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42nd Annual Reportto the Secretaryof State forInternationalDevelopment43rd Annual Report to the Secretary ofState for International DevelopmentCommonwealth Scholarship Commission inthe United KingdomFor the year ending30th September 2001For the year ending 30th September 2002

INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEWLeadership and the CommonwealthOur work involves partnership with both developing and developed countries, reflectingthe Commonwealth generally. We are grateful to the Foreign and Commonwealth Officefor providing support for those countries which cannot expect development assistance,and in particular for agreeing, during the year, to assume responsibility for new awards toBahamas, Brunei, Cyprus, Malta and Singapore.Although the precise objectives of our relationship with developed and developingcountries differ, there is considerable overlap in the type of skills sought.Commonwealth Scholarships are designed to generate individuals who will return tohave an impact in their home countries. This is important both in our selectionprocedures and in maintaining contact with former award holders. It is gratifying to notecontinuing evidence of the overwhelming proportion of these who still work in theirhome country, and of their success there.Our work forms part of the wider international Commonwealth Scholarship andFellowship Plan. Part of our responsibility is to nominate UK candidates to take upawards offered in other member countries, and we are pleased to report an increase inthis activity. For the first time in several years, UK nominees will take upCommonwealth awards in Australia early in 2003. Other new destinations now availableinclude South Africa, Cameroon and Nigeria. The number of countries offering suchawards is now 14, compared with just six in 1999.At the 2002 Welcome Day: (above) formerUK Solicitor-General and CommonwealthScholar Ross Cranston, M.P., makes apoint at the panel session; (below)Conservative member of Parliament NigelEvans with students; (next below) LiberalDemocrat M.P. Simon Hughes withMichael Hilton (Foreign andCommonwealth Office) and CommissionChair Trudy HarphamOpenness and TransparencyWe continue to rely to a large extent on the governments, universities and other agencieswho nominate candidates to the Commission to ensure that Commonwealth Scholarshipsremain accessible. Two developments during the year are worthy of particular mention.The first is the development of the CSFP web site, which brings together Commonwealthawards in all participating countries. The site went live in September, following cooperationfrom agencies throughout the Commonwealth, and provides a unique insightinto awards available and selection procedures. It can be accessed atwww.csfp-online.org.Secondly, the range of organisations eligible to make nominations has been widened.The Professional Fellowship scheme involves a wide range of bodies, while split-site anddistance learning programmes provide opportunities for those in UK higher educationwith a commitment to developing countries. In the general scholarship scheme, too, asmall number of nominations are now invited from organisations dealing with displacedpersons who could not expect to gain nominations from any individual country. Twosuch nominations, made by the Hugh Pilkington Trust, led to scholarships this year.Commission PersonnelThe year has seen significant changes in the membership of the Commission. Mostnotably, December 2001 saw the retirement of Dr Geoffrey Caston after five years asChair during which the process of reform described in this report was devised. Thisreport would not be complete without special thanks to Geoffrey for his outstandingwork. We would also like to express our gratitude to Suhail Aziz, Colin George andAnne Lonsdale, whose terms of office also expired during the year. All made distinctivecontributions to the continuing rebalance of our work in a rapidly changing environment.PROFESSOR TRUDY HARPHAMChairJOHN KIRKLANDExecutive SecretaryCommission Chair, Trudy Harpham andExecutive Secretary, Dr. John KirklandCSC Annual Report page 3

ACADEMIC STAFF SCHOLARSHIPSAcademic Staff Scholarshipssupport postgraduate studyfor junior academic staff.Awards are concentrated oncountries in the lowest thirdof the United NationsHuman capacity index, andSub-Saharan Africa. 31new awards were made in2002.The Zambian health sector has been beset by financial and operational constraints,resulting in an inefficient and less effective delivery system. Jolly Kamwanga, aCommonwealth Academic Staff Scholar at the London School of Hygiene and TropicalMedicine, is developing new strategies to help the authorities improve the situation. Atthe same time, he is seeking to develop the discipline of health economics within thecountry.The early 1990’s saw a package of reforms aimed at improving delivery of healthservices. These were anchored on the concept of decentralisation. The aim was toincrease efficiency; for example, through the introduction of contracts betweenpurchasers and providers. Although district hospital boards could in theory contractwith any referral hospital, in practice their options were limited to a range of predeterminedproviders. These ‘locked-in’ relationships have led to contractingdifficulties, higher transaction costs and inappropriate referrals.The Central Board of Health (CBOH) has already identified the relationship betweendistrict boards and referral hospitals as a priority area for intervention. Severalstrategies have been tried to ease the problem, including changes in contract paymentmethods, creation of reference