr Mark Collins (from 1 May 2008) 

Director, Commonwealth Foundation 

Dr Monica Darnbrough CBE 

Independent consultant and writer on life science issues; former 

Director, Bioscience Unit, Department of Trade and Industry 

Sir Brian Donnelly KBE, CMG 

Former British Ambassador to Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe 

Professor Ann Floyd 

Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Open University 

Dr Norman Geddes 

Business Strategy and Technical Manager, QinetiQ 

Professor Christine Humfrey (from 1 May 2008) 

Special Professor in International Higher Education, University of 

Nottingham 

Professor Sharon Huttly (to 31 April 2008) 

Dean of Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 

Professor David Johns CBE, FREng, DSc (to 31 April 2008) 

Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Bradford 

Dr Nyovani Madise (from 1 May 2008) 

Reader in Social Statistics, University of Southampton 

Professor John Morgan FRSA (to 31 July 2008) 

UNESCO Chair of the Political Economy of Education, Director of the 

UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research and Commonwealth 

Education Documentation Centre, University of Nottingham 

Professor Timothy Shaw (to 31 April 2008) 

Director, Institute of International Relations at the University of the 

West Indies, St Augustine; former Director, Institute of 

Commonwealth Studies 

Professor Gurharpal Singh (to 31 April 2008) 

Nadir Dinshaw Professor of Inter-Religious Relations, University of 

Birmingham 

Professor Martin Snaith OBE, FREng (to 31 April 2008) 

Emeritus Professor of Highway Engineering, University of Birmingham 

Professor William Stephens 

Change Programme Director, Cranfield University 

Dr Rosemary Stevenson (from 1 May 2008) 

Former Head, DFID South Asia 

Professor Jonathan Wastling (from 1 May 2008) 

Head of Veterinary Preclinical Science, University of Liverpool 

Officers: 

Dr John Kirkland 

Dr Jonathan Jenkins 

Executive Secretary 

Assistant Secretary

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission 

in the United Kingdom 

49th Annual Report to the 

Secretary of State for International Development 

For the year ending 30 September 2008 

CSC schemes 2 

Introduction 3 

Change and continuity 4 

Scholarships 6 

Continuing professional development 10 

Capacity development in higher education 12 

Communicating with our award holders 14 

Monitoring progress 16 

2008 awards 18 

2008 awards – in detail 20 

Awards held in 2007-2008 – in detail 31 

Qualifications awarded 37 

Panel of academic advisers 46 

How to apply 47 

Commission finances 52

CSC schemes 

Commonwealth Scholarships for PhD research 

Commonwealth Scholarships for Master’s 

study 

Available for postgraduate study at any UK univ - 

ersity. Candidates should apply in the first instance 

to the national nominating agency of their resident 

country. These agencies are listed on pages 47-51 of 

this report. Additional nominations are sought each 

year from developing country universities and other 

sources. The deadline for applications for the 

academic year 2010-2011 is 31 December 2009. 

Commonwealth Professional Fellowships 

These awards offer mid-career professionals from 

developing Commonwealth countries an opportunity 

to spend a period (typically three months) with a UK 

host organisation working in a relevant field. App - 

lications are invited each year from UK organisations 

that wish to host such awards – these can be from 

any sector, although the recipients of awards must 

not hold a full-time academic position. The deadline 

for applications for the academic year 2010-2011 is 

30 April 2010 (TBC). 

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships 

These awards, for developing country students who 

would not otherwise be able to undertake Master’slevel 

study in the UK, are supported jointly by the 

scheme and host universities. Individual universities 

are invited each year to bid for such awards, and 

candidates should apply directly to the institution 

concerned. The deadline for institutions to forward 

their nominations for the academic year 2010-2011 

is 30 June 2010. Where institutions have not specified 

a closing date, candidates should contact the inst - 

itution to ascertain the latest date that the institution 

is willing to accept applications. 

Commonwealth Academic Fellowships 

These awards are targeted to specific countries. They 

are aimed at mid-career staff in developing country 

universities, and provide for up to six months’ work 

at a UK institution. Nominations are made directly 

from the universities and the countries concerned. 

The deadline for applications for the academic year 

2010-2011 is 31 December 2009. 

Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships 

These awards support candidates who are under - 

taking doctoral study at a university in their home 

country to spend up to one year at a UK university as 

part of their academic work. Nominations for awards 

are accepted from developing country universities 

and from national nominating agencies. The deadline 

for applications for the academic year 2010-2011 is 

31 December 2009. 

Commonwealth Distance Learning 

Scholarships 

These awards allow developing country students to 

secure Master’s-level qualifications from UK instit ut - 

ions through distance learning study. The scholar - 

ships are only available for specific courses selected 

by the Commission on the basis of their quality and 

relevance to development. UK universities are invited 

to register an expression of interest for the 

Commission to support their course by September 

2009. 

For further information on all the scholarship and 

fellowship opportunities offered by the CSC, please 

visit www.cscuk.org.uk 

Please note that the above summaries are 

intended for guidance only. Candidates should 

consult the CSC website before deciding whether 

to apply. Please note that, in all of the above 

cases, the deadlines stated are for applications to 

be received by the CSC from relevant agencies 

and host institutions, and individual applications 

should be made to these bodies and not to the 

CSC directly. The CSC regrets that it is not able 

to respond to unsolicited applications. 

2 Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

Introduction 

We have the honour to submit, pursuant to Clause 5(1) and 5(2) of Schedule 2 to 

the International Development Act 2002, the following report of the Commonwealth 

Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom for the year ending 30 September 

2008. 

Our introduction to last year’s report highlighted the need 

for scholarship schemes to embrace change, whilst at the 

same time maintaining the continuity and long-term 

reputation critical to their success. We could not, at that time, 

have imagined how relevant these themes would prove to be 

to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in 2008. 

The year has seen much change, most of it carefully 

planned and likely to strengthen the Commission’s impact still 

further. Our new programme of evaluation – a theme that has 

often been lacking in international scholarship schemes – is 

starting to generate significant results, which will both allow 

policymakers to assess the impact of our work and influence 

the policy of the Commission itself. Our new strategic plan 

focuses our work more clearly on three objectives – the 

provision of scholarships, continuing professional development, and capacity building in higher education. Our 

contact with external stakeholders, most particularly alumni, is developing to the extent that there now exists 

more of a Commonwealth Scholarships ‘community’ than at any time in the Commission’s history. The 50th 

anniversary of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, in 2009, will be used to encourage more 

countries to offer Commonwealth Scholarships, making the Plan more international than ever. 

One change during the year was not planned. In March, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which 

supports Commonwealth Scholarships to the eight most ‘developed’ Commonwealth countries, announced its 

intention to cease support for our work. The Commission cannot hide its disappointment with this decision, and 

the manner of its announcement. There have, however, been some positive effects. The extent of international 

concern at the decision, from prime ministers to current students, provided vivid evidence of the esteem in which 

Commonwealth Scholarships are held. Towards the end of the period covered by the report, the Department for 

Innovation, Universities and Skills announced that it would be able to restore some of the funding withdrawn by 

the FCO. The FCO itself has since shown its continuing interest in Commonwealth Scholarships, with a substantial 

donation to the anniversary Endowment Fund to support the expansion of the Plan into more countries. Both of 

these developments are welcome and appreciated. We hope that the experience of the past year may yet lead to 

a stronger recognition of the role that scholarships can play across government. 

2008 will also see the retirement, after seven years, of Professor Trudy Harpham as Chair of the Commission. 

Change has been a constant theme throughout that period, with some of the main elements being described 

elsewhere in this report. There remains much to do, however, and we wish Trudy’s successor, Professor Tim Unwin, 

every success in 2009 and beyond. 

Commonwealth Scholars at 

the 2007 Welcome Day 

Professor Trudy Harpham 

Chair 

Dr John Kirkland 


Annual Report 2007 - 2008 3

Change and continuity 

The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) was established in 1959. One of the five 

founding principles, adopted by Commonwealth education ministers, was that the Plan should be 

sufficiently flexible to meet changing needs. This advice has proved to be farsighted. 

Anew history of the plan, to be published in our 

anniversary year, will show how far our methods 

and objectives have changed over time. When the 

scheme was established, the prime concern was for 

Commonwealth cohesion. As our means of funding 

have diversified, additional objectives have come to 

the fore. Foreign affairs departments have sought to 

use scholarships more explicitly as a means of 

extending international influence. Higher education 

ministries have sought to use them as a way of en - 

hancing the competitiveness of their universities by 

attracting students of the very highest quality. Dev - 

elopment ministries seek to tie them more closely to 

development objectives, most recently achievement 

of the Millennium Development Goals. 

In the UK, all three interests have been repres - 

ented by the Commonwealth Scholarship Comm iss - 

ion’s awards. The vast majority of our funding comes 

from the Department for International Development, 

but the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have, 

until this year, supported new awards for developed 

countries. In 2009, for the first time, these awards 

will be supported by the Department for Innovation, 

Universities and Skills. 

How far does our work meet these diverse 

objectives? Is it really possible to reconcile these 

aims? The first results of our evaluation exercise, 

published in 2008, suggest that it is. They suggest 

that the vast majority of our alumni return to their 

home countries, and work in positions that directly 

relate to development. Most work in the public sector. 

Higher education is the largest single destination, 

which is to be expected given that, throughout its 

history, the Commission has offered academic staff 

scholarships for young university staff in developing 

countries. This trend may change in the future, as a 

result of our Distance Learning Scholarships and 

Prof ess ional Fellowships, which have been introduced 

in the last five years and which place more emphasis 

on other development-related professions. 

The findings above relate mainly to development, 

but they also show benefit for other areas of policy. 

Given the emphasis of the Foreign and Common - 

wealth Office on producing ‘leaders’ and ‘influ en cers’, 

it is interesting to note that 45% of those responding 

to our evaluation survey were able to cite at least 

one occasion on which they felt that they had infl - 

uenced the thinking or policies of their government 

in some way. This is in addition to the much wider 

influence on thinking exercised by the thousands of 

our alumni who have had direct influence on the 

next generation, through their role in higher 

education. 

Of course, from an international relations per - 

spect ive, such influence is of most impact if it retains 

some link with the UK. Our results show that such 

connections are widely maintained. 70% of resp on - 

dents to the evaluation survey maintained links with 

UK universities, 52% with work contacts, and 48% 

with professional associations. Contact remained 

high even for those who had undertaken their 

Scholarships in the earlier years of the scheme. Levels 

of interaction were also higher for those who had 

undertaken doctoral study, which is not surprising, 

given their longer association with the UK during 

their awards. 

Finally, the emphasis on higher education, 

together with evidence of longer-term relationships, 

offers huge potential for UK universities. This is all 

the more so given the recent emphasis on inter - 

nationalisation, and the recognition that this concept 

is wider than the simple recruitment of students. The 

huge network of former Commonwealth Scholars 

and Fellows with whom we are now in contact could 

be used much more effectively, to help develop 

partnerships and collaborations throughout the 

world, building on those already in existence. And 

the continuing emphasis on academic merit, 

alongside development and leadership objectives, in 

our selection criteria will ensure that future gener - 

ations of Commonwealth Scholars are themselves of 

a quality that will help boost the competitiveness of 

British higher education. 

Our evaluation programme should be seen very 

much as work in progress. The next step will be to 

drill down into sectors and regions, looking in depth 

at the stories told by our alumni, and ultimately 

seeking to quantify impact. At the same time, we are 


constantly increasing the number of alumni with 

whom we are in contact. We are con fident, however, 

that the picture we are painting is not an untypical 

one. Our contact base now extends to some 6,000 of 

the 16,000 alumni to have held Commonwealth 

Scholarships or Fellowships in the UK, and the 

sample responding to our survey looks fairly rep res - 

entative on most criteria. The only exception, perhaps, 

is that our sample is skewed towards younger 

alumni. This, if anything, is likely to under estimate 

impact, since it is fair to assume that alumni become 

more influential as they grow older. 

We look forward to reporting further findings in 

the future. In the meantime, we continue to seek 

ways in which our day-to-day work can link more 

closely with government. For example, major DFIDfunded 

research collaborations are now able to nom - 

inate candidates for our Scholarships. We are inc - 

reasing our contacts with the DFID-funded Develop - 

ment Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) 

programme, and suggesting ways in which our work 

could contribute more fully to the Prime Minister’s 

Initiative on internationalising higher education, 

managed by the Department for Innovation, Univer - 

sities and Skills. Our Directory of Commonwealth 

Scholars and Fellows 1959-2009, to be produced in 

the coming year, will also be a huge resource for the 

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Comm - 

issions and British Council offices in maximising their 

in-country contacts. 

Scholarships should be seen as a long-term invest - 

ment. As with any policy investment that relies on 

human behaviour, there is also some risk involved. 

For too long, however, governments have thought of 

scholarships as a pure article of faith. Our emerging 

work shows that it is possible both to see visible 

impact and, increasingly, to measure it. It also sugg - 

ests that, although the bulk of our expenditure is 

unashamedly for international development purposes, 

the benefits extend to a range of government policy 

areas. 

An introductory workshop for 

Commonwealth Distance 

Learning Scholars studying MA 

Sustainable Development, 

offered by Staffordshire 

University, at Jadavpur 

University, India 



The provision of scholarships to outstanding applicants from across the Commonwealth is at the heart of 

the CSC’s work. Commonwealth Scholarships support both PhD research and Master’s study at UK 

universities. Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships enable students to spend a year at a UK institution as 

part of their PhD studies. The CSC also works in partnership with UK universities to provide Commonwealth 

Shared Scholarships. All these programmes bring benefits to Scholars, their home countries, and also the 

status of research and learning in the UK, providing access to high quality research supervision and the 

UK’s outstanding research infrastructure, as well as developing effective research partnerships across the 

Commonwealth. 

the next generation and generate new ideas, as 

well as play a more direct and immediate role in 

policymaking. This will ensure that theory and 

practice inform each other. 

‘In the longer term, I intend to set up a centre 

for the study of ethnic relations to direct research 

and policy analysis, which will provide a forum for 

meetings between ethnic groups and govern ments 

to generate greater understanding.’ 

Lynn Kuok, 

Commonwealth Scholar 

from Singapore 

Lynn Kuok is a Commonwealth Scholar at the 

University of Cambridge, finalising her PhD thesis 

on nation-building and its impact on peace and 

conflict in multiethnic societies, particularly Singa - 

pore, Malaysia and Indonesia. 

‘In the past year, I have concluded my editor - 

ship of the Cambridge Review of International 

Affairs and travelled to Singapore and Malaysia to 

gather material and to interview politicians, acad - 

emics and members of civil society to find out 

first-hand their views. I will soon be travelling to 

Indonesia to do the same. 

‘I will apply the skills and knowledge acquired 

over the duration of my award to promote greater 

understanding of how nation-building strategies 

interact with societal conditions to contribute to 

peace or conflict. A career in academia and polit - 

ical consultancy to governments in Singapore and 

the region will allow me to shape the thoughts of 

Bamba Banja is currently studying for a PhD at 

the University of Plymouth, researching the quality 

and safety of Gambian fish products for meeting 

international fish trade requirements and improving 

the nutrition and health of Gambian fish consumers. 

When he finishes his studies, he plans to return to his 

job as a fisheries inspector. 

‘Assuring the quality and safety of fish prod - 

ucts for both domestic and export markets is an 

increasing focus for the government of The Gambia, 

because over 90% of exports of fresh, frozen and 

smoked fisheries products are destined for major 

international fish markets, particularly the EU. 

Therefore, for Gambian fish products to remain 

viable and competitive in international trade, 

hygiene and sanitary standards must be complied 

with, and safety requirements enforced. 

‘The knowledge and experience gained from 

my studies in the UK will greatly benefit The Gambia, 

especially in the areas of food safety and quality, 

and also in managing improvements at the Food 

Hygiene and Quality Control Laboratory at the 

Fisheries Department.’ 

Marta Lang held a Commonwealth Scholarship 

to study for an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservat - 

ion and Management at the University of Oxford in 

2007. She conducted research on offshore protected 

area establishment processes, shark behaviour and 


ecovery, and Cornwall’s large marine predators. The 

Oxford Centre for the Environment plans to expand 

its marine teaching, building on an ocean policy 

symposium organised by Marta and three other 

students in 2008. 

‘My dissertation built a picture of the whales 

and big fish that roamed the Cornish coast 200- 

400 years ago, from early natural histories. I see 

special roles for story and history in conservation. 

First, for re-grounding perceptions of nature as 

rich and alive; second, as a tool for crosscutting 

dialogue within communities; and third, to inspire 

the restoration of systems that seed adjoining 

areas and enthuse visitors. 

‘I am currently working as a consultant to the 

Commonwealth Foundation-led Commonwealth 

Fisheries Programme in the Pacific, partnering 

with developing country community organisat ions. 

This opportunity emerged from conversations at a 

Commonwealth Scholars’ Governance Network 

conference. 

‘The most valuable aspect of my Scholarship 

was time to reflect, learn and experiment. Much 

that I thought I knew to be true – about con ser - 

vation and myself – got unpacked, and a lot fell 

away. It gave me courage to try new things, make 

mistakes and reach out for ideas and support. I 

was especially challenged and inspired by fellow 

students working on developing country issues. In 

time, I hope to build government-community part - 

nerships to support place-based fisheries manage - 

ment and marine protected area desig nation, a 

sphere in which New Zealand lags behind its 

Pacific neighbours.’ 

Njah Emmanuel, from Cameroon, was a 

Commonwealth Scholar in 2007 at the London 

School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, studying for 

an MSc in Medical Microbiology. 

‘As a former Commonwealth Scholar, I can 

now fully appreciate the impact of the award, 

acad emically, culturally and socially. Over the 

course of the year, I acquired knowledge on 

subjects of which I knew little, and what skills I 

had were improved with many practical lessons. 

Moreover, my approach to studies, problem 

solving and research in my field completely 

changed. 

‘The analysis and design of research studies is 

one of the most important modules I took and it 

was a real eye opener. With such knowledge, it is 

possible to tackle any research topic – design, 

data collection and statistical analysis – indep end - 

ently or as part of an organisation. In addition to 

routine laboratory work, I intend to work on 

projects whose outcomes will make an enormous 

con tribution to the health and standards of living 

of the general public. Since returning to 

Cameroon, I have co-founded and am now 

operating the Agape Ageing Foundation. So far, 

everything is going smoothly and I’ll forever be 

grateful for the opportunity I was granted.’ 

Benson Kuria is a Commonwealth Split-site Scholar 

at the University of Nottingham, undertaking 

research in resource utilisation by two potential 

biofuel species in semi-arid Kenya, as part of his PhD 

studies at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture 

and Technology, Kenya. 

‘My research investigates how arid and semiarid 

areas (ASALs) in Kenya can be effectively used 

to provide important energy sources from de grad ed 

lands, which are unsuitable for crop production 

and intensive livestock grazing. This study aims to 

generate information regarding the natural and 

potential distribution of Jatropha curcas L. and 

Tarchonanthus camphoratus L., the relationship 

between their distribution and soil and climatic 

factors, and their water and nutrient-use efficiencies. 

‘This information will enable the promotion of 

these species for biofuel production, income 

generation and environmental protection in 

ASALs of Kenya and other tropical countries. This 

will contribute to Kenya’s development goals of 

Marta Lang (third from left), 

Commonwealth Scholar from 

New Zealand, working on the 

Commonwealth Fisheries 

Programme in the Pacific 


Benson Kuria, 

Commonwealth Split-site 

Scholar from Kenya, 

researching potential 

biofuel species 

James Brandful, 

Commonwealth Split-site 

Scholar from Ghana 

poverty reduction and environmental conservat - 

ion. The training in the UK will enable me to 

advance my academic research, as well as con - 

tribute to capacity building at my home institution 

and further strengthen longstanding research 

links between the two universities.’ 

James Brandful was a Commonwealth Split-site 

Scholar in 2007 at the University of Cambridge, 

undertaking research into genetic and phylogenetic 

analysis of HIV strains from Ghana as part of his PhD 

studies at the University of Ghana. 

‘At Cambridge, I analysed samples from Ghan - 

aian patients who were drug naïve for antiret ro - 

viral drugs (ARVs) in a baseline study to determine 

resistance among non-B HIV-1 strains. The object - 

ive was to investigate if patients infected with 

such viral strains, completely different from the 

subtype B, would also be susceptible to protease 

and reverse transcriptase inhibitors of ARVs. The 

data suggested that an ARV programme would be 

successful in the short to medium term. 

‘The relevance of my studies in Cambridge to 

my research work at home cannot be over emph - 

asised. As a member of the expert committee on 

HIV drug resistance monitoring in Ghana, the 

technologies I have acquired assist in assessing 

AIDS patients before and during treatment for 

baseline and emerging resistance to ARVs. This 

opportunity has also shored up my confidence in 

molecular epidemiology work, through which I 

track the changing HIV profile in Ghana. In add - 

ition, my studies have had relevance in deter min - 

ing the genotypes of human papilloma virus (HPV) 

associated with increasing cases of cervical cancer 

in women in Ghana. This project is expected to 

move from a pilot stage to a larger study.’ 

Sook Pheng Wong held a Commonwealth 

Shared Scholarship at the University of Leicester 

in 2007. She studied for an MSc in Cancer Cell and 

Molecular Biology. She aims to start her own 

research group specialising in cancer cell signalling 

at a Malaysian university. 

‘I was indeed fortunate and thankful to be 

chosen as one of the recipients of the prestigious 

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships. My one-year 

Master’s course placed high emphasis on labor - 

atory skills employed in cancer research, but also 

incorporated short taught phases in which various 

latest cancer research topics were dis cussed. I 

found this really useful and I have garnered a lot 

of information and research skills and techniques. 

I hope that I will be able to continue my PhD in the 

field of cancer cell signalling, as I have consid - 

erable interest in investigating roles of various 

receptors and their signalling proteins in the 

development of cancer.’ 

Muhammad Umar Fawad was awarded a 

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship in 2007 to 

study for an MSc in Community Eye Health at the 

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He 

is a lecturer at the School of Optometry at the Aga 

Khan University Hospital, Pakistan, where he organises 

and teaches refresher courses for optometrists and 

ophthalmic paramedics. 

‘Attending the London School of Hygiene and 


Tropical Medicine was one of the most valuable 

experiences of my life; it equipped me with the 

necessary tools of public health and enabled me 

to go out into communities and extend my service 

beyond the clinics. 

‘My first encounter with the community was a 

nutritional blindness survey in an underprivileged 

rural district of Pakistan, which I carried out as 

part of my MSc. Although the project focused on 

preschool children, we identified many adults 

who were needlessly blind. At the end of this 

survey, in addition to the 700 children screened, 

450 adults with cataracts and presbyopia were 

detected. We identified stakeholders in our area 

and, with the help of advocacy, arranged free 

cataract surgeries and glasses for these poor 

patients. 

‘Children form an important target group for 

prevention of blindness and must be screened 

adequately for early detection of eye diseases. Our 

next step was to implement eye health prog - 

rammes in various charity schools and madrassas. 

The majority of the students belong to the poor 

and neglected socioeconomic class and they have 

an unexpectedly high prevalence of low vision. To 

improve the compliance with spectacle wear, we 

bring different designs and the students are given 

the liberty to choose any one they like. These 

glasses are distributed free of cost to these 

children.’ 

Sook Pheng Wong, 

Commonwealth Shared 

Scholar from Malaysia 

Muhammad Umar Fawad, 

Commonwealth Shared Scholar 

from Pakistan 


Continuing professional development 

There is an important need for mid-career academics and professionals across the Commonwealth to 

undertake further professional development, and UK higher education institutions, companies, agencies 

and civil society organisations are well placed to deliver this. The CSC is committed to continuing its 

provision of mid-career training opportunities, through its Distance Learning and Professional Fellowships 

schemes, enabling people from developing countries to gain experiences unavailable in their own 

countries and to put their newly-learned skills and knowledge directly into practice. 

Dr Dithan Kiragga, 


Learning Scholar from Uganda 

Dr B Barathi (left), 


Learning Scholar from India, 

training healthcare 

professionals in palliative care 

Dr Dithan Kiragga is a public health practit - 

ioner in Uganda, studying for an MSc in 

International Primary Health Care at University College 

London on a Commonwealth Distance Learning 

Scholarship. 

‘I have used my knowledge and experience 

from this course to further my career. The course 

is tailored to our everyday work, which makes it 

very practical and useful. The lecturers are con - 

stantly in touch and it feels as if we are having 

one-to-one or face-to-face interaction. The study 

of qualitative and quantitative research has imp - 

roved my skills in applied research. I have since 

been promoted at work to deputy chief of party 

for a big USAID-funded programme, and I believe 

that, in the next two years, I will be a chief of party 

or a country director for a major project or org - 

anisation, or a top health manager in the country. 

‘Another benefit to my career has been the 

ambition this course has driven into me. I now 

believe I can achieve all my goals. The course has 

kept me informed of global health issues and 

programmes. I can now use the internet effect - 

ively to search for useful papers, materials, con - 

fer ences and jobs. I hope to apply for a major 

research grant in future. With additional skills 

acquired from this course, I should be able to 

write much better competitive proposals, and I 

aim to undertake a PhD after my course.’ 

Dr B Barathi is also a Commonwealth Distance 

Learning Scholar, studying for an MSc in Pall - 

iative Medicine from Cardiff University. She works in 

a tertiary care hospital in southern India. 

‘The knowledge that I’ve gained through this 

course is enormous. The notion of support groups 

is not yet a developed concept in India, and very 

few exist. The knowledge I’ve gained has helped 

me to start a support group for palliative care 

patients and their family members here. 

‘Learning and applying skills through this 

course has had a great impact on the growth of 

palliative care in my institution. I’ve also been 

selected as a member of the tumour board that 

has been recently formed in my institution. This 

has helped me to look at complex cases and to 

provide palliative care to many patients, espec - 

ially those for whom curative treatment has been 

deferred because of their poor socioeconomic 

status. Witnessing significant growth within such 

a short time, the hospital administration decided 

to give us departmental status – before, we were 


a unit under the department of anaesthesia. We 

will be one of the few medical colleges in India to 

have a separate department of palliative care. 

‘I am one of the few doctors in India who have 

chosen palliative care as their career; this course 

has helped to place me on a certificate prog - 

ramme conducted by the Indian Association of 

Palliative Care. This gives me the opportunity to 

train doctors and nurses, as a step forward to 

improving awareness. My future plan is to build 

on what I have learnt on this course, and start 

conducting research.’ 

Ruth Lugwisha, a senior environmental man - 

age ment officer at the National Environment 

Management Council in Tanzania, held a Common - 

wealth Professional Fellowship at the Environment 

Agency in late 2007. During her three-month award, 

she was able to acquire practical skills which have 

resulted in several benefits for her home country. 

‘As a result of this programme, my prof ess ional 

capabilities, skills and knowledge of envir on mental 

compliance and enforcement have been enhanced. 

I have enhanced my knowledge of regulatory frame - 

works for effective compliance and enforcement; 

developing and implementing environmental com - 

pliance and enforcement systems, tools and mechan - 

isms; and operating institutional arrangements for 

effective and eff ic ient collab or ation and cooperation 

among actors. Other issues are wastewater and solid 

waste management; investigation and inspections 

for comp liance gath ering and admiss ible evidence; 

negot iation skills; conflict resolution and manage - 

ment; handling and managing com plaints and 

incidents; and emergency prepared ness.’ 

Hilary Kimeli Limo, a public health officer from 

Kenya, held a Commonwealth Professional 

Fellowship at the Chartered Institute of Environ - 

mental Health North East in 2007. 

‘Emergency planning programmes were not 

taken seriously by policymakers, NGOs and other 

providers in Kenya, but UK institutions and prof - 

essionals prepared me fully to deal with emer gen - 

cies. Post-election violence in Kenya was a wakeup 

call to practicing environmental health officers, 

and the first week of January 2008 was critical for 

me, as I decided to apply the skills I had learned 

on award in the UK despite being faced with 

many challenges. 

‘The situation on the 

ground was very complex 

because my own community 

was fighting with other 

communities and my inter - 

vention was inter preted in 

different ways. I was more 

enthusiastic than ever when I 

realised that my intervention 

provided hope to vulnerable 

groups, and I engaged my 

learnt skills to plan for a 

coordinated response. My 

priorities were provision of 

shelter, water, sanitation fac - 

ilities and food for internally 

displaced persons, mainly 

under-fives, women, elderly 

people with terminally ill 

conditions and people with 

disabilities. 

‘My supervisor at the Tyne 

and Wear Emer gency Plann - 

ing Unit reminded me on 

several occasions that the 

cardinal rule of emergency 

preparedness is to be able to 

satisfy the basic right of 

people to life with dignity. This statement has 

been and will remain my driving force in an 

emergency situation. My future plan is to link up 

with gov ernment agencies, NGOs, the private 

sector and other stakeholders in planning for 

emer gencies. I participated in the Ministry of Public 

Health and Sanitation 2008-2012 strategic plann - 

ing, where I pleaded with senior colleagues to 

factor in emergency and disease control strategies. 

The strategy was captured and we hope to roll 

out training soon.’ 

Ruth Lugwisha, Commonwealth 

Professional Fellow from 

Tanzania, carrying out river 

sampling activities 


Capacity development in higher education 

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission currently offers two schemes that directly support capacity 

development in higher education: Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarships and Commonwealth 

Academic Fellowships. There is a critical need for both mid-career academics and less experienced 

members of academic staff in developing Commonwealth universities to enhance their skills, have access 

to world-leading research facilities and resources, and build networks, in order for their research and 

teaching to be of an international standard. In addition to the range of benefits to the home institution, 

both schemes facilitate the creation of collaborations between individual researchers and their institutions 

across the Commonwealth on developmentally significant subjects. 

Ronelle Burger (left), 

Commonwealth Scholar from 

South Africa, undertaking a 

survey of the Ugandan NGO 

sector as part of her PhD 

fieldwork 

Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholar Ronelle 

Burger is currently undertaking a PhD in the 

Role of NGOs in Poverty Alleviation at the University 

of Nottingham, which she feels has provided her 

with skills which will be of huge benefit when she 

returns to her home institution, the University of 

Stellenbosch in South Africa. 

‘I expect to be more valuable to my home 

country as a researcher, a mentor and a lecturer 

upon my return. I have acquired econometric skills 

that are rare in South Africa, practical experience 

in conducting large representative surveys, and an 

in-depth knowledge and understanding of NGOs 

in developing countries. This area is under-res - 

earched yet of pivotal importance for ensuring 

that aid is used effectively to improve the plight of 

the poor in developing countries. The PhD has 

honed my research skills, deepened my knowledge 

of specific theoretical topics, and enhanced my 

understanding of how non-profit organisations 

make decisions, which will improve the quality of 

both my research and my teaching. I hope that my 

proposed research on the effectiveness of nonprofit 

organisations and ways to enhance this will 

make a contribution to the local policy context. I 

am extremely committed to my country and the 

continent, and much of the satisfaction I derive 

from my work stems from a hope that I am con - 

tributing to poverty alleviation and the improve - 

ment of wellbeing in this region.’ 

Lem Atanga completed her PhD at Lancaster 

University in 2007 on a Commonwealth Academic 

Staff Scholarship, and has returned to continue 

teaching at the University of Dschang, Cameroon. 

Her research focused on a study of gendered dis - 

courses in the Cameroonian parliament. 

‘The study investigated the quantitative and 

qualitative participation of Cameroonian men and 

women in parliament and the gendered discourses 

that both draw on within a modern political 

context. The results indicate that an increase in 

the number of women in parliament will not 

necessarily increase the quality of their part ic ip at - 

ion. From this study, it was observed that the qual - 

itative participation of women in the Cameroonian 

parliament is limited compared to that of men, as 

women tended to draw on discourses that 

concern mostly the domestic or the social sphere. 

‘Prior to obtaining my doctoral degree, there 

were no qualified staff in the area of critical 

discourse analysis or gender and language in my 

department or even in the country. Upon my 

return, I immediately started work, teaching post - 

graduates and supervising Master’s degree 

students, as the only specialist in this area. I also 

jointly run the Gender and Language in African 

Contexts Network, and am currently involved with 

other partnerships dev eloped as a result of my 

exposure through the Scholarship. I hope to 

continue work in the area of gender and critical 

discourse analysis and also the teaching and 

supervision of young Cameroonians.’ 


Gabriel Ameka, Professor of 

Botany at the University of Ghana, 

undertook a six-month Comm on - 

wealth Academic Fellowship at the 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 

‘During the Fellowship, I acquired 

skills in plant molecular systematics 

and the DNA barcoding of plants. 

DNA barcoding is a technique in 

which species identification is performed by using 

a short standardised DNA sequence from a small 

frag ment of the genome. I also learned how to 

assess the conservation status of plants using the 

Inter national Union for Conservation of Nature’s 

criteria, and how to produce plant conservation 

checklists. 

‘The skills and knowledge I acquired during the 

Fellowship will enable me to establish a DNA bar - 

coding programme in the Ghana Herbarium at 

the University of Ghana’s Department of Botany. 

This will enhance the services provided by the 

Ghana Herbarium to organisations such as the 

Forensic Unit of the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana 

Drugs Board, and the Ghana Standards Board. 

The facility will also accelerate the iden tif ic ation of 

new species in Ghana, and could be used for the 

DNA barcoding of animals and microorganisms. 

‘Another benefit of the Fellowship is that I am 

currently seeking approval for the introduction of 

a postgraduate course in plant molecular syst - 

ematics in the department. Plans are also in place 

for the production of a conservation checklist of 

the flora of Ghana, with collaborators from Kew. 

Such a checklist will facilitate the formulation of 

conservation strategies for the plants of Ghana.’ 

Manjula Sritharan, a Professor of Animal 

Sciences at the University of Hyderabad, India, 

spent her Commonwealth Academic Fellowship 

working with the Tuberculosis Research Group at the 

Veterinary Laboratories Agency. 

‘Tuberculosis is one of the oldest recorded 

human afflictions, and it still kills more than three 

million people each year. The num ber of new 

cases is rising and the emergence of drugresistant 

cases is of great concern. New antituber 

cular agents and vaccines are urgently needed. 

In order to develop these, the genetics and 

biochemistry of the causative org anism Mycobacterium 

tuberculosis must be studied. 