health centres, restricting access and the closing ofhospital outpatient departments. While there have been studies on structuraldeterminants and community reactions to referral rationalisation measures, none haveexamined institutional responses.This project seeks to apply ideas from new institutional economics to the problem. Itaims to understand the difficulties of contracting between district boards and referralhospitals, by using inappropriate referrals as an indicator of transaction costs.Specifically, it seeks to explain how the interaction of transaction attributes, key actors’objective functions, internal and external incentives and reward or penalty systemsimpact on referral patterns. Evidence considered will include the way in whichcontracts have changed over time, the impact of contract type and key conditions (suchas payment methods), analysis of who the main actors are in decision making and theirrole at various stages of the process.The work could have an impact both at policy level and with regard to widerunderstanding of the issues. Given the importance attached to the issues by theCBOH, interest at national level should be high, but there are also implications at subregionallevel. Zambia was a pioneer of health reforms in the area, and is often usedas a test case for other African states.She is one of the best PhDstudents I have supervised,and has made a significantcontribution to the diagnosisand treatment of bacterialdisease. A significant portionof her work has beenpublished, and it is hopedthat she can continue towork on her area for thebenefit of Bangladesh.University of StrathclydeMore generally, it willprovide information onthe extent to whichcontracting can beapplied to a Third Worldsetting, and whether theexpected gains can berealised in the context ofa low income country.By extending the debateto institutional responsesto reform it will addressan element muchneglected to date.The University Teaching Hospital, primarily for the use of Lusakaresidents, and one of the sites for the studyFor Jolly himself, the skills obtained during the project will enable him to contribute toa major policy gap in the longer term. The discipline of health economics is poorlydeveloped in Zambia, but critically needed as a tool for analysing reform. He hopesthat the project will enable him to contribute to this debate and the development of theacademic discipline, and to lead broader assignments to the benefit of his home country.CSC Annual Report page 6

ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPSIn selecting candidates for its Academic Fellowship programme, the Commissionconsiders not only the likely impact on the career of the candidate, but the relevance ofthe proposed work to the needs of his or her home country, and the extent to which UKfacilities and expertise are necessary. All of these factors were present in the case ofDr Ramesh Nakat, who used the facilities at Oxford to identify new techniques forpest control in his native India.Food production is an issue that affects us all on a daily basis. We are used tosurpluses in agricultural production because of the application of fertilisers andpesticides to boost yields and control pest insects. However, our use of chemicalpesticides is challenged by the development of resistance to these agents by the insect.Increasingly, the weapons in our armoury are depleted and we rely on fewer and fewerof these expensive products to kill our insect enemies.Academic Fellowships providemid-career academics indeveloping country universitieswith the opportunity to spendsix months in the UK. Inaddition to updating their ownskills, Fellows collaborate withhost institutions on researchprojects relevant to their homecountries. 74 Fellowships wereawarded in 2002.This situation is particularly evident in countries such as India, where many chemicalinsecticides are now useless. Instead, scientists and farmers are turning to the use ofbiological agents, such as viruses, bacteria and fungi, to control insect pests. Thesecan be produced locally, often by collecting insects that have succumbed to thepathogen, semi-purifying the agent and then reapplying it the following year. Thecycle can then continue on an annual basis.The problem with this approach is that the biocontrol agent produced is contaminatedwith other microorganisms. For insect-specific viruses such as baculoviruses, used tocontrol pests of cotton and other crops in India, the preparation can be laced withbacteria from the insect. These bacteria can reduce the effectiveness of the viruspreparation. To circumvent this problem and provide for the production of highlypurified baculoviruses forbiocontrol, Dr Nakat spenthis fellowship in ProfessorRobert Possee’s laboratory atthe NERC Centre forEcology and Hydrology,Oxford, UK learning how touse cell culture techniques tomake baculovirusinsecticides as well as themolecular techniques neededto validate the product.Starting with a limitedbackground in cell cultureand molecular biology, DrDr Ramesh Nakat - viewing food production at first handNakat quickly establishedcell culture systems forpropagating a baculovirus that kills a cotton pest. More importantly, he was able toamplify a baculovirus imported from India that is routinely used to control cottonpests. This virus seemed particularly well adapted to growth in cell culture, in contrastto many other baculoviruses. Dr Nakat also established that the virus could be grownmultiple times in insect cell culture, without obvious attenuation of its virulence.The significance of Dr Nakat’s work is obvious. It is now possible to produce a highlypurified preparation of baculovirus insecticide