‘One of the possible contributing 

factors to the virulence of tub er c - 

ulosis is the acquisition of iron. 

Restricting its availability is an 

important defence strategy for 

mammals against bacterial infections. 

Pulmonary tuberculosis patients are 

often anaemic, suggesting sequest - 

ration of available iron by the host. 

Studies in my lab have focused on the effect of 

iron deprivation in M. tuberculosis. 

‘The Fellowship has resulted in the devel op - 

ment of knock out mutants of M. tuberculosis, as 

well as my training in mycobacterial genetics and 

transcriptional profiling. Furthermore, the tech - 

niq ues which I learned have been applied in my 

lab to characterising the mutants and under stand - 

ing the effect of the knock out of the specific 

genes in the survival and adaptation of the path - 

ogen. I am optimistic that I will continue to 

collaborate with the Veterinary Laboratories 

Agency and that my students will reap the benefit 

of these interactions.’ 

Dr Lem Atanga, Commonwealth 

Scholar from Cameroon, at a 

recent Gender and Language in 

African Contexts Network 

seminar 

Professor Gabriel Ameka, 

Commonwealth Academic 

Fellow from Ghana, 

conducting DNA barcoding 

Professor Manjula Sritharan, 

Commonwealth Academic 

Fellow 


Communicating with our award holders 

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is committed to developing relationships with and between 

Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows, both during and after their awards. This report year saw increased 

activity on these fronts, together with preparations for the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth 

Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. 

Communications 

The CSC’s communications strategy is overseen by a 

sub-committee, which meets four times per year to 

discuss how to maintain and improve relations with 

current Scholars and Fellows, alumni and other 

stakeholders. Key areas of focus include publications, 

events, the CSC website, media relations, and wider 

strategy. Key achievements of the sub-committee 

during this report year have been the restructuring of 

the CSC website, and the coordination of all activities 

related to the Commission’s 50th anniversary in 2009. 

Alumni programme 

The CSC aims to involve alumni as stakeholders in 

and ambassadors for the scheme, and continues to 

trace and maintain contact through its alumni 

programme. During this report year, tracing reports 

were undertaken for Botswana, Cameroon, The Gambia, 

Ghana, and Nigeria. Three alumni receptions were 

also held: the Executive Secretary of the CSC hosted 

a reception in Ottawa, Canada, in May 2008; Comm - 

issioner Professor Tim Unwin attended a reception 

hosted by the British High Commissioner in Accra, 

Ghana, also in May 2008; and the Executive 

Secretary hosted an informal reception in Nairobi, 

Kenya, in September 2008. 

about Scholars and alumni, who are actively 

encouraged to contribute, and is the CSC’s main form 

of regular communication with alumni. 

Professional networks 

The electronic CSC professional networks bring together 

award holders and alumni working and studying in 

the same fields. Network members receive regular 

electronic newsletters, featuring news, events, public - 

ations and funding opportunities, and are able to 

communicate with other members. Occas - 

ional seminars and conferences are also 

held – see ‘Events’ below. 2,318 members, 

includ ing current and former Common - 

wealth Scholars, are signed up to 

networks in the areas of education, public 

health, governance, environment, agriculture 

and gender. During this report year, a 

network on science and technology was 

launched, and plans were made to launch 

two more on faiths and civil society, and 

law. 

Events 

As part of a range of support and services 

provided by the CSC, a programme of events is run 

for current Scholars and Fellows based in 

the UK. The largest is the 

annual Welcome Day, the 

culmination of the Welcome 

Programme for new award 

holders in the UK; over 200 

attended in 2007, and had the 

opport unity to meet other 

Scholars and Fellows and staff 

from the Commission’s secret ar - 

iat and British Council. 

Commonwealth Scholarships News 

The Commission produces a regular magazine, 

Comm onwealth Scholarships News, which is pub - 

lished three times a year and sent to approx im ately 

8,200 stakeholders. The magazine includes news 


Professor Malcolm Gillies, former Commonwealth 

Scholar and Vice-Chancellor of City University, 

speaking at the 2007 Welcome Day for new 

Scholars and Fellows 

The Commission is mindful of the need to engage 

with all its award holders, including those not based 

in the UK. Commissioner Professor Ann Floyd held an 

event for Distance Learning Scholars in Tanzania in 

November 2007, where she met Scholars studying 

PGCert Facilities Management at the Dar es Salaam 

Institute of Technology in partnership with Leeds 

Metropolitan University. An event was also held for 

Professional Fellows whose awards started after the 

2007 Welcome Day, to coincide with the events of 

Commonwealth Week in March 2008. 

Several events were also held to encourage 

communication within the professional networks. The 

Science and Technology Network was launched at a 

weekend conference, at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, 

in December 2007, which focused on issues regard - 

ing science policy and communicating research. The 

annual Governance Network event, which is co-org - 

anised with the Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit, 

was hosted at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies 

in March 2008. It was planned to coincide with the 

observance of Commonwealth Day, and looked at 

issues surrounding the environment and governance 

in the Commonwealth (the theme of the observance). 

In April 2008, another event was held at 

Cumberland Lodge to explore interfaith relations. 

Presentations were given by representatives from the 

Church of England, the Institute for the Study of 

Muslim Civilisations, the Faiths and Civil Society Unit 

at King’s College London, and the University of 

Birmingham. A great deal of interest was shown by 

award holders, and plans were put in place to 

establish a CSC Faiths and Civil Society Network. 

50th anniversary 

2009 marks the 50th anniversary of Commonwealth 

Scholarships, and the Commission has planned a 

range of anniversary activities, under the theme ‘Past 

achievements and future challenges’. Launched at 

the 2008 Welcome Day, celebrations will include a 

reception at Marlborough House in April and a ‘50 @ 

50’ event for alumni in November. The Commission 

will also produce a second edition of the Directory of 

Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows, containing 

25,000 names and over 3,000 career profiles. 

The Science and Technology 

Network launch event, at 

Cumberland Lodge in December 

2007 


Monitoring progress 

As part of its responsibility to both funding bodies and award holders, the CSC has put into place a number 

of procedures aimed at monitoring both the progress of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows and that of 

the scheme as a whole. 

Maintaining contact with award holders 

● Each award holder is the responsibility of a named 

officer within the secretariat who, having arr anged 

placement, becomes the main point of reference 

for subsequent dealings with the Commission. 

● British Council staff make contact with award 

holders shortly after arrival in the UK. Award 

holders are provided with a memory stick 

preloaded with useful information to assist them 

in their preparations for, their journey to, and their 

stay in the UK. 

● Officers from the secretariat visit a number of 

institutions per year, meeting with award holders 

and their supervisors to listen to issues and 

provide information and advice. 

● Access, as required, is provided to specialist serv - 

ices offered by the British Council, which deals 

with matters such as welfare and immigration. 

Monitoring progress of award holders 

● If necessary, contact is made with the prospective 

supervisor at the time of arrival, pointing out special 

needs and problems that may be enc ountered. 

● Award holders and, for research degrees, super - 

visors are required to write a report at the end of 

their first term, enabling potential problems to be 

highlighted at an early stage. 

● Award holders and their supervisors/tutors are 

required to write a detailed report at the end of 

each year. 

● First term and annual reports are monitored for 

emerging issues – each report is read not only by 

secretariat staff, but also by at least one member 

of the Commission. 

Evaluating the scheme and new programmes 

● Host institutions are systematically surveyed each 

year to obtain information on progress, qualific at - 

ions gained, submission dates and, where studies 

are still in progress, likely dates of completion (see 

‘Completion of courses’ below). The secret ariat 

compares completion and submission rates with 

those of other bodies, such as the UK research 

councils, and compares performance by gender 

and subject and across institutions. 

● The secretariat monitors policies of similar 

scholarship-awarding bodies to inform the 

development of the Commission’s policies. Recent 

examples of this include offering PDF application 

forms for completion online, and initial plans for 

an electronic application system. 

● Each year, award holders are asked to complete 

an anonymous questionnaire, enquiring about 

their experiences of studying and living in the UK 

and the administration of the scheme. These 

responses are analysed for review by the Comm - 

ission (see ‘Award holders’ views’ below). 

● The Commission’s Welcome Programme and skills 

events are evaluated each year, and the results 

used in the planning of future events. 

● During the previous report year, the Commission 

decided to commence an extensive evaluation 

programme to examine the impact of the scheme, 

with initial findings for publication in November 

2008 (see ‘Evaluation and monitoring’ below). 

Completion of courses 

The successful completion of qualifications is mon - 

itored closely by the Commission. For taught Master’s 

courses, the success rate remains high, and results 

from the most recent year analysed show a comp - 

letion rate of 98% for Commonwealth Scholars and 

95% for Shared Scholars. 

Doctoral results are also high, with completion 

rates for the most recent year analysed – PhDs 

started in 2002 – at 84%. This figure is expected to 

rise, since some students have yet to finish. The 

submission rate (those who submitted their thesis 

within four years of commencing their PhD) for this 

group of Scholars is 71%. High proportions of those 

award holders studying in the science and agriculture 

disciplines, in particular, tend to submit their theses 

within four years, with those in the arts and social 

sciences tending to take slightly longer. 

Award holders’ views 

In 2008, 342 award holders returned the annual 

anonymous questionnaire. In addition to the opport - 


unity to comment at more length, award holders are 

asked to rate various aspects of their experience on a 

five-point scale (see Table 1), enabling us to compare 

responses from year to year. As Table 2 indicates, 

satisfaction remains high, although we have noted a 

slight decrease in some areas. The ACU’s admin ist - 

ration of the scheme continues to rate highly in terms 

of satisfaction, with 87% rating it as ‘excellent’ or 

‘very good’. There has also been increased satis fact - 

ion with the availability of facilities at UK institutions, 

with 93% and 90% citing improved access to library 

and laboratory facilities respectively, compared to 

91% and 88% in 2007. 

As in previous years, the level of stipend was the 

area where lowest levels of satisfaction were exp - 

ressed. In 2008, 65% of respondents felt that their 

allowances were at least ‘fairly adequate’, compared 

to 67% in 2007 and higher figures in previous years 

(73% in 2005 and 2004, 70% in 2003). Many resp - 

on dents mentioned in particular the high cost of 

accommodation and rises in the cost of living, part - 

icularly utilities and travel. A number of respondents 

suggested that the higher rate of stipend currently 

payable to Scholars studying at London institutions 

could be extended to other areas of the UK with high 

accommodation and living costs. The most recent 

survey undertaken by the CSC to monitor the levels of 

rent paid showed that award holders spent a 

significant portion of their stipend on accommodation; 

Scholars in London spend on average 54% on 

rent, while non-London Scholars spend on average 

44%. The extent to which the CSC is able to meet 

award holders’ concerns about the level of stipend is, 

how ever, dependent on govern ment policy towards 

scholarship stipends generally. 

As well as providing a quan titative measure of 

award holders’ experiences, the anonymous quest - 

ionnaire also provides valuable qualitative data. For 

example, the academic environ ment and resources, 

opportunities to meet a wide range of colleagues 

and academic contacts, and experiencing the 

multicultural nature of life in the UK are regularly 

cited as positive aspects of respondents’ time on 

award. When asked how their experiences could 

have been improved, popular answers invar iably 

include more financial support, more opport un ities 

for social interaction and to explore the UK more 

widely, more assistance with obtaining accommod - 

ation and with social and cultural orientation, and 

more time on award. Reassuringly, 91% (of the 271 

responding to this particular quest ion) felt that their 

academic programme had fulfilled the purpose for 

which they came, and 90% rated their experience in 

the UK as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’, with the majority of 

the remainder rating it as ‘satisfactory’. 

Evaluation and monitoring 

The CSC’s evaluation programme, focusing on postaward 

activities, has three phases: building a base 

line, through updating the existing alumni database; 

collecting data, through a comprehensive survey sent 

to 5,673 alumni; and analysing the facts, through a 

series of reports. 2,221 alumni responded to the 

evaluation survey, a response rate of almost 40%. 

The CSC’s monitoring activities investigate preand 

on-award issues, and comprise 10 different types 

of monitoring questionnaires. The Commission aims to 

streamline questionnaires in order to achieve coherence 

and avoid dup lic ation and questionnaire fatigue. 

Excellent 

Selection and placement procedures 53 33 11 1 2 228 

ACU’s administration overall 54 34 11 0 1 332 

Standard of supervision/teaching 52 34 12 2 0 340 

Access to library facilities 56 36 7 1 0 338 

Access to computing facilities 59 29 10 1 0 338 

Access to laboratories 48 41 10 1 0 157 

Academic facilities overall 47 47 6 0 0 339 

Course of study overall 40 47 10 2 1 337 

Academic experience overall 48 44 7 1 1 339 

Institution’s provision of welfare advice 21 49 24 5 1 325 

Overall experience of living in the UK 39 51 10 1 0 338 

Table 1: 2008 anonymous questionnaire – ratings (%) 

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 

Selection and placement procedures 88 89 96 93 92 86 

ACU’s administration overall 92 93 96 94 95 87 

Standard of supervision/teaching 81 87 84 88 85 86 

Access to library facilities 87 89 91 92 91 93 

Access to computing facilities 88 87 88 89 90 89 

Access to laboratories 89 91 91 92 88 90 

Academic facilities overall 88 88 92 93 92 93 

Course of study overall 81 85 85 87 86 87 

Academic experience overall 90 91 93 91 93 92 

Institution’s provision of welfare advice 66 66 69 70 69 70 

Overall experience of living in the UK 88 88 90 92 91 90 

Table 2: 2003-2008 anonymous questionnaires – combined ratings for 

‘excellent’ and ‘good’ (%) 

Good 

Satisfactory 

Poor 

Very poor 

Number of replies 


2008 awards 

The statistics reported in this year’s Annual Report continue to reflect the changes to the selection and application procedures adopted in 

2006, when general Scholarships (DFID-funded), Academic Staff Scholarships (CASS) and Split-site Scholarships were merged into a single 

competition. We also continue to report figures for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships alongside the other programmes, in order to reflect 

the CSC’s desire to align the management of this programme with that of the other Commonwealth Scholarship schemes. 

The overall number of selections for 2008 (excluding Distance 

Learning and Shared Scholarship schemes) is 459, an increase of 10% 

from 2007. 992 nominations were received (again, excluding Distance 

Learning and Shared Scholarships), slightly fewer than the previous year. 

Table 3: 2007-2008 – on award 

Scheme 

Number of award holders 

Scholarships* 513 

Shared Scholarships 147 

Fellowships 60 

Professional Fellowships 58 

Distance Learning 696 

Total 1474 

*of which staff scholarships = 100 and Split-site = 39 

Table 4: 2007-2008 awards – by region* 

Region Awards held New awards 

taken up 

Sub-Saharan Africa 953 394 

South Asia 366 222 

Far East 13 9 

Australasia 42 24 

Pacific 8 2 

Caribbean 45 37 

North America 44 24 

Europe 3 2 

Total 1474 714 

*including Shared Scholarships 

Table 5: 2008 awards – DFID-funded Scholarships by region* 

Region Target % Actual % 

Sub-Saharan Africa 50 54 

Asia 35 34 

Small states 15 12 

*includes Scholarships for postgraduate study, staff scholarships and 

Split-site 

Table 6: 2008 awards – Scholarships by level 

Scheme Masters % Doctorate % 

FCO-funded Scholarships 76 24 

DFID-funded Scholarships* 64 36 

Total 67 33 

*excluding staff scholarships, Split-site and Distance Learning 

UK universities directly recruit and select Distance Learning and 

Shared Scholarship candidates, whose awards are confirmed by the 

Commission’s selection committees. For Shared Scholarships, univer sit ies 

approved 237 applications and the Commission made 196 awards (in the 

previous year, 221 applications were approved and 163 were selected). 

For Distance Learning Scholarships, universities approved the candidacies 

of 242 applicants and the Commission made 162 awards (equivalent 

figures in 2006-2007 were 166 and 101, and a further 188 awards were 

made from 260 nominations, in a supplementary allocation of funding from 

DFID for awards in health and education, tenable in sub-Saharan Africa). 

The final number of Scholars on award in 2007-2008 and new awards 

taken up in 2008 can be seen in Tables 3 and 4. It should be emphasised 

that, before nomination to the Commission, most can did ates have under - 

gone a highly competitive selection exercise in their own country. 

Region 

45 countries were represented in the 2008 intake for Commonwealth 

Scholarships and Fellowships (see pages 28-30). When selecting can - 

didates, the Commission’s primary concern is that successful applicants 

should be of the highest calibre, and it does not operate specific quotas 

for individual Commonwealth countries. It does, however, have broad 

regional selection targets for those candidates funded by DFID. As can 

be seen from Table 5, targets were broadly met, with sub-Saharan 

Africa taking 54% of the awards, Asia 34%, and the remaining small 

states (encompassing the Pacific, Caribbean, East Asia and Europe) 12%. 

Level of study 

The Commission continues to aim for a target of 60:40 for taught and 

research provision, in order to reflect the increased number of highly 

relevant and targeted Masters’ degrees available, and also to deal with the 

increasing cost of doctoral scholarships. 64% of the 188 DFID-funded 

Commonwealth Scholarships were awarded this year for Master's prog - 

rammes – an increase of 3% from 2007 – and 36% for doctoral study. 