for use in the field. The only issue tobe confronted now is how best to transfer this technology back to India to the growerswho need to kill the insect pest. Professor Possee and Dr Nakat plan to maintain thecollaboration in the future to address this next step. In the meantime, Dr Nakat canpoint to wider benefits from his stay in the UK, having received training in advancedvirological techniques and molecular genetics that will benefit his contribution toteaching and research.He was exposed to methodsand ideas that would nothave been available in hishome country, and will be amore effective teacher andresearcher on his return. Weplan to continuecollaboration, and we willinvite him back in future.Imperial CollegeA very productive period …two joint papers on waterand drainage have alreadybeen presented, and twomore accepted. He has beeninstrumental in three wellqualified doctoral studentscoming to the department –two with university funding.We have invited him toremain as an externalexaminer, and look forwardto continuing collaborationwith his institution.University of LoughboroughCSC Annual Report page 7

SPLIT-SITE DOCTORATESSplit-Site Doctorates wereintroduced in 1998. Theyallow students workingtowards a PhD indeveloping countryuniversities to spend up toone year in the UnitedKingdom, as part of theirstudies. Following afavourable review in 2001,the programme hasexpanded. 30 newawards were made in2002.I was particularlyimpressed with thisstudent, who is clearly avery intelligent, talentedand mature young ladywith the potential tobecome a very successfulscientist. She would, inmy opinion, be aconsiderable asset to anyresearch groupUniversity of LeicesterHe has gained first handexperience of a number oftechniques that were new tohim, and made significantstrides towards thecompletion of his PhD. Hiswork will make a significantcontribution to ourunderstanding ofenvironmental change.University of LiverpoolAll of our award categories seek to produce outcomes of direct relevance to thecandidates’ home countries. Split-site awards, however, often have an additional valuein strengthening the long-term collaboration between the home and host universities.An example of this can be found in the work of Cate Muthuri, who spent a year at theUniversity of Nottingham, as part of her doctoral thesis at Jomo Kenyatta University,Kenya.The rapidly increasing population in Central Kenya has led to considerable humanmigration to low potential, semi-arid areas. This problem is particularly acute in NaroMoru District on the leeward side of Mount Kenya, an area characterised by lowrainfall, poor vegetation cover, high evaporation rates and strong winds. Illegalabstraction of water from rivers to support the expansion of irrigated crop productionhas led to a serious decline of stream flow. Attempts to reduce soil evaporation andimprove food production by applying crop residues are restricted by the limitedavailability of these materials.The introduction of Grevillea robustatrees into this area by smallholdershas increased the risk of crop failureand caused further depletion of scarcewater resources. Other tree specieswith lower water requirements needto be tested to provide a sustainablewater management strategy for thearea. Cate’s PhD programme isexamining the productivity, tree/cropinteractions and water use ofagroforestry systems at Naro Moruand a second research site at JomoCate Muthuri and colleagues with Professor Black duringfieldwork for the projectKenyatta University in Thika District near Nairobi. The two species being examinedare Alnus acuminata and Paulownia fortunei, both of which are adapted to the cold,semi-arid highlands, although no information is available concerning their water useand compatibility with crops in this region. The work seeks to establish whether usingSua deciduous trees will reduce demand for limited water supplies. It seeks not onlyto establish growth rates and compatibility of the three species, but to predict theconsequences of their integration, using complex simulation models.Initial results are encouraging. They suggest that Alnus and Paulownia have growthrates comparable to Grevillea and are suitable for the experimental sites, thus wideningfarmers’ choice. Physiological studies – the first of their kind in Kenya – have beenundertaken to establish responses to limited soil moisture, and it appears that all threespecies have reasonably high water use efficiency. It also appears that the growth ofmaize in agroforestry systems is enhanced by Alnus.Whilst Cate’s research remains rooted in local needs, Cate considers that her time inNottingham has been invaluable. In addition to facilitating a comprehensive literaturesearch, she has also been able to analyse chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations usingmodern techniques that were unavailable in Kenya. A study visit to Essex Universityalso provided invaluable hands-on experience of the diverse applications andmaintenance of PP Systems Infrared gas analysers for measuring photosynthesis andother gas exchange parameters. Her fieldwork allowance helped fund a visit to theIndonesian station of the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF),where work was undertaken to adapt the WaNuLCAS simulation model to specificproject data.Recognising the potential for further work Professor Colin Black, Cate’s supervisor atNottingham, visited Kenya in July 2002 to review the progress of her fieldwork. Hevisited both field sites and took part in discussions with the Kenyan supervisors,Professor Chin Ong (ICRAF) and Drs. Victoria Ngumi and Bancy Mati from JomoKenyatta University. The challenge is now for those involved in the collaboration tostrengthen and broaden these activities by building on the current work.CSC Annual Report page 8

PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPSFor many years, the Commission has offered fellowships to academic staff fromdeveloping countries to update their skills and collaborate with UK partners. In thepast year, we have extended the concept to other sectors, through the development of anew Professional Fellowship scheme.Defining the ScopeOur review of activities in 2000 commended the existing Academic Fellowshipscheme in terms of impact and value for money. Because Fellows were typically seenas partners, rather than students, host institutions were prepared to invest their ownresources in each project. There were notable spin-offs in terms of longer-termresearch projects and technology transfer, and Fellows were well placed to utilise theirfindings upon return to their home institutions.Professional Fellowships are anew initiative, enabling keyprofessionals from developingcountries to spend threemonths with a UK hostorganisation. 2002 saw ourfirst call for applications.Extending these benefits outside the academic sector presented several problems. Universitycareer structures are well suited to sabbatical periods, but other occupations might be lessable to release key staff. Higher education offers a clear route for nominating potentialFellows, but this would be more difficult across a wide range of sectors. Effective channelsexist to match Academic Fellows with potential hosts in the UK, where universities are wellused to Visiting Fellows, but this culture does not extend to other sectors.The challenge was to duplicate the benefits of academic fellowships in a scheme whichwas both practical, and did not involve unduly high administrative costs. At itsmeeting in May, the Commission agreed that this could be best achieved by adoptingthe following principles:• visits should be short – typically three months in duration, but with some flexibility• awards should not lead to a formal qualification – but could include attendance onshort courses where these were relevant to project aims• applicants holding full-time academic positions would not be eligible, in view of theCommission’s existing Academic Fellowship scheme• awards could be held at a wide range of institutions – from the public, private orcharitable sectors• applications should come from the host organisation, rather than the individual applicant• recognising the economies of scale in arranging such programmes, applicationsshould be accepted for up to six Fellows at any given timeProfessional bodiesUniversitiesVoluntary/NGOsOn this basis, applications were invited for the first round of awards, by the end ofSeptember. Publicity was targeted at a wide range of potential hosts: over 300organisations were contacted directly, in addition to national media advertisements.Demand for the ProgrammeThe first cohort of Fellows did not arrive in the UK until after the period covered bythis report. Full analysis of their quality and impact, therefore, is not being attemptedhere. The first wave of applications does, however, allow some conclusions on thelikely demand for the scheme in the longer term.Private sectorPublic sectoragencies(Above) Profile of organisations offeredawards in the first round of the programme.(Below) The first cohort of Fellows discussthe scheme with potential applicants, at aninformation day organised by theCommissionDespite the relatively short notice, 48 applicants were attracted, of whom 28 wereoffered awards. Particularly encouraging was the variety of candidate and projectproposed, and comments from applicants that they were not aware of any similarprogramme elsewhere. Host organisations were drawn from government, localauthorities, the private sector, universities and charities. In each case programmesconcentrated on the acquisition of specific skills that could be applied in the contextof the partipants’ professional work. Projects commenced in the early part of 2003 willbe analysed in the next annual report. The experience to date has been encouraging,however, and it has been decided to significantly expand provision in 2003-2004.CSC Annual Report page 9

DISTANCE LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS2002 saw the selection ofcourses through which theCommission would offer itsfirst ever scholarships bydistance learning. Theemphasis was oninstitutional capacitybuilding, as well as makingkey qualifications moreaccessible.One of the major recommendations of the Commission’s Review in 2000 was theintroduction of Commonwealth Scholarships by distance learning. 2002 saw thisrecommendation become a reality, with the selection of the first course providers. Theprogramme was formally launched in July.A Long-Standing ChallengeStudying away from home has always been expensive for those in developingcountries – both in terms of money and time away from work. There have also beenchallenges for scholars in transferring and adapting their new skills to the needs oftheir home environment on their return.At face value, distance learning offers considerable potential for internationaldevelopment. Used well, it should allow those working in developing countries tosecure valuable qualifications at an affordable cost, without the need to leave theirhome countries or employment. As with any other form of learning, however, distancelearning brings challenges. There remain questions about access to appropriatetechnology, length of time taken to secure the award, support from employers for parttimestudy and likely drop-out rates.It was against this background that the