However, doctoral-level scholarships remain a significant part of the 

Commission’s portfolio of awards, both in traditional and split-site 

modes, and it is committed to offering these for the foreseeable future. 

In addition to the DFID-funded Scholarships already mentioned, and 

those on Split-site awards, 84% of Scholarships awarded to university 

staff in developing countries in this report year were for doctoral study. 

From 2007, the Commission extended the option of applying for Splitsite 

doctoral study to those nominated for general Scholarships (both 

FCO- and DFID-funded) and Academic Staff Scholarships, thus opening 

up further opportunities to potential doctoral applicants. 


Gender 

Although the Commission does not practice positive 

Table 7: 2008 awards – gender 

Scheme Women as % Women as % 

discrimination, it seeks to encourage the participation of 

of nominations of selections 

women by highlighting the importance of a fair gender All Scholarships 42 45 

balance to nominating agencies, and through family FCO-funded Scholarships 58 62 

provisions for Scholars on award longer than 18 months. DFID-funded Scholarships 38 41 

In 2008, 39% of nominations received were for female Fellows 26 34 

candidates, compared to 38% in 2007. 

Professional Fellowships 40 49 

43% of sel ect ions made in 2008 were of female Distance Learning 33 38 

candidates, com pared to 39% in 2007. This significant Shared Scholarships 41 43 

increase is largely due to increases within specific schemes. Total 39 43 

The Professional Fellowships and Distance Learn ing 

schemes had increases of 5% and 4% respectively, but Table 8: 2007-2008 awards – Shared Scholarships by region 

most significant was the increase of 13% in the number Region Awards % New awards % 

of women selected for Academic Fellowships at instit ut - 

held 

taken up 

ions. There was a sig nif ic ant increase in the per cent age of Sub-Saharan Africa 98 67 100 61 

female candidates nominated for Academic Fellowships, South Asia 45 31 55 34 

from 22% in 2007 to 26%. 

Far East 2 1 4 2 

Although the overall proportion of women nom in at ed Caribbean 2 1 4 2 

and selected for DFID-funded Scholarships rem ained Total 147 100 163 100 

much the same as the previous year, the prop ort ion for 

Split-site awards increased, with nomin at ions of female Table 9: 2007-2008 awards – Shared Scholarships by discipline 

candidates rising from 41% to 45%, and selections from Discipline Awards New awards 

48% to 52%. Awards to staff at universities in devel op - 

held 

taken up 

ing countries saw a significant rise in the number of Arts 5 5 

women selected, from 35% to 42%. 

Computer Studies 6 9 

Economics and Development Studies 4 5 

Working with universities 

Education 3 4 

Universities continue to be vital partners in the Comm - Engineering 19 15 

ission’s work, and jointly financed awards with UK Finance and Administration 12 15 

univer sities play a valuable role in making Common - Health 14 18 

wealth Scholarships more widely available. In 2008, 16 International Relations 4 1 

new awards were jointly funded, at the Univ ersities of Legal 10 12 

Cambridge (7 awards) Oxford, (6 awards) and Nottingham Renewable Natural Resources 2 10 

(3 awards). Particular thanks are due to the participating Science 44 34 

institutions for their continuing support. 

Social 24 35 

In the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship scheme, Total 147 163 

universities and the CSC jointly support deserving students 

from developing Commonwealth coun tries to undertake taught postgraduate 

Table 10: 2007-2008 awards – outward Scholars 

courses. 147 awards were held during 2007-2008, with 163 new Country 

On award 

awards in 2008. 

Canada 33 

India 1 

An international programme 

Jamaica 1 

As part of the UK’s contribution to the Commonwealth Scholarship and New Zealand 11 

Fellowship Plan, the CSC also nominates candidates from the UK for 

Commonwealth Scholarships to study overseas. In 2007-2008, a total 

of 46 award holders from the UK were funded for study in a range of 

subjects in Canada, India, Jamaica and New Zealand. 20 of these 

Total 46 

awards were Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships tenable in Canada, as 

part of a new programme launched by the Canadian Bureau for 

International Education, and taken up bet ween November 2007 and 

September 2008. 


2008 awards: nominations and selections 

Nominations received 

Applications selected for awards 

Region/Country CS CD CF CP SS Total CS CD CF CP SS Total 

Sub-Saharan Africa 

Botswana 10 2 0 2 1 15 4 2 0 2 1 9 

Cameroon 10 3 1 4 5 23 4 2 1 4 4 15 

Ghana 26 20 4 8 62 120 16 17 4 1 54 92 

Kenya 26 23 2 13 17 81 9 14 0 7 11 41 

Lesotho 3 1 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 

Malawi 20 5 0 5 4 34 11 4 0 2 4 21 

Mauritius 4 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Mozambique 4 4 0 0 0 8 2 4 0 0 0 6 

Namibia 8 0 1 1 0 10 3 0 1 1 0 5 

Nigeria 67 6 8 9 20 110 13 4 2 6 15 40 

Seychelles 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Sierra Leone 17 0 0 2 2 21 10 0 0 1 2 13 

South Africa 52 3 0 4 4 63 26 3 0 3 3 35 

Swaziland 7 0 0 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Tanzania 26 28 2 7 5 68 8 17 1 5 5 36 

The Gambia 9 1 0 1 0 11 2 1 0 1 0 4 

Uganda 35 47 2 13 22 119 13 34 1 9 18 75 

Zambia 22 25 0 7 1 55 12 18 0 3 1 34 

Subtotal 348 169 22 76 144 759 139 121 10 45 118 433 

South Asia 

Bangladesh 55 35 16 4 7 117 34 22 11 3 5 75 

India 73 11 74 13 49 220 33 10 30 7 43 123 

Maldives 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Pakistan 39 13 12 6 19 89 11 0 5 5 15 36 

Sri Lanka 21 14 16 2 4 57 7 9 9 1 4 30 

Subtotal 189 73 118 25 79 484 86 41 55 16 67 265 

Far East 

Brunei Darussalam* 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Malaysia 8 0 0 0 7 15 3 0 0 0 5 8 

Singapore* 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Subtotal 15 0 0 0 7 22 5 0 0 0 5 10 

Australasia 

Australia* 40 0 0 0 0 40 26 0 0 0 0 26 

New Zealand* 20 0 0 0 0 20 9 0 0 0 0 9 

Subtotal 60 0 0 0 0 60 35 0 0 0 0 35 

Pacific 

Fiji 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Papua New Guinea 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Samoa 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Solomon Islands 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Subtotal 12 0 0 1 0 13 3 0 0 1 0 4 


Nominations received 

Applications selected for awards 

Region/Country CS CD CF CP SS Total CS CD CF CP SS Total 

Caribbean 

Antigua and Barbuda 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Bahamas* 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Barbados 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 

Belize 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Dominica 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Grenada 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Guyana 5 0 0 1 1 7 4 0 0 1 1 6 

Jamaica 10 0 0 1 2 13 5 0 0 1 2 8 

Montserrat 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 

St Kitts and Nevis 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 

St Lucia 2 0 0 5 0 7 2 0 0 5 0 7 

St Vincent and The Grenadines 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 

Trinidad and Tobago 6 0 0 1 2 9 4 0 0 1 1 6 

Virgin Islands (British) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Subtotal 41 0 0 8 7 56 26 0 0 8 6 40 

North America 

Canada* 64 0 0 0 0 64 28 0 0 0 0 28 

Subtotal 64 0 0 0 0 64 28 0 0 0 0 28 

Europe 

Cyprus* 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Gibraltar* 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Malta* 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Subtotal 13 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Total 742 242 140 110 237 1471 324 162 65 70 196 817 

Key: 

CS – Scholarships for postgraduate study 

CD – Distance Learning Scholarships 

CF – Academic Fellowships 

CP – Professional Fellowships 

SS – Shared Scholarships 

* Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded awards 


2008 awards: participation by UK institutions 

Institution CS CD CF CP SS Total 

Aberystwyth University 1 0 0 0 1 2 

African Medical and Research Foundation 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Anglia Ruskin University 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Anthony Nolan Research Institute 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Architectural Association 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Bangladesh Association 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Bangor University 2 0 3 0 2 7 

Black Health Agency 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Brunel University 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Cardiff University 2 7 0 1 0 10 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – East Midlands 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – North East 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – North West 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – West Midlands 0 0 0 1 0 1 

City University 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Coleraine Borough Council 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Commonwealth Foundation 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation 0 0 0 3 0 3 

Cranfield University 1 0 1 0 7 9 

East London NHS Foundation Trust 0 0 0 3 0 3 

Eaves Housing for Women 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Environment Agency 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Essex County Council 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Glasgow Caledonian University 0 0 0 0 2 2 

Groundwork Manchester, Salford and Trafford 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Heriot-Watt University 2 0 1 0 0 3 

Imperial College London 11 0 3 0 0 14 

Institute for Animal Health, Compton (BBSRC) 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Institute of Development Studies, Sussex 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Lancaster University 4 0 1 0 0 5 

LEAD International 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Leeds Metropolitan University 0 23 0 0 4 27 

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 3 0 0 0 0 3 

London South Bank University 1 12 0 0 0 13 

Loughborough University 2 8 1 0 0 11 

Mary Hare School for the Deaf 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Middlesex University 0 0 0 2 0 2 

National Centre for Independent Living 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Newcastle University 7 0 3 0 2 12 

North to North Partnership 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Nottingham Trent University 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Open University 0 7 1 0 0 8 

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Queen’s University Belfast 3 0 0 0 1 4 

RADAR 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Regent’s College: School of Psychotherapy and Counselling 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Roehampton University 1 0 0 1 0 2 

Royal College of Art 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 0 0 1 0 0 1 



Royal Preston Hospital 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Scottish Agricultural College 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Sheffield Hallam University 0 0 0 0 4 4 

Shoreditch Trust 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Sickle Cell Society 0 0 0 3 0 3 

St Lucia Diabetes Project/King’s College Hospital 0 0 0 3 0 3 

St Lucia Diabetes Project/Royal Free Hospital 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Swansea University 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Thames Valley Housing Association 0 0 0 2 0 2 

The Association of Guyanese Nurses and Allied Professionals 

in the United Kingdom 0 0 0 1 0 1 

The City of Edinburgh Council 0 0 0 1 0 1 

The Law Society 0 0 0 4 0 4 

University of Aberdeen 4 0 4 0 0 8 

University of Bath 0 0 0 0 2 2 

University of Bedfordshire 1 0 0 0 0 1 

University of Birmingham 5 0 1 0 1 7 

University of Bolton 2 0 0 0 0 2 

University of Bradford 5 0 0 0 0 5 

University of Brighton 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Bristol 2 0 3 1 6 12 

University of Buckingham 0 0 1 0 1 2 

University of Cambridge 13 0 0 0 38 51 

University of Chester 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Dundee 1 0 0 0 1 2 

University of Durham 8 0 0 0 0 8 

University of East Anglia 3 0 0 0 1 4 

University of Edinburgh 10 16 1 0 3 30 

University of Essex 0 0 1 0 0 1 

University of Glasgow 2 0 1 0 4 7 

University of Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Greenwich 2 0 0 0 8 10 

University of Huddersfield 0 0 0 0 2 2 

University of Hull 2 0 0 0 5 7 

University of Kent 1 0 0 0 1 2 

University of Leeds 13 0 2 0 7 22 

University of Leicester 1 0 1 0 0 2 

University of Liverpool 1 0 1 0 0 2 


Birkbeck, University of London 1 8 0 0 0 9 

Institute of Commonwealth Studies 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Institute of Education 3 8 0 0 0 11 

King’s College London 3 0 0 0 1 4 

London School of Economics and Political Science 10 0 0 0 4 14 

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 11 17 0 1 8 37 

Queen Mary, University of London 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Royal Holloway, University of London 2 0 1 0 2 5 

Royal Veterinary College 5 12 1 0 2 20 

School of Oriental and African Studies 3 10 1 0 1 15 

School of Pharmacy 1 0 0 0 4 5 

University College London 14 0 3 1 3 21 

University of Manchester 15 0 3 0 0 18 


University of Northampton 1 0 0 0 0 1 

University of Northumbria 0 0 1 0 0 1 

University of Nottingham 6 0 2 0 7 15 

University of Oxford 29 0 4 0 2 35 

University of Plymouth 1 0 0 0 0 1 

University of Portsmouth 2 0 0 0 0 2 

University of Reading 10 0 1 0 0 11 

University of Sheffield 2 0 1 2 0 5 

University of Southampton 2 0 1 0 0 3 

University of St Andrews 1 0 1 0 2 4 

University of Stirling 0 13 0 0 1 14 

University of Strathclyde 2 0 1 4 5 12 

University of Surrey 2 0 1 0 0 3 

University of Sussex 7 0 2 0 2 11 

University of the West of Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Wales 

University of Wales College, Newport 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Wales Institute, Cardiff 0 0 1 0 0 1 

University of Warwick 4 0 0 0 8 12 

University of Westminster 1 0 0 0 0 1 

University of Worcester 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of York 6 9 1 0 0 16 

Total 272 150 61 68 163 714 

Figures in this table refer to awards taken up in the 2008 academic year 

Key: 







2008 awards: participation by overseas institutions 

Region/Country/Institution CS CD CF Total 


Cameroon 

University of Dschang 1 0 1 2 

Subtotal 1 0 1 2 

Ghana 

University for Development Studies 1 0 0 1 

University of Cape Coast 1 0 1 2 

University of Education, Winneba 1 0 0 1 

University of Ghana 2 0 2 4 

University of Science and Technology, Kumasi 0 0 1 1 


Kenya 

Catholic University of Eastern Africa 1 0 0 1 

Egerton University 1 0 0 1 

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology 2 0 0 2 

Moi University 1 0 0 1 

University of Nairobi 2 0 0 2 


Malawi 

University of Malawi 4 0 0 4 


Namibia 

University of Namibia 0 0 1 1 


Nigeria 

Federal University of Technology, Akure 1 0 0 1 

Obafemi Awolowo University 0 0 1 1 

University of Agriculture, Makurdi 1 0 0 1 

University of Calabar 1 0 0 1 

University of Nigeria 1 0 0 1 

Usmanu Danfodiyo University 0 0 1 1 


Sierra Leone 

Njala University 1 0 0 1 

University of Sierra Leone 2 0 0 2 


South Africa 

University of Johannesburg 1 0 0 1 


Tanzania 

Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology 0 9 0 9 

Open University of Tanzania 2 0 0 2 

Sokoine University of Agriculture 1 0 0 1 

University of Dar es Salaam 0 0 1 1 




Uganda 

Islamic University in Uganda 1 0 0 1 

Makerere University 2 16 0 18 

Mbarara University of Science and Technology 1 0 1 2 

Uganda Martyrs University 1 0 0 1 


Zambia 

Chainama College of Health Sciences 0 14 0 14 

Copperbelt University 1 0 0 1 

University of Zambia 1 0 0 1 


South Asia 

Bangladesh 

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University 1 0 0 1 

Bangladesh Agricultural University 0 13 1 14 

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology 1 0 0 1 

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University 0 4 0 4 

Jahangirnagar University 0 0 1 1 

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology 0 0 1 1 

University of Chittagong 0 0 1 1 

University of Dhaka 0 0 3 3 

University of Rajshahi 0 0 2 2 


India 

All India Institute of Medical Sciences 0 0 1 1 

Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai 1 0 0 1 

Assam Agricultural University 0 0 1 1 

Bangalore University 0 0 1 1 

Berhampur University 0 0 1 1 

Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research 0 0 1 1 

Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar 1 0 1 2 

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University 0 0 1 1 

Indian Agricultural Research Institute 0 0 2 2 

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 1 0 0 1 

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 0 0 1 1 

Indian Veterinary Research Institute 0 0 1 1 

Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore 0 0 1 1 

Jawaharlal Nehru University 1 0 1 2 

Kannur University 0 0 1 1 

Karnatak University 0 0 1 1 

Karunashraya Hospice 0 7 0 7 

National Dairy Research Institute 1 0 0 1 

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education 

and Research 1 0 0 1 

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra 0 0 1 1 

Panjab University 0 0 1 1 

PGIMS Rohtak 0 0 1 1 

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science 

and Technology 1 0 0 1 

Sri Venkateswara University 0 0 2 2 



Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 1 0 0 1 

Tata Institute of Social Sciences 0 0 1 1 

University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 0 0 2 2 

University of Delhi 1 0 1 2 

University of Gorakhpur 0 0 1 1 

University of Hyderabad 0 0 1 1 

University of Pune 0 0 1 1 

University of Rajasthan 1 0 0 1 

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology 0 0 1 1 


Pakistan 

Aga Khan Foundation 0 9 0 9 

Aga Khan University 1 0 0 1 

Fatima Jinnah Women University 1 0 1 2 

International Islamic University 1 0 0 1 

Lahore University of Management Sciences 1 0 0 1 

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 0 0 1 1 

University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi 0 0 1 1 

University of Karachi 0 0 1 1 

University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Lahore 0 0 1 1 


Sri Lanka 

Eastern University, Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 

Open University of Sri Lanka 0 0 1 1 

University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 0 0 2 2 

University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 0 0 2 2 

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 0 8 1 9 

University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka 0 0 3 3 


Caribbean 

Jamaica 

University of Technology, Jamaica 1 0 0 1 

University of the West Indies, Mona Campus 1 0 0 1 


Trinidad and Tobago 

University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus 1 0 0 1 


Total 55 80 60 195 


Key: 