Commission set out to design its first everdistance learning awards. Where possible, its aim was not only to deliverqualifications to key groups within developing countries, but also to developinstitutional capacity in the regions concerned. To achieve this, strong preference wasgiven to courses provided through partnerships between UK and developing countryproviders.In a two-stage process, over 60 expressions of interest were received from UKuniversities, of which eight were invited to make detailed proposals. Selection criteriawere based on:• relevance of course provision to international development objectives• quality of course provision• track record in providing distance learning courses• participation of developing country partners, and commitment to build institutionalas well as individual capacity, as an integral part of the programme• quality and accessibility of local delivery methodsInitial SelectionsUsing the above criteria, four providers were selected for support in 2002-03.Staff from Imperial College London, theUniversity of Pretoria and the Commissionwith South African Minister for EducationProfessor Kader Asmal (third right) at thelaunch of the new initative• a partnership between Imperial College and the University of Pretoria, to offer theMSc degree in Agricultural Science as a University of London external degreecourse• an MSc delivered by the University of Sunderland and Jomo Kenyatta Universityof Agriculture, Kenya, to boost IT skills amongst the local graduate population• courses offered by the Water Engineering and Development Centre at theLoughborough University, including the MSc in Water and Waste Engineering andWater and Environmental Management• a partnership between the Loughborough University and Bangladesh University ofEngineering and Technology, to offer the MSc degree in Renewable EnergySystems TechnologyRecognising the costs incurred in the development of such courses, the Commissiondeparted from past practice by offering each provider a minimum number of fundedplaces, conditional on their being able to recruit sufficient numbers of candidates. TheSelection Committee met in the Autumn of 2002, and approved offers to 88 candidatesfor admission in 2002-03.CSC Annual Report page 10

DISTANCE LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPSLaunching the ProgrammeShortly after making its initial course selections, Commission members had theopportunity to formally launch the programme at the Pan-Commonwealth Conferenceon Open and Distance Learning, held in Durban from 29 July – 1 August. Resultingdiscussions highlighted the challenges still faced in the area internationally. It wasgenerally acknowledged that not enough was being done to measure the effectivenessof distance learning programmes internationally, that poor infrastructure and lack ofaccess to hardware remained a problem in many developing countries and that, giventhe importance of presenting course materials in a style accessible to end users, localcontextualisation was vital. It was clear that many sensitivities existed about thedevelopment of distance learning – which was still seen by many as a ‘northerndominated’ activity where genuine partnerships were rare.Despite these problems, the launch gave grounds for optimism with potentialpartnerships emerging from the audience, several members of which have expressedinterest in future rounds. Thanks are particularly due to Cable and Wireless plc, whosesupport made the launch possible.Monitoring and AnalysisPerhaps the clearest conclusion of the Durban conference was that the world ofdistance learning is still evolving. Whilst the potential of new learning techniques forpreviously excluded groups is widely recognised, systematic evidence of effectivenessremains thin on the ground.Launching the CSC Distance LearningProgramme: (Top) David Mellor,President of the Cable & Wireless VirtualAcademy with Trudy Harpham, (below)Lord Briggs (left) with CommissionMember Dr Hilary PerratonIn this context, there is every reason to regard our own activities as experimental. TheCommission is keen to work with providers in a constructive manner to improve theeffectiveness of our support, both to individual recipients and developing countryproviders. Mechanisms for monitoring progress are being put in place and, since all ofthe courses being supported are provided on a modular basis, it will be possible tomatch the level of support with actual progress. Given the importance of drop-outrates in this process, and the fact that most award holders will be studying alongsidetheir full-time employment, it will be some years before a full analysis of impact canbe concluded.Finally, we are keen to share the experience of these awards with other CSFP nationalagencies. The idea of Commonwealth Scholarships by distance learning is not entirelynew. Such awards were first introduced by Canada four years ago, as part of a seriesof providers in the Caribbean. In developing its own scheme, the Commission learntmuch from this project, and from the experience of the Vancouver basedCommonwealth of Learning, which managed the initiative. We hope that, over time,our experience will prove equally useful to others.Further OpportunitiesIn the meantime, the Commission remains positive about the potential of distancelearning, and is keen to support further projects in the coming year. Expressions ofinterest in a second round of awards have already been sought, and the budget fordistance learning activity has been doubled for 2003-2004. Once again, the emphasishas been on supporting partnerships between UK and developing country providers.The indications are that take-up will be high, with 11 providers (including furtherproposals from the four courses already supported) being short-listed for furtherconsideration. Although the deadline for 2003-04 has now passed the Commission iskeen to hear of potential partnerships at all times. An expression of interest form canbe found in the UK section of the CSFP web site at www.csfp-online.org.Opportunities for home study: Promotionalmaterials for distance learning at theUniversity of LoughboroughCSC Annual Report page 11