2008 awards: Scholars by country and field of study 

Region/Country 

Agriculture and Forestry 

Arts 

Dentistry 


Botswana 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 

Cameroon 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 

Ghana 11 3 0 6 13 38 9 0 80 

Kenya 1 1 0 0 9 16 1 2 30 

Lesotho 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Malawi 0 1 0 4 4 8 1 0 18 

Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 

Namibia 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 

Nigeria 3 1 0 1 12 7 3 2 29 

Seychelles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 

Sierra Leone 3 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 12 

South Africa 0 3 0 1 7 9 4 0 24 

Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Tanzania 1 0 1 4 1 7 14 1 29 

The Gambia 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 

Uganda 1 2 0 8 6 30 8 6 61 

Zambia 0 1 0 16 4 4 2 2 29 

Subtotal 20 13 1 44 63 134 48 18 341 

South Asia 

Bangladesh 14 0 0 4 5 8 8 4 43 

India 2 2 1 9 26 26 7 1 74 

Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Pakistan 0 0 0 1 6 9 3 0 19 

Sri Lanka 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 9 18 

Subtotal 16 3 1 17 40 44 20 14 155 

Far East 

Malaysia 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 7 

Singapore* 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Subtotal 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 9 

Australasia 

Australia* 0 1 0 1 3 12 0 1 18 

New Zealand* 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 6 

Subtotal 0 2 0 2 4 15 0 1 24 

Pacific 

Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Medicine 

Pure Science 

Social Science 

Technology 

Veterinary Science 

Total 




Arts 

Dentistry 

Caribbean 

Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Bahamas* 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Belize 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Guyana 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 

Jamaica 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 6 

Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

St Lucia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

St Vincent and The Grenadines 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 

Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 

Virgin Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Subtotal 2 1 0 2 3 18 3 0 29 

North America 

Canada* 0 7 0 2 1 12 2 0 24 

Subtotal 0 7 0 2 1 12 2 0 24 

Europe 

Cyprus* 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Malta* 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 

Total 38 26 2 68 115 228 75 33 585 

Medicine 

Pure Science 


Technology 


Total 


Includes: 






2008 awards: Fellows by country and field of study 

Academic Fellows 

Professional Fellows 



Arts 

Medicine 

Pure Science 


Technology 


Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 

Cameroon 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 5 

Ghana 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 

Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 7 7 

Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 

Namibia 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 

Nigeria 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 6 8 

Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 

South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 

Tanzania 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 

Uganda 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 0 9 10 

Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 

Subtotal 1 1 2 4 1 1 10 11 1 6 5 18 2 43 53 

South Asia 

Bangladesh 2 0 0 5 1 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 

India 3 1 2 13 6 3 28 2 0 2 0 2 1 7 35 

Pakistan 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 10 

Sri Lanka 2 0 0 4 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 

Subtotal 10 1 2 24 7 7 51 3 0 2 2 6 3 16 67 

Caribbean 

Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 

Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 

St Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 

Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 

Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 8 8 

Pacific 

Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 

Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 

Subtotal 

Total 11 2 4 28 8 8 61 14 1 9 7 32 5 68 129 

Education 

Engineering 

Environment 

Governance 

Public Health 

Technology 

Subtotal 

Total 



Awards held in 2007-2008: participation by UK institutions 


Aberystwyth University 0 0 0 0 1 1 

ACEVO 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Africa Foundation Stone 0 0 0 1 0 1 

African Medical and Research Foundation 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Architectural Association 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Aston University 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Bangor University 8 0 2 0 2 12 

Black Health Agency 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Bournemouth University 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Brunel University 3 0 0 0 0 3 

Cardiff University 2 5 0 0 0 7 

Central School of Speech and Drama 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Central Science Laboratory 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – East Midlands 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – North East 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – North West 0 0 0 1 0 1 

City University 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Coleraine Borough Council 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Commonwealth Foundation 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Community Service Volunteers 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Coventry University 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Cranfield University 6 0 0 0 6 12 

East London NHS Foundation Trust 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Environment Agency 0 0 0 3 0 3 

Glasgow Caledonian University 0 0 0 0 2 2 

Glasgow Dental Hospital 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Harper Adams University College 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Health Protection Agency (Porton Down) 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Heriot-Watt University 2 0 0 0 1 3 

Imperial College London 15 0 2 0 0 17 

Imperial College London at Wye 0 120 0 0 0 120 

Imperial College London School of Medicine at Hammersmith 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright 2 0 2 0 0 4 

Institute of Development Studies, Sussex 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Institute of Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Kingston University 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Lancaster University 4 0 0 0 0 4 

LEAD International 0 0 0 1 0 1 

League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Leeds Metropolitan University 0 88 0 0 5 93 

Leicester General Hospital 0 0 1 0 0 1 

London South Bank University 0 22 0 0 0 22 

Loughborough University 6 18 0 0 1 25 

Middlesex University 0 0 0 3 0 3 

Mott MacDonald 0 0 0 1 0 1 

National Institute for Medical Research 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Natural History Museum 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Newcastle University 9 0 1 0 1 11 

Nottingham Trent University 1 0 0 0 0 1 



Open University 1 11 1 0 0 13 

Overseas Development Institute 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Oxford Brookes University 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Queen’s University Belfast 0 0 0 0 1 1 

RADAR 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Richard Cloudesley School 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Robert Gordon University 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Roehampton University 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Rothamsted Research (BBSRC) 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Royal Agricultural College 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Royal Botanic Gardens 0 0 1 1 0 2 

Royal College of Art 1 0 0 0 1 2 

Royal London Hospital 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Royal Marsden Hospital 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle 0 0 1 0 0 1 

SCOPE 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Sheffield Hallam University 0 0 0 0 3 3 

Somerset County Council 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Southampton General Hospital 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Southend University Hospital 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Southern General Hospital NHS Trust (Glasgow) 1 0 0 0 0 1 

St George’s Hospital Medical School 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Staffordshire University 0 36 0 0 0 36 

Swansea University 2 0 0 0 0 2 

The Association of Guyanese Nurses and Allied Professionals 

in the United Kingdom 0 0 0 3 0 3 

The Haven Wolverhampton 0 0 0 1 0 1 

The Zomba Mental Health Link 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Torfaen Voluntary Alliance 0 0 0 1 0 1 

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff 0 0 1 0 0 1 

University of Aberdeen 5 0 1 1 0 7 

University of Abertay Dundee 0 0 0 1 0 1 

University of Bath 2 11 3 0 2 18 

University of Birmingham 9 0 1 0 0 10 

University of Bolton 0 16 0 0 1 17 

University of Bradford 7 0 0 0 0 7 

University of Bristol 9 0 1 0 5 15 

University of Buckingham 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Cambridge 32 0 0 0 38 70 

University of Dundee 2 41 0 0 1 44 

University of Durham 7 0 3 0 0 10 

University of East Anglia 7 0 0 0 1 8 

University of East London 2 0 0 0 0 2 

University of Edinburgh 12 27 1 0 2 42 

University of Essex 5 0 1 0 0 6 

University of Exeter 2 0 0 0 0 2 

University of Glasgow 7 0 0 0 2 9 

University of Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Greenwich 0 0 0 0 7 7 



University of Huddersfield 0 0 0 0 3 3 

University of Hull 5 0 0 0 4 9 

University of Kent 3 0 0 0 1 4 

University of Leeds 14 0 2 0 2 18 

University of Leicester 3 0 1 0 1 5 

University of Liverpool 3 0 1 0 0 4 


Birkbeck, University of London 3 6 0 0 0 9 

Goldsmiths College 3 0 0 0 0 3 

Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine, Dentistry 

and Biomedical Sciences 2 0 2 0 0 4 

Institute of Commonwealth Studies 3 0 0 0 0 3 

Institute of Education 3 46 0 0 0 49 

King’s College London 10 0 0 0 1 11 

London School of Economics and Political Science 15 0 0 0 4 19 

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 26 40 2 0 6 74 

Queen Mary, University of London 4 0 0 0 0 4 

Royal Holloway, University of London 0 0 0 0 2 2 

Royal Veterinary College 2 6 0 0 2 10 

School of Oriental and African Studies 9 7 1 0 0 17 

School of Pharmacy 4 0 0 0 3 7 

University College London 14 39 1 0 2 56 

University of Manchester 24 8 1 0 2 35 

University of Nottingham 17 0 2 0 6 25 

University of Oxford 53 0 0 1 3 57 

University of Plymouth 3 0 0 0 0 3 

University of Portsmouth 2 0 1 0 0 3 

University of Reading 26 0 5 0 0 31 

University of Salford 1 0 0 0 0 1 

University of Sheffield 6 0 1 0 0 7 

University of Southampton 9 0 1 0 1 11 

University of St Andrews 2 0 0 0 2 4 

University of Stirling 6 75 1 0 0 82 

University of Strathclyde 9 0 0 0 0 9 

University of Sunderland 0 72 0 0 0 72 

University of Surrey 6 0 1 0 2 9 

University of Sussex 10 0 1 0 0 11 

University of Teesside 0 0 1 0 0 1 

University of the West of England, Bristol 0 0 0 0 2 2 

University of the West of Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 1 

University of Ulster 1 2 0 0 0 3 

University of Warwick 13 0 1 0 6 20 

University of Westminster 1 0 0 0 2 3 

University of Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 1 

University of York 9 0 1 0 1 11 

Veterinary Laboratories Agency 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Widows and Orphans International 0 0 0 5 0 5 

Total 513 696 60 58 147 1474 

Key: 







Awards held in 2007-2008: 

Scholars by country and field of study 


Arts 



Botswana 7 2 0 0 2 6 3 1 21 

Cameroon 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 4 12 

Ghana 25 1 0 8 28 21 10 1 94 

Kenya 4 0 1 31 30 37 76 2 181 

Lesotho 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 

Malawi 22 2 0 3 10 10 3 0 50 

Mauritius 9 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 18 

Mozambique 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 

Namibia 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 12 

Nigeria 2 1 0 4 25 9 11 3 55 

Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 

Sierra Leone 0 1 0 3 5 2 1 0 12 

South Africa 4 4 0 23 18 30 13 0 92 

Swaziland 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 9 

Tanzania 26 1 0 3 10 17 23 3 83 

The Gambia 0 0 0 24 4 2 2 2 34 

Uganda 5 1 0 12 29 32 8 10 97 

Zambia 20 0 0 44 8 19 6 6 103 

Zimbabwe 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 

Subtotal 144 14 1 160 177 201 164 32 893 

South Asia 

Bangladesh 76 0 0 3 9 19 12 0 119 

India 1 2 0 13 27 47 13 4 107 

Maldives 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 8 

Pakistan 0 2 0 4 7 26 8 0 47 

Sri Lanka 2 1 0 5 16 3 2 3 32 

Subtotal 80 5 0 25 59 101 36 7 313 

Far East 

Malaysia 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 9 

Singapore* 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 

Subtotal 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 0 13 

Australasia 

Australia* 0 3 0 5 5 14 1 0 28 

New Zealand* 0 5 0 0 2 6 1 0 14 

Subtotal 0 8 0 5 7 20 2 0 42 

Dentistry 

Medicine 

Pure Science 


Technology 


Total 




Arts 

Pacific 

Fiji 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 

Samoa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 

Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Subtotal 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 8 

Dentistry 

Medicine 

Pure Science 


Technology 


Total 

Caribbean 

Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 

Belize 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Guyana 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 6 

Jamaica 0 1 0 0 0 11 1 0 13 

St Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 

St Vincent and The Grenadines 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 

Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 

Subtotal 1 3 0 1 4 26 4 1 40 

North America 

Canada* 0 15 0 5 7 17 0 0 44 

Subtotal 0 15 0 5 7 17 0 0 44 

Europe 

Cyprus* 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Malta* 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 

Subtotal 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 

Total 226 47 1 197 260 375 210 40 1356 

Includes: 






Awards held in 2007-2008: Fellows by country and field of study 

Academic Fellows 

Professional Fellows 



Dentistry 

Medicine 

Pure Science 


Technology 



Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Cameroon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 

Ghana 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 

Kenya 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 7 3 16 17 

Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 

Nigeria 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 12 

South Africa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 

Tanzania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 4 

Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 7 7 

Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 

Subtotal 0 0 1 8 3 1 1 14 11 2 4 10 15 4 46 60 

South Asia 

Bangladesh 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 

India 0 1 11 16 0 1 1 30 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 34 

Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 

Sri Lanka 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 

Subtotal 6 1 13 20 2 3 1 46 2 0 1 1 3 0 7 53 

Caribbean 

Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 

Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 

Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 

Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 5 

Total 6 1 14 28 5 4 2 60 13 2 5 12 21 5 58 118 

Subtotal 

Education 

Engineering 

Environment 

Governance 

Public Health 

Technology 

Subtotal 

Total 


Qualifications awarded 

Commonwealth Scholars Degree Subject Awarding institution 

Australia 

Luke Lazarus ARNOLD LLM Law and Development London 

Adam Matthew CREIGHTON MPhil taught Economics Oxford 

Peter Stephen DENNEY PhD English York 

David Alexander HUGHES BCL Law Oxford 

Kate Anna MACDONALD DPhil Development Studies Oxford 

Carmel Leigh MCDOUGALL DPhil Evolutionary Zoology Oxford 

Margot Claire MORRIS MSc taught Health Policy, Planning and Financing London 

Paula Louise O’BRIEN LLM Law Cambridge 

Ronika Kathleen POWER MSc taught Human Osteology and Palaeopathology Bradford 

Stanislav Sergey SHABALA PhD Astrophysics and Cosmology Cambridge 

Edward SHIN PhD Astrophysics Cambridge 

Kathryn Rachel SMITH MSc taught Environment and Development London 

Bangladesh 

Mosammet Nelema AKHTER MA taught English Language Teaching Warwick 

Mahmud ASHRAF PhD Civil Engineering London 

Mohammad Tawfique Hossain CHOWDHURY MSc taught Dental Public Health London 

Rasheduzzaman CHOWDHURY DPhil Organic Chemistry Oxford 

Nevin FARIDA PhD English Language Teaching Warwick 

Mohammad Iftekher HOSSAIN MSc taught Health Economics York 

Mohammad Taufiqul ISLAM MSc taught Urban Planning in Developing Countries Oxford Brookes 

Farah NAZ MArch Sustainable Environmental Design Architectural Association 

Mohammad Sohel RAHMAN PhD Computer Science London 

M Masrur REAZ PhD Finance Manchester 

Dilara Islam SHARIF PhD Biochemistry, Microbial Interactions Wales 

Abu Zafer Mohammed Dayem ULLAH MSc taught Advanced Computing London 

Zia WADUD PhD Civil Engineering Policy/Management London 

Barbados 

Paula Gailell BOYCE MSc taught Strategic Customer and Service Management Nottingham Trent 

Dwayne DEVONISH MSc taught Work and Organisational Psychology Nottingham 

Andre Junior LYNCH MSc taught Networking and Data Communication Kingston 

Jeremy Dale STEPHEN MSc taught Finance London 

Belize 

Nichola Nadine CHO LLM Law Aberdeen 

Botswana 

Angelinah Cynthia BONIFACE PG Diploma Information Systems Sheffield 

Reason Lesego MACHETE DPhil Time Series Analysis and Predictability Oxford 

Kagiso Gofaone MOTSHIDISI MSc taught Broadband and Mobile Communication Networks Kent 

Melusi Pro RAMPART MSc taught Environmental Forestry Wales 

Yaone RAPITSENYANE MSc taught Sustainable Product Design Loughborough 

Cameroon 

Lem Lilian ATANGA PhD Language and Gender (Sociolinguistics) Lancaster 

Winifred Munyu AZO PhD Improving the Productivity and Royal Agricultural College 

Quality of Forage Legumes 

Patricia Bi FAI PhD Environmental Toxicology East Anglia 

Ediage Frederick NGOLEMASANGO PhD Polymer Science and Engineering Loughborough 

Njah Emmanuel NJIMGYE-TEKUMAFOR MSc taught Medical Microbiology London 


Canada 

Amber Luella ANNETT MSc research Geosciences (Oceanography) Edinburgh 

Stephanie BERTRAND MFA Curating London 

Geoffrey CAMERON MPhil research Politics: Comparative Government Oxford 

Michelle Karen CHAN MSc taught Environment and Development London 

Philippe CHARLEBOIS MSc taught History of International Relations London 

Avram DENBURG MSc taught Health Policy, Planning and Financing London 

Irfan Amir Nurmahomed DHALLA MSc taught Health Policy, Planning and Financing London 