CSFP ALUMNI: DEVELOPING THE NETWORKFour years ago, the Commission embarked on a major project to trace some 13,000individuals who had held their awards in the United Kingdom. The results have beenhighly encouraging; well over 3,000 alumni have already responded. The past yearhas shown, however, that tracing former award holders is only the first step inrealising the project’s potential.The Commission embarked on its alumni project for several reasons. Firstly,knowledge of subsequent careers could play a vital role in evaluating our programmes– and hopefully in justifying the support of governments and others. Secondly, alumnican play a vital role in helping us to devise new programmes, necessary to meetchanging needs. Thirdly, former award holders are important in generating publicityfor the scheme, ensuring that it continues to reach the widest possible range ofcandidates.Omnes - The regular newsletter for CSFPalumniAlumni re-unions are becoming increasinglyfrequent as a result of the tracer study. (Above)former Commonwealth Scholars meet in Trinidad,with Rosalind Grimmitt of the Commissionsecretariat, (below) Alumni in Delhi with DeputyBritish High Commissioner Mark RunacresOur activities consist of three strands – finding former award holders, recording theirprogress, and using their expertise. The past year has seen progress in each area.Numbers of current addresses on our database have increased as a result of increasedpublicity and new sources of information. High Commissions, universities andnominating agencies in the countries concerned have all proved to be valuable sources.A search of documentary evidence from the early years of the Plan has enabled us toadd records of CSFP award holders in countries other than the UK, and in particularBritish students who travelled abroad for their awards. A particularly welcomedevelopment has been the decision of the Canadian authorities to conduct their owntracer study of CSFP alumni – an initiative that opens up many possibilities forcollaboration.Results to date confirm that the project has immense potential. Award holders not onlytypically return to their home country, but make a major impact there. Literallyhundreds have risen to the highest levels in their professions, whether in government,academia, business or the voluntary sector. The next step is to move beyondconventional alumni activity to transform the database into a genuine network ofexpertise. Several communication channels have already been established – such asthe twice-yearly magazine Omnes, local chapters and receptions in several countries.The production of the first ever directory of former scholars – a substantialundertaking scheduled to coincide with the Conference of Commonwealth EducationMinisters in October 2003 – will be a further step. Additional funding for this hasbeen obtained through a grant from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.In the longer term, even more could be achieved by dividing alumni into specificsubject or interest groups. Our most recent survey, which seeks details of currentsubject and research interests, and asks alumni to list their most significantcontributions, could be a valuable step in this direction. A likely outcome is theestablishment of electronic discussion groups, through which alumni could assist thedevelopment of each other’s careers, develop collaborations and assist external bodiesin the search for expertise in their areas.In harnessing the achievements of our alumni and electronic communication methods,we aim to maximise the impact of the Plan for both award holders themselves andtheir respective countries. In future, the hope is that Commonwealth awards will lastnot for a defined period in the United Kingdom, but for life!If you are a former CSFP award holder who is not yet a member of the AlumniAssociation, please contact us at alumni@acu.ac.uk. Alternatively, a form to submityour details can be downloaded from the alumni section of the CSFP web site, atwww.csfp-online.org.CSC Annual Report page 12

SKILLS ENHANCEMENTThe ability of individuals to make an impact in future careers depends not only onformal qualifications, but upon a range of personal and other skills. The Commissionis keen to ensure that award holders receive extra training in these areas, and use theirtime in the United Kingdom to network as widely as possible.The introduction of ‘skills enhancement’ events was a major recommendation of ourlast review. The idea was to provide training in areas which, although vital to awardholders’ future effectiveness, would not be provided through their formal studies. Thisyear, for the first time, we were able to allocate a formal budget to support suchevents.The pilot programme included nine separate seminars, and five external providers.Topics ranged from general management skills – such as team building, strategicthinking and leadership – to more specific areas. A weekend course organised by theThompson Foundation, in conjunction with the School of Journalism in the Universityof Wales, Cardiff dealt with presenting ideas to the media. Another session, organisedby the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) inOxford gave practical advice on how to access information from developing countries– an essential skill for those seeking to build a research career.