Kathlean Carrie FITZPATRICK PhD International Relations London 

James Stuart FORESTELL MA taught Continental Philosophy Warwick 

Carly FREY MSc taught Development Management London 

Nancy Elizabeth GILLESPIE DPhil English Literature Sussex 

Jane HURLEY DPhil Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Oxford 

Jennifer Duy Quan HUYNH DPhil English Literature Sussex 

Ross Jing KANG DPhil Statistics-Graph Theory Oxford 

Joanna LANGILLE MPhil taught International Relations Oxford 

Francois Jean LAROCQUE PhD International Law and Human Rights Cambridge 

Victoria LENNOX MSc taught Global Governance and Diplomacy Oxford 

Liane MACDONALD MSc taught Public Health London 

Rahul MEDIRATTA MSc taught Comparative Social Policy Oxford 

Nicholas NEUFELD MSc taught Clinical Neuroscience King’s College London 

Erika NITSCH MSc taught Archaelogical Science Oxford 

Jillian OLLIVIERRE MA taught Migration and Diaspora Studies London 

Allison Leigh PERRY PhD Marine Fisheries Conservation East Anglia 

Michelle PICARD-AITKEN MSc taught Non-Fiction Science Writing London 

Thomas RISTIMAKI PhD (Im)possibility and the Pragmatics of Empowerment Wales 

Emilie Legroulx SABOR MA taught Conference Interpreting Techniques Westminster 

Kerry SCOTT MSc taught Health, Community and Development London 

Kathleen SEXSMITH MPhil taught Development Studies Oxford 

Adelina VLAS-IRIMIA MA taught Curating Contemporary Art Royal College of Art 

John R WESLEY PhD English Renaissance Literature St Andrews 

Antonia WYNNE-HUGHES MA taught History of International Relations London 

Cayman Islands 

Camille Stoll DAVEY DPhil Law Oxford 

Cyprus 

Kyriaki HADJIAFXENDI PhD English Literature East Anglia 

Fiji 

Natasha KHAN MScEcon Social Development Policy and Management Wales 

Ghana 

Henrietta ABANE PhD Gender and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Leeds 

Juliet ADDO PhD Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease London 

Eureka Emefa ADOMAKO PhD Ecological Restoration of Abandoned Gold Mines Aberdeen 

Akwasi AGYEMANG MSc taught Agricultural Economics Reading 

Philip Kwaku AMOO MSc taught Public Health London 

Ruby ASMAH PhD Aquaculture Stirling 

Bernard Kofi BAIDEN PhD Civil and Building Engineering Loughborough 

Rita Akosua DICKSON PhD Pharmacognocy London 

Nancy Odurowah DUAH PhD Naturally Acquired Immune Responses to P.Falciparum London 

Andrew Osei OWUSU MA taught International Security Studies Leicester 

Gifty Doamekpor WILSON MSc taught Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy London 

Grenada 

Stephen Harold NIMROD MSc taught Tropical Coastal Management Newcastle 


Guyana 

Eulanie Melissa Hectorine OUSELEY MSc taught Urban Development and Planning London 

Anand Ramotar ROOPSIND MSc taught Environment and Development Reading 

India 

Tahmina AJMAL PhD Electronics Essex 

Chinnaswamy ANANDHARAMAKRISHNAN PhD Computational Fluid Dynamics and Food Processing Loughborough 

Mohammed lllias Mymoonath ANIMON PhD Forestry Wales 

Urmila BRIGHU PhD Governance and Management in the Water and Cranfield 

Sanitation Sector 

Hukum CHANDRA PhD Social Statistics Southampton 

Tulsi DAS MSc taught Conservation and Land Management Wales 

Srustidhar DAS MSc research Molecular Virology Leeds 

Hardik Satish DAVE MSc taught Advanced Computing London 

Manish Hari Charan Singh GAUR DPhil Computer Science Sussex 

Leon ITTIACHEN MSc taught Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society London 

Ruchi JOHARI MSc taught Analogue and Digital Integrated Circuit Design London 

Shweta KHOSLA MSc taught Economics Warwick 

Sarmistha KUNDU MSc taught Environmental Engineering London 

Swapnendu PATTANAIK PhD Forestry Wales 

Abdur RAFIQUE MA taught International Education and Development Sussex 

Rajani RAMACHANDRAN PhD Psychology – Autism Nottingham 

Anandakumar RAMIYA MSc taught Remote Sensing and Spatial Anaylsis Southampton 

Gaurav SAROLIYA PhD Economics York 

Nidhi SINHA MA taught Practical Ethics York 

Sunil Kumar VERMA DPhil Medical Oncology Oxford 

Madhurima Sevakram WAGHMARE MSc taught Environment and Sustainable Development London 

Divakar Singh YADAV PhD Rigorous Design of Long-Running Business Southampton 

Transactions 

Jamaica 

Demmo St Aubyn DARLING MSc taught Water Resources Technology and Management Birmingham 

Adrian Anthony STOKES PhD Finance (Corporate Restructuring) Manchester 

Alison Elizabeth STONE ROOFE MPhil research International Relations Oxford 

Sheryl Sophia THOMPSON PhD Computer Science Lancaster 

Gladys Alicia Lucille YOUNG LLM International Law London 

Kenya 

Ahmad Omar ALKIZIM PhD Value Management in Construction Reading 

David M GICHOYA PhD Information Sciences Loughborough 

David Ngugi KAMAU PhD Mechanical Engineering Manchester 

Catherine Muchiru KAMINDO PhD Education Management Durham 

Tonnie Kituku MULLI MClin Dent Periodontology London 

Patrick Kiio MUNYWOKI MSc taught Public Health in Developing Countries London 

Kalekye Mailu MWAU MSc taught International Economics and Finance Newcastle 

Mehnaaz Nazirahmed Cassam SULEMAN MSc taught Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy London 

Lesotho 

Puseletso LETETE PhD Law Edinburgh 

Tebello Ntsiki Don MATHABA MSc taught Control Systems London 

Maselone THITE MSc taught Economics Manchester 

Malawi 

Marlene Fanny CHIKUNI PhD Characterisation of Maize Germplasm Reading 

Ginaya Rachel FAITI MA taught Development Studies East Anglia 

Singano Dalitso KABAMBE PhD Development Ecomonics London 

Ngeyi Ruth KANYONGOLO PhD Social Security, Law and Women in Malawi Warwick 

Emmanuel James MJIMAPEMBA MSc taught Environmental Engineering Nottingham 

Olive MTEMA MSc taught Public Health and Partnerships in Care Wales 

Margaret Mwanjani Ganje SIKWESE PhD Forest Resource Policy and Management Bradford 


Malaysia 

Zunaidi AHMAD NAZARI MSc taught Naval Architecture Newcastle 

Wan Kamariah BABA PhD Education Leicester 

Azizul BIN AZIZAN PhD Communications Engineering Surrey 

Chia Nee LIM MSc taught Plant Genetic Manipulation Nottingham 

Maldives 

Mohamed Jameel AHMED PhD Law London 

Aminath SHAFIA PhD Plant Sciences Reading 

Malta 

Stephen GINGELL LLM Law London 

Mauritius 

Mohamad Mozafar AUKIN MSc taught Internet Systems and eBusiness Durham 

Arvin HALKHOREE LLM Law London 

Mozambique 

Amata KWIZERA MSc taught Public Health in Developing Countries London 

Namibia 

Alberthina-Peneyambeko NANGOLO MA taught Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment London 

Emila SHONGOLO MSc taught Oral and Maxillofacial surgery London 

New Zealand 

Hannah M AUGUST MA taught Shakespearean Studies: Text and Playhouse King’s College London 

Melanie Jane BUNCE MPhil taught Development Studies Oxford 

Fionnghuala Joy CUNCANNON LLM Law Cambridge 

Mirela DOMIJAN PhD Dynamical Systems (Applied Mathematics) Warwick 

Joni Marie HENRY MPhil taught Medieval and Renaissance Literature Cambridge 

Tamsyn Rebekah Elise KNIGHT DPhil English Medieval Literature Oxford 

Marta Alice LANG MSc taught Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Oxford 

Simon Richard PERRIS DPhil Classics Oxford 

Georgina Elizabeth SARGISON MA taught Intelligence and International Security King’s College London 

Jason Nicholas Euripide VARUHAS LLM Law London 

Nigeria 

Terhemen ABOIYAR PhD Numerical Partial Differential Equations Leicester 

Joseph Senu ASHIDI PhD Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy London 

Olusola Oluwasina BABALOLA MSc taught Telecommunications London 

Ogochukwu Charity EKWENCHI PhD Social Representation in the Media Westminster 

Eunice Olatokunbo FAJOBI DPhil Linguistics Sussex 

Ruth Ikphemhosimhe IBEMESIM DPhil Biology Sussex 

Ahmed Doko IBRAHIM PhD Construction Management Loughborough 

Rilwan Chiroma MUHAMMAD MSc taught Community Eye Health London 

Dada Adesegun ORIYOMI MSc taught Petroleum Engineering London 

Pakistan 

Qazi Rashid HAMID MSc taught Communications and Signal Processing London 

Ayesha IBRAHIM MA taught History: Asia/Africa London 

Tamreez INAM MSc taught Global Governance and Diplomacy Oxford 

Qurat-Ul-Ain INAYAT PhD Computer Science Newcastle 

Huma JAVED PhD Computer Science Liverpool John Moores 

Shahbaz KHAN MSc taught Communications and Signal Processing London 

Ali Muhammad KHAN MSc taught Economics and International Financial Economics Warwick 

Muhammad Faizan MAHMOOD MBA Business Administration Lancaster 

Saadia REFAQAT PhD Economics Bath 

Youshey ZAKIUDDIN MSc taught Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Oxford 


St Lucia 

Ken ALDONZA MSc taught Renewable Energy Systems Technology Loughborough 

Ormond Earl Lawrence REECE MSc taught Electrical Power Systems Bath 

Sierra Leone 

Sahid CONTEH MA taught Public Economic Management and Finance Birmingham 

Ronnie Adebisi Desmond FRAZER-WILLIAMS PhD Waste Water Treatment Cranfield 

Mo Bashir Gbessay IDRISS MPhil research Microbial Fermentation London 

Francis Madani JABATI MSc taught Public Policy and Programme Management Bradford 

Frederick Hassan KONTEH PhD Human Geography Manchester 

Shahid Mustapha KORJIE MSc taught Finance and Economics Manchester 

Memuna Kadie MANYEH MSc taught Food Safety and Control South Bank 

Susan Amie ROBERT PhD Soil Science Reading 

Mohamed SAMAI PhD Drug-induced Nephrotoxicity Brighton 

Edwin SAM-MBOMAH MSc taught Environmental Studies Loughborough 

South Africa 

Willem Hendrik BOSHOFF MSc taught Management Research Oxford 

Marcelle Carmen DAWSON DPhil Social Movements in Contemporary South Africa Oxford 

Gill EINHORN MSc taught Economics for Development Oxford 

Jessica HUTCHINGS MSc taught Human Factors Nottingham 

James Alfred LINSCOTT LLM Law Cambridge 

Tumelo Nkoenyana MASHISHI DPhil Immunology Oxford 

Lucy Novungayo MOLELEKI PhD Plant Biotechnology Dundee 

Jessica MURRAY DPhil Gender Studies York 

Daniel Sebastian MURRELL MPhil taught Computational Biology Cambridge 

Anton NAHMAN MSc taught International Development: Environment Manchester 

and Development 

Hugh PASTOLL MSc taught Cognitive Science and Natural Language Edinburgh 

Frank Blignaut PELSER LLM Law – International Commercial Arbitration London 

Nicholas Etienne ROSS PhD Engineering (Control Systems) Cambridge 

Jolene SKORDIS PhD Economics London 

Brendan VICKERS PhD International Relations London 

Willem Johannes Jacobus VORSTER DPhil Spray Quenching Techniques Oxford 

Sri Lanka 

Thashi CHANG DPhil Clinical Neurology Oxford 

Lasandahasi Ranmuthumalie DE SILVA MBA Business Administration Bradford 

Anparasy KAJAMUHAN PhD Plant Science/Plant Protection Reading 

Prasad KATULANDA DPhil Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Oxford 

Gathsaurie Neelika MALAVIGE DPhil Cutaneous Vital T Cell Immunology Oxford 

Bulathsinhalage Anuja Priyangani RAJAGURU PhD Molecular Plant Pathology Reading 

Boraluwe Ratnayake Mudiyanselage MA taught Marketing Nottingham 

Nilanthi RATNAYAKE 

W M P B WEERASINGHE PhD Ruminant Nutrition Harper Adams University 

College 

Swaziland 

Betty Sibongile DLAMINI PhD African Languages and Cultures London 

Tanzania 

Divina KAOMBE MSc taught Food Technology – Quality Assurance Reading 

Tito Esau MWINUKA PhD Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Manchester 

Deus Dominic NGARUKO PhD Agriculture in emerging economies London 

Evans Frank WEMA PhD Information Management and IT Loughborough 


The Gambia 

Bubacarr BAH MSc taught Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing Oxford 

Pa Lamin BEYAI PhD Reproductive Health Services in The Gambia London 

Frances Iyamide COKER-SINGHATEH MSc taught Civil Engineering Nottingham 

Beran Dondeh GILLEN MSc taught Computer Networks Middlesex 

Kawsu SIDIBEH PhD Satellite and Microwave Engineering Surrey 

Tonga 

Mele Ikatonga Selisa TUPOU LLM Law London 


Suzanne Deborah BURKE PhD Cultural Policy Development Essex 

Shakti Sumintra DOOKERAN MSc taught Public Health Nutrition London 

Dorian Mark NOEL PhD Market Microstructures Reading 

Uganda 

Wilfred ARUBAKU MSc taught Experimental Oral Pathology/Sciences London 

Oria HUSSEIN MSc taught Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control King’s College London 

Clovice Bright IRUMBA MSc taught Petroleum Geochemistry Newcastle 

Taseera KABANDA MSc taught Medical Microbiology London 

Johann KISEKULO MSc taught Exploration Geophysics Leeds 

David MASUA MSc taught Education and Training for Development Reading 

Paul Kijobo MUSALI PhD Natural Resource Management East Anglia 

Patricia Songa MWEBAZE MSc taught Public Health (Health Services Research) London 

Saidat NAKITTO LLM Human Rights Law Nottingham 

John Richard OTUKEI MSc taught Geographical Information Science Nottingham 

Philip Michael PIA MEd Educational Leadership, Policy and Development Bristol 

Kassim WAISWA MSc taught Nutrition and Food Science Reading 

Zambia 

Leonard Nkole KALINDE PhD International Economic Law Kent 

Jolly KAMWANGA PhD Provision of Tertiary Level Health Care London 

Melissa Chola KAPULU MSc taught Immunology and Infectious Diseases London 

Munyindei MASIALETI PhD Environmental and Mining Engineering London 

Concillia Monde TEMBO MSc taught Fisheries Science Hull 


Commonwealth Split-site Scholars 

Degrees awarded by an overseas institution with 12 months’ study at a UK institution. 

Degree Subject Awarding institution 

Canada 

Giuseppe Michael GIUDICE PhD Analytic Legal Philosophy McMaster 

Ghana 

Francis Eric AMUQUANDOH PhD Tourism Cape Coast 

Marcel Tunkumgnen BAYOR PhD Pharmacognosy Kumasi 

India 

Lorna Barbara BANG PhD Anthropology North-Eastern Hill 

Nilotpal BAROOAH PhD Chemistry IIT Guwahati 

P Manish CHANDRA PhD Protein Crystallography National Chemical Laboratory 

Ramgopal M DHANWAD PhD Pharmaceutical Chemistry Gulbarga 

Vipul Rasiklal GOHEL PhD Enzyme-based Biocontrol Baroda 

Meghana Mandar KELKAR PhD Gender and Agricultural Development Tata Institute of Social Sciences 

Sumanth Datt MATRAPU PhD Algebraic Geometry Hyderabad 

Prajna Paramita MISHRA PhD Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Centre for Economic and 

Social Studies 

M Arul MURUGAN PhD Reproductive Physiology National Dairy Research Inst 

Priya RATHINASWAMY PhD Biotechnology National Chemical Laboratory 

Rupam Jyoti SARMA PhD Chemistry IIT Guwahati 

Abhishek SHARMA PhD Computer Science Banasthali Vidyapith 

Tripta THAKUR PhD Power Sector Reforms and Policy Framework IIT Delhi 

Jamaica 

Sherene Andrea JAMES-WILLIAMSON PhD Geology West Indies 

Malaysia 

Kok Gan CHAN PhD Molecular Biology and Microbiology Malaya 

Yazrina YAHYA PhD Intelligent Multimedia Applications NU Malaysia 

Malta 

Josette CAMILLERI PhD Restorative Dentistry Malta 

Nigeria 

Emmanuel Matthew AKPABIO PhD Environmental and Resource Management Uyo 

Uwem Jonah ITUEN PhD Rural Land Use Planning Uyo 

Abayomi Abdul-Azeez JIMOH PhD Biotechnology of the Brackish Water Prawn Lagos State 

Junaidu KABIR PhD Veterinary Public Health and Preventative Medicine Ahmadu Bello 

Gideon D MSHELIA PhD Epidemiology of Campylobacteriosis Maiduguri 

South Africa 

Joanne Caren HARDMAN PhD Education Cape Town 

Kathleen Jane PITHOUSE PhD Education Kwazulu-Natal 

Anneke PRINS PhD Crop Performance and Improvement Pretoria 

Gavin Charles SNOW PhD Microbiology Port Elizabeth 

Eric VAN DER WALT PhD Microbiology Cape Town 

Marion WALTON PhD Computer Science and Social Anthropology Cape Town 

Sri Lanka 

Dadigamuwage Ruchirangani PhD Veterinary Microbiology Peradeniya 

Anuruddhika DISSANAYAKE 

Welgamage Lalith Prasanna PERERA PhD Economics Peradeniya 

Tanzania 

Donald ANTHONY PhD Geography (Water Resource Management) Dar es Salaam 


Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholars 

Degrees awarded by a UK institution with services provided by an overseas institution (in parentheses) 

Degree Subject Awarding institution 

Bangladesh 

Md AL-MASUD MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Nittya Ranjan BISWAS MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Kisinger CHAKMA PG Cert Aquaculture Stirling (BAU) 

Gopal Chandra DATTA MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Utpal Kumar DUTTA MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Ashitava HALDER MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Fazlul HOQUE MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Alam HOSSAIN MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Shafiqul ISLAM PG Diploma Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Jahidul ISLAM PG Cert Aquaculture Stirling (BAU) 

Md Rafiqual Islam KHAN MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Abdullah-Al-Masum MASUM MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Shaheen MD JAFAR IQBAL PG Cert Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Meherun MEHERUNNESSA MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Golam RABBANI MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Mokhlesur RAHMAN MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Touhidur RAHMAN MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Krishnendu SAHA MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Kingkar Chandra SAHA MSc taught Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Md Yusuf SARKER PG Cert Aquatic Resource Development Stirling (BAU) 

Sankar Chandra SUTRADHAR PG Cert Aquaculture Stirling (BAU) 

Ghana 

George ASANTE MSc taught Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development London (Ghana) 

Adwoa Serwaa DWOMO-FOKUO MSc taught Water and Environmental Management Loughborough 

Bernard Adolf ENTSIWAH PG Diploma Environmental Management London (Ghana) 

Theodocia Oye OFOSU-APPEAH MSc taught Managing Rural Development London (Ghana) 

Augustine TWENEBOAH-KODUA MSc taught Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development London (Ghana) 

India 

Rakesh AGGARWAL MSc taught Epidemiology: Principles and Practice London 

Jamaica 

Clive Antonio WIGGAN MSc taught Public Policy and Management London 

Kenya 

Revvic Ndolo ABRAHAM PG Diploma Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Laban BALUSI PG Cert Nursing Dundee (Kenya Medical) 

Enock Maucho BOSIRE MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

David Muhia CHEGE MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Indangasi Wuluma FUCHINGO PG Cert Nursing Dundee (Kenya Medical) 

Peters Anselmo IKOHA MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

John Gatitu KAMAU MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Peris Wanjiru KANYUA PG Cert Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Wilfred Nzyoki KINUNDU MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Mary Nafula KIVEU MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Caleb LUVONGA MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Catherine Njoki MURAYA MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Peter Kamau MWENDIA MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Beatrice Akinyi OTIENO MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Kennedy Omolo OWINO MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

David A SAKA MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Esther Wanyaga WAICHIGO MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Janerose Flora WAKULOBA MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 

Peter Kinuthia WAMWIRI MSc taught Computer Based Information Systems Sunderland (JKUAT) 


Nigeria 

Aminu SHITTU PG Cert International Animal Health Edinburgh (Makerere) 

Pakistan 

Imdad Ali BALOCH MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Salima BEGUM MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Melaine D’CRUZE MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Shamshad Begum FARMAN MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Farzana KAUSAR MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Mir Wazir KHAN MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Nabeela Kanwal KHAN MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Saira Sultana NIZAM MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Parvez Ahmed PIRZADO MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

Shazia Ashraf SOLANGI MA taught Education and International Development London (Aga Khan) 

St Lucia 

Ruth REGIS-ADESANYA MSc taught Public Policy and Management London 

South Africa 

Lucretia Vuyiswa DLWATI PG Cert International Primary Health Care London (Walter Sisulu) 

Nomeko Mavis KIZZA PG Cert International Primary Health Care London (Walter Sisulu) 

Emile LEVIN MSc taught Construction Management Bath (Chart Inst of Building) 

Nonkululeko Albertina MANCAYI PG Cert International Primary Health Care London (Walter Sisulu) 

Tanzania 

Paul Nyitika CHAMA MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 

(Dar es Salaam Inst of Tech) 

Roy FOYA PG Diploma Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Motta Reuben KYANDO MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Adventina Kokwenda LUDOVICK MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Maria Saguti MAREALLE PG Cert Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Bryceson Matungwa MUIMBULA MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Michael John MWAMWAJA MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Leo John NGOWI MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Daniel Justin Adam NJOWERO PG Cert Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Innocent Benedict NYAMBO MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Furaha NYUNZA PG Cert International Animal Health Edinburgh (Makerere) 

Bibiana Philbert RWECHUNGURA MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 


Gabriel Michael SIMBA MSc taught Facilities Management Leeds Met 



Natthooya Sarah BAPTISTE MSc taught Public Policy and Management London 

Uganda 

Eddida Margaret AUMO DUCA MSc taught Water and Environmental Management Loughborough 

Charles Hans KOMAKECH MSc taught Water and Waste Engineering Loughborough 

Zambia 

Kakulubelwa MULALELO MSc taught Construction Management Bath (Chart Inst of Building) 

Simon MUMBA PG Diploma International Animal Health Edinburgh (Makerere) 

Dingayo MZYECE MSc taught Construction Management Bath (Chart Inst of Building) 


Panel of academic advisers: membership 2007-2008 

The CSC’s panel of academic advisers includes leading figures in all subject areas, all of whom provide their services free of charge. Without the 

expert help of its advisers, working to a necessarily tight schedule, the Commission could not operate. Their contribution is much appreciated. 

Professor K Ravi Acharya 

Professor Fran Ackermann 

Professor David Airey 

Professor Tom Allen 

Professor Philip Allmendinger 

Professor David Anderson 

Professor Wiji Arulampalam 

Professor Michael Ashfold 

Professor Peter Atkins 

Professor Peter Austin 

Professor Nick Bacon 

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj 

Professor Colin Bailey 

Professor Alan Bairner 

Dr Owolabi Bakre 

Professor John Baldock 

Dr Roger Ballard 

Professor Stephen Bann 

Professor A Barnard 

Professor Mike Barnsley 

Professor Peter Batey 

Professor Micheline Beaulieu 

Professor Chetan Bhatt 

Professor Dinesh K Bhugra 

Professor Richard Black 

Professor John R Blake 

Professor David Bogle 

Professor Liz Bondi 

Professor Richard Boon 

Professor Anne Booth 

Professor Alan Boyle 

Professor R Leo Brady 

Professor Jane Broadbent 

Professor John Brookfield 

Professor James Brownjohn 

Professor Michael W Bruford 

Professor John Bryant 

Professor Pawan Budhwar 

Professor Pat Butler 

Professor Michael J Butler 

Professor Peter Byrne 

Professor Iain Cameron 

Professor Chris Carr 

Professor Stuart Carter 

Dr Andrew Chester 

Professor A C Chu 

Professor Anthony S Clare 

Professor L A Clark OBE FREng 

Professor Ian Cluckie 

Professor John R Coggins 

Professor Robin Cohen 

Professor Susan Condor 

Professor Mark Conner 

Professor Diana Coole 

Professor Barry Cooper 

Professor Peter Cooper 

Professor Jon Cooper 

Professor W R Cornish 

Professor Christopher Cramer 

Professor Matthew Craven 

Professor James Croll 

Professor Michael Crossley 

Professor David C Crossman 

Professor Jeremy Dale 

Professor G Davey Smith 

Professor Kevin Davies 

Professor Jim Davis 

Professor Bob Deacon 

Dr Heather M Deegan 

Professor John Derrick 

Professor Satnam Dlay 

Professor Ron Doney 

Professor Allison Drew 

Professor Rosaleen Duffy 

Professor David Dunster 

Professor Garry Duthie 

Professor Tim Eden 

Dr Victoria Edwards 

Professor Richard Ellis 

Professor J M H Elmirghani 

Professor Vincent C Emery 

Professor Alan Ervine 

Professor Alison Etheridge 

Professor Malcolm D Evans 

Professor Janet Ann Eyre 

Professor Rosemary Foot 

Professor Gary Foster 

Professor C J Garforth 

Dr Nancy Gerein 

Professor Alan Gilbert 

Professor Helen Gilbert 

Professor Barry Gills 

Professor Arthur Gilmour 

Professor John Grace 

Dr Graham Green 

Professor John Greenlees 

Professor Ian A Greer 

Dr Roberto Guiloff 

Professor Neva Haites 

Professor Richard M Hall 

Professor Brean Hammond 

Professor David Harvey 

Dr Mary Hayden 

Professor Peter Haynes 

Professor Susan Hayward 

Professor Shelagh Heffernan 

Professor Gerard Hemsworth 

Professor John Henderson 

Professor R C Hider 

Professor Jill Hills 

Professor David Howe 

Professor Christopher Howe 

Professor David Howell 

Professor Stefan Hubscher 

Professor John Hudson 

Professor Sean Hughes 

Professor C J Hutchison 

Professor Stevi Jackson 

Professor Ron Johnston 

Professor Achim Jung 

Professor J-M Kendall 

Professor John Kennedy 

Professor C Kennedy-Pipe 

Professor David J Kerr CBE 

Professor Kay-Tee Khaw 

Professor Cay Kielty 

Professor Mark Kilby 

Dr Uma Kothari 

Professor Jeff Kramer 

Professor Ian Lauder 

Professor W Lee 

Professor Margot Light 

Professor S Limbrey 

Professor Oliver Linton 

Professor Kecheng Liu 

Professor Richard Logan 

Professor Andrew Loudon 

Professor Vaughan Lowe 

Dr Alastair Lyndon 

Professor David Mabey 

Professor Ronald MacDonald 

Professor T R A Magee 

Professor Alison Mainwood 

Professor Robert Mansel 

Dr Michael Martin 

Professor Ursula Martin 

Professor J W McBride 

Professor Robert McCorquodale 

Professor M McDonald 

Professor Martin McGinnity 

Professor Colin McInnes 

Professor Andy McKay 

Professor Hugh McKenna 

Professor Graham M Megson 

Professor Miriam Meyerhoff 

Professor Chris R Milner 

Professor Glenn Morgan 

Professor Louise Morley 

Professor Paul Mosley 

Professor Peter Mossey 

Professor Ghulam Mufti 

Professor Miranda Mugford 

Dr W Murphy 

Professor Philip Murray 

Professor Peter Naude 

Professor David Neal 

Professor John Neoptolemos 

Professor Ian Netton 

Professor Katherine Newey 

Professor Colin Nicholson 

Professor Frederick Nixson 

Professor Stephen Nortcliff 

Professor Mike O’Boyle 

Professor Polly O’Hanlon 

Professor Emmanuel Ogbonna 

Professor Helen Osborn 

Professor Ronen Palan 

Professor Abdul Paliwala 

Professor Kevin Park 

Professor Roger Parker 

Professor Andrew Pendleton 

Dr David Penman 

Professor Ian Phimister 

Professor Wilf Powell 

Professor John Preston 

Dr Neil Price 

Professor Mike Pringle 

Mr K Puvanachandra 

Professor Srinivasan 

Raghunathan 

Professor Carole Rakodi 

Professor David Ray 

Professor Catherine Redgwell 

Professor Ian Reid 

Professor Mary Renfrew 

Professor James B Richardson 

Dr Maggie Robson 

Professor Suzanne Romaine 

Professor Harvey Rutt 

Professor Tom Sanders 

Professor Jan Aart Scholte 

Professor Martin Schroder 

Professor Rod Scott 

Professor David Seddon 


Professor Roger Seifert 

Professor Caroline Series 

Professor Ian Shennan 

Professor C G Sheppard 

Professor Michael Charles 

Sheppard 

Professor S Ravi P Silva 

Professor Ivor Smith 

Professor Russell Spears 

Professor Frances Stewart 

Professor Ian Stratford 

Professor Brian Street 

Professor Mark A Stuart 

Professor David C Stuckey 

Professor Maurice Sunkin 

Professor Douglas Tallack 

Professor Geoffrey A Targett 

Professor Philip M Taylor 

Professor Kevin Taylor 

Professor Andrew Thompson 

Professor Terry Threadgold 

Professor James Tooley 

Professor Paul A Tyler 

Professor Peter Tyrer 

Professor Chris Vincent 

Professor W F Vinen FRS 

Professor Phil Walker 

Professor Robin Wallace 

Professor Dale Walters 

Dr Sam Wamuziri 

Professor Richard Ward 

Professor Susan A Ward 

Professor Saman 

Warnakulasuriya FDSRCS 

Dr David Washbrook 

Professor R Webb 

Professor Bruce Webb 

Professor Jamie Weir 

Professor Mel West 

Professor Andrew Wheatley 

Professor Nigel D White 

Professor John Whitehead 

Professor Colin Wight 

Professor Paul Wilkinson 

Professor John Wilkinson 

Professor Barry Williams 

Professor Peter H Williams 

Professor Jonathan M J Williams 

Professor Steve Williamson 

Professor Katherine Willis 

Professor Julian Wiseman 

Dr Harry Witchel 

Professor Jonathan Wolff 

Professor Ian Young 

Anguilla 

Permanent Secretary 

Department of Public Administration 

Government of Anguilla 

James Ronald Webster Building 

PO Box 60, The Valley 

AI 2640 

Anguilla 

Tel: +1 264 497 3041 

Fax: +1 264 497 5873/2751 

Antigua and Barbuda 


Ministry of Education 

Government Complex 

Queen Elizabeth Highway 

St John’s 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Tel: +1 268 462 4959 

Fax: +1 268 462 4970 

Australia 

Senior Program Manager 

International Development Services 

IDP Education Pty Ltd 

1 Geils Court 

Deakin 

ACT 2600 

Australia 

Tel: +61 2 6285 8347 

Fax: +61 2 6285 8281 

Bahamas 

Administrator 

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology 

Scholarships and Educational Loan Division 

Thompson Boulevard 

PO Box N3913/4 

Nassau 

Bahamas 

Tel: +1 242 502 2715 

Fax: +1 242 325 9362 

How to apply 

Applications for Commonwealth Scholarships for PhD research and Master’s study in the UK should be 

made in the first instance to nominating agencies in the country of origin. These are listed below. Each 

agency is responsible for its own selection criteria. Application procedures for Commonwealth Scholarships 

and Fellowships for academic staff vary between countries, and are in many cases handled by individual 

universities (see page 2). In cases of doubt, the CSC secretariat in the UK will be happy to advise on which 

body to approach in particular circumstances, but cannot be responsible for the decisions or procedures 

adopted by the agencies concerned. 

Bangladesh 

Assistant Secretary 


Building No 6, 17th and 18th Floor 

Bangladesh Secretariat 

Dhaka 

Bangladesh 

Tel: +880 232356 / 404162 

Fax: +880 27167577 

Bangladesh (for academic staff awards) 

Secretary 

University Grants Commission of Bangladesh 

Agargaon 

Dhaka 1207 

Bangladesh 

Tel: +880 2 911 8207 

Fax: +880 2 8122948 

Barbados 


Ministry of Education and Human Resource 

Development 

The Elsie Payne Complex 

Constitution Road 

St Michael 

Bridgetown 

Barbados 

Tel: +1 246 430 2700 

Fax: +1 246 436 2411 

Belize 

Chief Executive Officer 

Ministry of Public Service, Governance 

Improvement and Elections, and Boundaries 

Ground Floor, Sir Edney Cain Building 

City of Belmopan 

Belize 

Tel: +501 822 2204/05 

Fax: +501 822 2206 


Bermuda 

Chief Education Officer 

Ministry of Education and Development 

PO Box HM 1185 

Hamilton HM EX 

Bermuda 

Tel: +1441 278 3300 

Fax: +1441 278 3348 

Botswana 

Senior Student Placement Officer 

Department of Student Placement and 

Welfare 


P/Bag 0079 

Gaborone 

Botswana 

Tel: +267 3655935 

Fax: +267 3912891 

Brunei Darussalam 

Deputy Permanent Secretary (Corporate 

Service) 

Kementerian Pendidikan 


Bandar Seri Begawan BB3510 

Negara 

Brunei Darussalam 

Tel: +673 238 1133 

Fax: +673 238 0392 

Cameroon 

Cameroon Commonwealth Scholarship 

Agency 

Ministry of Higher Education 

Department of Students’ Assistance and 

University Welfare 

PO Box 1457 

Yaoundé 

Cameroon 

Tel: +237 23 10 01 

Fax: +237 23 10 01 

Canada 

Vice President, Membership and 


Canadian Bureau for International 

Education 

220 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 1550 

Ottawa, Ontario 

K1P 5Z9 

Canada 

Tel: +1 613 237 4820 

Fax: +1 613 237 1073 


Senior Education Officer 

Education Department 

PO Box 910 

George Town 

Grand Cayman 


Tel: +1 345 945 1199, ext 1731 

Fax: +1 345 946 3900 

Cyprus (for Greek Cypriots) 

Secretary 

Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation 

PO Box 23949 

1687 Nicosia 

Cyprus 

Tel: +357 22 456433 

Fax: +357 22 673910 

Cyprus (for Turkish Cypriots) 