(Above and below) Studentsundergoing a practical exercise duringthe Negotiation and Problem SolvingcourseThe UK Research Administrators’ Group Network (RAGNET) staged a specialist onedaycourse on how to present funding applications and manage projects for externalfunders. Topics covered included how to seek funds for collaborations involvingdeveloping country universities, how to find external partners, financial management,the dissemination of results to wider society and intellectual property issues. TheInstitute of Education, University of London, staged two courses on gender issues.The first examined ways in which knowledge is generated from a gender perspective;the second looked at career issues for those women students about to return home, andoffered practical help in drawing up individual career plans.Management and leadership courses were supplied by LEAD International, a charitywith specific experience in training for developing countries, whose UK office is basedat Imperial College London. Courses included: Building Highly effective Teams,Exploring Leadership through Experience and Practice, Negotiation and ProblemSolving and Using Systems Thinking for Transformational Change. The latter coursedrew on material developed jointly by LEAD, the Sustainability Institute and theUniversity of New Hampshire.The majority of courses took place after the period covered by this report, but it isalready clear that demand was overwhelming, despite the fact that many courses wereat weekends. Initial feedback has also been positive – finding a way to increaseprovision within the budget will be a major challenge for future years!Where possible, too, the Commission aims to involve award holders in wider policydebates. Our annual welcome day always has a policy theme – examples in recentyears have included the impact of globalisation and the role of universities ininternational development. Those with easy access to London are encouraged to takepart in the extensive seminar programme of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.Over 20 took part in a recent consultation exercise organised by the InternationalDevelopment Research Centre – a publicly funded agency in Canada – on policytowards the internationalisation of research. Many award holders write articles whilstin the UK, and several of those in the country in late 2003 will have the chance to takepart in the Edinburgh Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers.Professor Anne Gold (third right), whopresented two seminars on gender issues,with the Commission’s Rachel Day (thirdleft) and award holdersIn short, holding a Commonwealth award is about more than gaining a qualification.To maximise impact, we need to be sure that award holders use their time in the UK tomaximum effect; to learn more generic skills that will increase their contribution inlater life. This year’s new initiatives have provided a clear step in this direction.CSC Annual Report page 13

CSFP & THE COMMONWEALTHThe Commission is acutely aware that its work forms part of the internationalCommonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. Many of our activities during theyear have aimed to strengthen this international aspect.Bringing People TogetherAlthough the CSFP has been one of the largest award schemes in the world for manyyears, it has not always been amongst the most accessible. One reason for this hasbeen its bilateral nature. Decisions on whether to host awards, and if so who to offerthem to, are made and publicised by each individual country. Historically, details ofthese have not been brought together in a single place.Cathy Jamieson, Scottish Minister forEducation and Young People with twoCommonwealth Students at the launchparty for the forthcoming EducationMinisters ConferenceFor this reason, the 14th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers in 2000proposed the creation of a central CSFP web site. Thanks to a grant from the UKForeign and Commonwealth Office, this project has come to fruition during the year.Its design has been an immense task, involving information on selection methods andcriteria from over 40 countries, as well as the awards offered by 14 host nations. Inmany cases, application forms are downloadable directly from the site.In addition to details about specific opportunities, the site contains backgroundinformation on the Plan and its history, and a section for alumni to keep in touch. TheUK section, which also serves as the official Commission web site, includes regularupdates of our work with award holders, past annual reports and links to other majorscholarship schemes in the UK.This site was officially opened in September, and had already attracted over 19,000visits within the first six months. It can be accessed at www.csfp-online.org.Commonwealth Secretary General, DonMcKinnon, views the new CSFP websitefor himselfDeveloping the Commonwealth ConnectionAward holders are acutely aware of the Commonwealth nature of their awards, andevery effort is made to involve them in Commonwealth related activities. Forinstance, a delegation of students is invited each year to attend the annualCommonwealth Day service, held each March in Westminster Abbey in the presenceof Her Majesty the Queen. Other award holders have attended events staged by theCouncil for Education in the Commonwealth.This year, the Commonwealth connection will be more important than ever. The 15thConference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), scheduled for Edinburghin