Education, Arts and Society Manager 

British Council 

PO Box 21175 

1503 Nicosia 

Cyprus 

Tel: +357 22 585230 

Fax: +357 22 585129 

Dominica 


Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs, Sports 

and Human Resource Development 

Government Headquarters 

Roseau 

Dominica 

Tel: +767 448 2401, ext 3256/3214/3203 

Fax: +767 448 0644 

Falkland Islands 

Director of Education 


Falkland Islands Government 

Stanley Cottage 

Ross Road, Stanley 

FIQQ 1ZZ 

Falkland Islands 

Tel: +500 27289 

Fax: +500 27292 

Fiji 

Secretary 

Workforce Planning and Scholarship Unit 

Public Service Commission 

Berkeley Crescent 

PO Box 2211, Government Buildings 

Suva 

Fiji 

Tel: +679 331 6523/6524/6526 

Fax: +679 330 3703 

Ghana 

Registrar of Scholarships 

Scholarships Secretariat 

PO Box M75 

Ministries Branch Post Office 

Accra 

Ghana 

Tel: +233 21 662732 

Fax: +233 21 662732 

Gibraltar 

Education Adviser, Scholarships and Higher 

Education 

Department of Education and Training 

23 Queensway 

Gibraltar 

Tel: +350 200 45974 

Fax: +350 200 71564 

Grenada 



Development 

Ministry of Education Building 

Botanical Gardens 

St George’s 

Grenada 

Tel: +1 473 440 2737 

Fax: +1 473 440 6650 

Guyana 


Public Service Ministry 

164 Waterloo Street 

Georgetown 

Guyana 

Tel: +592 226 6528 

Fax: +592 225 0714 

India (for awards to Indian nationals) 

Deputy Secretary 

Ministry of Human Resource Development 

Department of Higher Education 

ES.4 Section 

New Delhi 110 001 

India 

Tel: +91 11 2338 4501 

Fax: +91 11 2338 5337 


India (for awards tenable in India) 

Director General 

Indian Council for Cultural Relations 

Azad Bhavan Indraprastha Estate 


India 

Tel: +91 11 2337 9309/9310 

Fax: +91 11 2337 8647 

India (for academic staff awards) 

Secretary 

University Grants Commission 

Bahadurshah Zafar Marg 


India 

Tel: +91 11 2323 1273 

Fax: +91 11 2323 1291 

Jamaica (for awards to Jamaican nationals) 

Director, Scholarships and Training Assistance 

Unit 

1st Floor, Block G 

Ministry of Finance and the Public Service 

30 National Heroes Circle 

Kingston 4 

Jamaica 

Tel: +1 876 922 8600 

Fax: +1 876 932 5984 

Jamaica (for awards tenable in Jamaica) 


Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture 

2 National Heroes Circle 

PO Box 498 

Kingston 

Jamaica 

Tel: +1 876 922 1400 

Fax: +1 876 922 6328 

Kenya 


Ministry of Education, Science and 

Technology 

Jogoo House B 

Harambee Avenue 

PO Box 30040 

Nairobi 

Kenya 

Tel: +254 020 318581 

Fax: +254 020 214287 

Kiribati 

Secretary 

Public Service Office 

PO Box 68 

Bairiki 

Tarawa 

Kiribati 

Tel: +686 28091 

Fax: +686 28222 

Lesotho 

Director 

National Manpower Development Secretariat 

PO Box 517 

Maseru 100 

Lesotho 

Tel: +266 22 323 842 

Fax: +266 22 310 511 

Malawi 

Secretary 

Department of Human Resource 

Management and Development 

PO Box 30227 

Lilongwe 3 

Malawi 

Tel: +265 1 788 015 

Fax: +265 1 788 162 

Malaysia 

Desk Officer 

Scholarship Division 


Level 4 Block A1 PJH Tower 

Presint 2 

62100 Putrajaya 

Malaysia 

Tel: +60 3 8884 4696/4608 

Fax: +60 3 8884 4701 

Maldives 

Director General 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Boduthakurufaanu Magu 

Malé 20077 

Maldives 

Tel: +960 333 1755 

Fax: +960 331 7592 

Malta 

Director 

Commonwealth Scholarships and 

Fellowships Board 


Floriana 

Malta 

Tel: +356 2598 2230 

Fax: +356 2598 2229 

Mauritius 

Supervising Officer 

Ministry of Education, Culture and Human 

Resources 

Scholarships Section 

1st Floor, IVTB House 

Pont Fer 

Phoenix 

Mauritius 

Tel: +230 601 5311 

Fax: +230 686 8581 

Montserrat 


Department of Administration 

Government Headquarters 

Brades 

Montserrat 

Tel: +664 491 2693 

Fax: +664 491 6234 

Mozambique 

Head of Scholarships 


Maputo 

Mozambique 

Tel: +258 1 49 0925 

Fax: +258 1 49 0979/2196 

Namibia 


NSFAF 


PO Box 23053 

Windhoek 

Namibia 

Tel: +264 61 2706131 

Fax: +264 61 2706122 

Nauru 

Secretary 

Department of Education 

Nauru 

Tel: +674 444 3133 

Fax: +674 444 3718 

New Zealand 

Scholarships Manager 

New Zealand Vice Chancellors’ Committee 

PO Box 11-915 

11th Floor, 94 Dixon Street 

Wellington 6034 

New Zealand 

Tel: +64 4 381 8500 

Fax: +64 4 381 8501 


Nigeria 

Secretary 

Federal Scholarship Board 

245 Samuel Ademulegun Street 

Federal Ministry of Education Annex 

Opposite Arewa Suite 

Central Business District 

Abuja 

Nigeria 

Tel: +234 9 6706544 

Pakistan 

Deputy Educational Adviser (Scholarships 

Sector) 

Scholarships Sector, Training Wing 


Shaheed-e-Millat Secretariat 

Floor No 12, Room No 2 

Islamabad 

Pakistan 

Tel: +92 51 920 4225 

Fax: +92 51 920 5135 

Pakistan (for staff awards) 

Adviser (HRD) 

Higher Education Commission 

H 9 

Islamabad 

Pakistan 

Tel: +92 51 925 0482 

Fax: +92 51 925 0483 

Papua New Guinea 

Secretary 

Department of Personnel Management 

PO Box 519 

Waigani, 131, NCD 

Papua New Guinea 

Tel: +675 327 6379/6422/6447 

Fax: +675 325 0520 

St Helena 

Chief Secretary 


The Canister 

Jamestown 

STHL 1ZZ 

Saint Helena 

Tel: +290 2710/2555 

Fax: +290 2461 

St Kitts and Nevis 


Establishment Division 

Government of St Kitts and Nevis 

Church Street 

PO Box 186 

Basseterre 

St Kitts and Nevis 

Tel: +1 869 465 2521, ext 1037 

Fax: +1 869 466 2490 

St Lucia 


Ministry of Education, Human Resource 

Development, Youth and Sports 

Francis Compton Building 

The Waterfront 

Castries 

Saint Lucia 

Tel: +1 758 468 5288 

Fax: +1 758 453 2299 

St Vincent and The Grenadines 

Chief Personnel Officer 

Service Commissions Department 

Ministerial Building 

Halifax Street 

Kingstown 

St Vincent and The Grenadines 

Tel: +1 784 456 1690 

Fax: +1 784 456 1690 

Samoa 

Scholarship, Training and Bilateral Division 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 

PO Box L1859 

Apia 

Samoa 

Tel: +685 21171 

Fax: +685 21504 

Seychelles 

Principal Secretary 


Mont Fleuri 

PO Box 48 

Seychelles 

Tel: +248 283011 

Fax: +248 224859 

Sierra Leone 

Chief Education Officer 

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology 

New England 

Freetown 

Sierra Leone 

Tel: +232 76 611423 

Fax: +232 22 223030 

Singapore 


Prime Minister’s Office 

Public Service Division 

100 High Street, #07-01 

The Treasury 

179434 

Singapore 

Tel: +65 6332 7030/7410 

Fax: +65 6332 8436 

Solomon Islands 



Development 

PO Box G28 

Honiara 

Solomon Islands 

Tel: +677 24229 

Fax: +677 22042 

South Africa 

Higher Education South Africa (HESA) 

PO Box 27392 

Sunnyside 

Pretoria 0132 

South Africa 

Tel: +27 12 481 2846 

Fax: +27 12 481 2843 

Sri Lanka 

Additional Secretary 


Higher Education Division 

No 18, Ward Place 

Colombo 7 

Sri Lanka 

Tel: +94 11 2688621 

Fax: +94 11 2697239 

Swaziland 

Principal Secretary 

Swaziland Government 

Ministry of Public Service and Information 

PO Box 170 

Mbabane 

Swaziland 

Tel: +268 404 3521 

Fax: +268 404 4161 

Tanzania 


Ministry of Education and Vocational Training 

PO Box 9121 

Dar es Salaam 

Tanzania 

Tel: +255 22 211 1254 

Fax: +255 22 211 2533 


The Gambia 

Secretary 

Scholarship Advisory Board 

Department of State for Higher Education, 

Research, Science and Technology 

GRTS Building 

MDI Road 

Kanifing 

The Gambia 

Tel: +220 4225 234 

Fax: +220 4224 180 

Tonga 

Senior Education Officer (Scholarships) 


Community Development and Training 

Centre 

PO Box 161 

Pahu 

Nuku’alofa 

Tonga 

Tel: +676 24 122/002 

Fax: +676 24 105 


Human Resources Officer 

Ministry of Public Administration and 

Information 

Scholarships and Advanced Training Section 

National Library Building 

Corner Hart and Abercromby Streets 

Port of Spain 


Tel: +1 868 623 4724/625 6724 

Fax: +1 868 623 6027 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Permanent Secretary, Training and 

Development 

Office of the Executive Permanent Secretary 

South Base 

Grand Turk 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tel: +1 649 946 2580 

Fax: +1 649 946 2577/2886/1582 

Tuvalu 

Training Officer in Service for Deputy Officer 

Deputy Secretary to Government 

Personnel and Training Department 

Office of the Prime Minister 

Tuvalu Government Building 

Funafuti 

Tuvalu 

Tel: +688 20110, ext 3002 

Fax: +688 20819 

Uganda 


Central Scholarships Committee (CSC) 

Ministry of Education and Sports 

Embassy House 

PO Box 7063 

Kampala 

Uganda 

Tel: +256 0401 348023/233391 

Fax: +256 0414 230658 

United Kingdom 


Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in 

the United Kingdom 

c/o The Association of Commonwealth 

Universities 

Woburn House 

20-24 Tavistock Square 

London 

WC1H 9HF 

United Kingdom 

Tel: +44 20 7380 6700 

Fax: +44 20 7387 2655 

Vanuatu 

Senior Scholarships Officer 

Training and Scholarships Coordination Unit 

(TSCU) 


Private Mailbag 9059 

Port Vila 

Vanuatu 

Tel: +678 23708 

Fax: +678 25936 

Virgin Islands (British) 


Ministry of Education and Culture 

BVI Government 

Central Administration Complex 

Road Town 

Tortola 

Virgin Islands (British) 

Tel: +1 284 468 3701, ext 2151 

Fax: +1 284 494 0021 

Zambia 

Secretary 

Bursaries Committee 


PO Box 50093 

Lusaka 

Zambia 

Tel: +260 1 250726 

Fax: +260 1 254720 

Cover photographs 

Front (l-r): 

Denis Galava, Commonwealth Shared 

Scholar from Kenya, MA Peace and 

Reconciliation Studies, Coventry 

University (2007-2008), now senior 

editor at The Standard news group in 

Nairobi 

Luke Arnold, Commonwealth Scholar 

from New Zealand, LLM Law and 

Development, School of Oriental and 

African Studies (2007-2008), and 

Paula O’Brien, Commonwealth Scholar 

from Australia, LLM Law, University of 

Cambridge (2007-2008), at the 2007 

Welcome Day for new award holders 

Peter Odhengo (left), Commonwealth 

Professional Fellow from Kenya, 

Environment Agency (2007), 

investigating environment governance 

while on award 

Manjula Sritharan (right), 

Commonwealth Academic Fellow from 

India, Veterinary Laboratories Agency 

(2007), at the 2007 Welcome Day for 

new award holders (see page 12-13) 

Back (l-r): 

Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows 

with Commissioner Monica 

Darnbrough (middle) at the launch of 

the Science and Technology Network 

in December 2007 (see page 14-15) 

Margaret Jules-Royer, Commonwealth 

Scholar from Dominica, MA Special 

Education (Inclusion and Disability 

Studies), Institute of Education (2007), 

at the 2007 Welcome Day for new 

award holders 

Commonwealth Scholars presenting at 

an interfaith relations event at 

Cumberland Lodge, April 2008 

(see page 14-15) 


52 Commonwealth Scholarship Commission 

Award costs 

Management 

fees 

Discretionary 

services 

Core operating 

costs 

Commission finances 

F 

unding in 2007-2008 was provided by the Department for International Development (DFID) to support 

award holders from devel op ing Commonwealth countries, whilst the grant from the Foreign and 

Commonwealth Office (FCO) supported candidates from Australia, the Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, 

Canada, Cyprus, Malta, New Zealand and Singapore. 

Figures on this page refer to the financial year to March 2008, during which period the total grant from 

DFID and FCO was £16.7m (£16.1m in the year to March 2007). 

Expenditure is presented under four head ings. The core cost of running the Commission itself was 1% 

of budget, while admin ist rat ive costs of the ACU-based secretariat and of the British Council were 9.8% 

(10% in the previous year). 88% of expenditure was on awards, com prising 49% on tuition fees, 34% on 

maintenance allowances, 3.7% on airfares, and 1.2% on thesis and study travel-related expenses. Not 

included in the Commission’s accounts are contrib utions to students’ maintenance made by UK univer sit - 

ies under the Shared Scholarship scheme. A further 1% of the budget was all ocated to add it ional 

discretionary services in the form of eval uation, alumni and student event programmes. 

The Commission seeks to match income and expenditure as closely as possible. 2007-2008 saw an 

overspend of 1.73%, compared with an over spend of 1.56% in the previous year. 

FCO DFID DFID DFID Total Total % 

Commonwealth 

Commonwealth Scholarships and 

Shared Scholarships Fellowships Total 2007-2008 

Total budget £2,050,000 £2,000,000 £12,648,775 £14,648,775 £16,698,775 

Expenditure: 

Tuition fees £862,895 £1,705,440 £5,800,105 £7,505,545 £8,368,440 49.3 

Maintenance £889,816 £0 £4,892,961 £4,892,961 £5,782,777 34.0 

Airfares £64,032 £120,253 £445,517 £565,770 £629,802 3.7 

Thesis expenses and study travel £20,945 £24,845 £162,464 £187,308 £208,253 1.2 

Total award costs £1,837,688 £1,850,537 £11,301,047 £13,151,584 £14,989,272 88.2 

British Council fee £119,190 £0 £682,441 £682,441 £801,631 

ACU fee £100,553 £109,004 £659,426 £768,430 £868,983 

Total management fees £219,743 £109,004 £1,341,867 £1,450,871 £1,670,614 9.8 

Alumni programme £0 £0 £65,934 £65,934 £65,934 

Evaluation Programme £0 £0 £69,323 £69,323 £69,323 

Events Programme £0 £0 £26,967 £26,967 £26,967 

Total discretionary services 0 0 £162,224 £162,224 £162,224 1.0 

Core operating costs £26,977 * £141,629 £141,629 £168,606 1.0 

Total £2,084,408 £1,959,541 £12,946,767 £14,906,308 £16,990,716 

Balance (Overspend) (34,408) (40,459) (297,992) (257,533) (291,941) 

% Overspend 1.68 -2.02 2.36 1.76 1.75 

*Committee costs are not disaggregated by programme 

Figure 1: Source of total budget 

100% 

80% 

60% 

40% 

20% 

0 

DFID 

£14.65m 

FCO 

£2.05m 

Figure 2: Distribution of total 

expenditure

Partnership in action 

Although the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is a public body in its 

own right, its ability to fulfil its objectives depends greatly on the cooperation 

of a number of external bodies. We would like to take this opportunity to 

record our thanks to: 

The Department for International Development, the Department for 

Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Foreign and Common - 

wealth Office, for their continued financial support, involvement and policy 

advice, 

The Association of Commonwealth Universities, which provides the 

Commission’s secretariat, manages UK selection activity, offers academic 

support for award holders, and oversees the alumni programme, 

The British Council, which manages financial and welfare support to award 

holders, and provides pre-departure briefings through its network of 

international offices, 

Our panel of academic advisers for their expert assistance in ensuring that 

Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows are placed in the most appropriate 

institutions, and host universities themselves for ensuring that Common - 

wealth Scholars and Fellows receive some of the best supervision in the world, 

Our nominating agencies throughout the Commonwealth, for ensuring 

the continuing flow of high-quality applicants that is critical to maintaining 

the Commission’s impact and reputation, 

And, most important of all, our Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows, 

both past and present, without whom there would be no Commonwealth 

Scholarship Commission, for their continuing success in making an impact on 

the world around them. 

●● BRITISH 

●● COUNCIL 

Staff from the Commission secretariat, based at the 

Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the British 

Council at the 2007 Welcome Day for new 

Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows 

See page 51 for cover photo details


Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom 

Woburn House 

20-24 Tavistock Square 

London WC1H 9HF 

Tel: +44 (0)207 380 6700 

Fax: +44 (0)207 387 2655 

www.cscuk.org.uk 

annualreport@cscuk.org.uk

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