October 2003, will be the first such conference in the United Kingdom since thefirst meeting in 1959 – the meeting responsible for establishing CommonwealthScholarships!The Commonwealth Institute – venue forthe 2002 Welcome programmePlans are already afoot to ensure that award holders in the UK play an important partin the event. They were represented at the official launch of the conferencepreparations, and hope to play an important role in the Youth Forum being planned torun alongside the main conference. The Commission has already been asked tonominate a representative to the Forum organising committee.During the year, also, discussions took place with the Commonwealth Secretariat tofind ways in which the ‘Commonwealth connection’ could become even morepermanent. These have since led to the establishment of a regular ‘focus group’ toidentify future opportunities for joint events and publicity, and to the possibility thatalumni could be used more systematically as a source of advice for future planning. Ineach case, there is a recognition that education programmes such as the CSFP, byintroducing highly talented young people to the Commonwealth, can play a vital rolein securing its future relevance.CSC Annual Report page 14

OUTWARD SCHOLARSHIPSThe Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan was established as a bi-partisanprogramme, under which governments of Commonwealth countries offered awards tocitizens of others. In recent years, the Commission has been working to increase therange of opportunities for UK students overseas.Over twenty countries have offered Commonwealth Scholarships since the schemewas established in 1959. In some cases, the awards are restricted to certain countriesonly, to particular regions or to ‘developing’ Commonwealth countries, although about1,000 British citizens have also benefited. In many cases, awards have been inunusual destinations for which few other scholarships are available.During the 1990’s, the number of awards to UK citizens declined; recent years haveseen the start of a reversal of this trend. A particular highlight of 2002 was ournomination of the first UK scholarship holders in Australia for several years. This wasthe result of an initiative by several individual universities – Curtin University ofTechnology, University of Queensland, Victoria University, Macquarie University andSwinburne University of Technology – co-ordinated by IDP Australia. TheCommission is extremely grateful for their support. We also remain grateful touniversities in New Zealand, who have continued to offer awards to UK citizens inrecent years, supplementing the government-funded awards to developing countries.Britain’s first ever nomination for a CommonwealthScholarship in the Cameroon, Chloe Smythe, meetsCameroon’s Minister of Higher Education,Professor Maurice Tcheunte (left) and Mr KitsMbeboh, from the Cameroon High Commission inLondonThe number of awards offered by Canada also increased during 2002, although severalof these were not taken up. The UK candidate for the first ever CommonwealthScholarship in South Africa, at the University of Natal, also withdrew after an offerhad been made, but the scholarship has been held over until 2003, as has the first everscholarship in Cameroon. We are confident that nominations will be made in bothcategories. Another welcome addition to the list was Nigeria, which offered awardsfor the first time since 1995.There are further encouraging signs for the future. Since the 2002 selections, theCommission has been invited to nominate candidates for Ghana for the first time inmany years. We have also heard that Mauritius, too, has awarded its firstCommonwealth Scholarship – to a citizen of Tanzania. In the United Kingdom wehave made our first nomination for several years to Brunei at the end of the year.Other countries known to be supporting awards in the wider CSFP include Jamaica,India, Malaysia and Trinidad and Tobago.Whilst our primary objective remains offering awards to overseas award holders in theUnited Kingdom, the Commission believes that the wider CSFP offers exceptionalpotential to improve international understanding, often in regions not commonlythought of for study by British students. We hope that the welcome increase in suchawards will continue in future.Outward scholarships 2002Nominations Nominations Awards Awards Awards takensoughtmade notified accepted up 2001Australia 6 5 5 3 0Cameroon 2 0 0 0 0Canada 14 14 12 5 3India 2 1 1 * 1Jamaica 1 0 0 0 0New Zealand 10 8 3 2 4Nigeria 9 1 * * 0South Africa 1 1 1 0 0Professor Babalola Borishade, Nigeria’s FederalMinister of Education, discusses last year’s CSCAnnual Report with ACU Secretary GeneralMichael Gibbons. Nigeria has recently decided tooffer Commonwealth Scholarships for the first timesince 1995.*Outcome pendingCSC Annual Report page 15

PERFORMANCE INDICATORSCommission submission rates compared withresearch council rates: 1997 starters9080706050%403020100BBSRC CSFP EPSRC ESRC MRC NERC PPARCSource: Table 5.12 of Science Engineering andTechnology Statistics 2002 published online by theOffice of Science and Technology athttp://www.ost.gov.uk/setstatsAlthough award holders are based throughout the UK, the Commission placesemphasis on maintaining contact with them, and monitoring their progress. Over aperiod of years, this information can be used to evaluate the strengths and weaknessesof our service, and gain insight into award holders’ views of their host institutions andthe United Kingdom more generally.Monitoring ProgressEach award holder is the responsibility of a named officer within the secretariat who,having arranged placement, becomes the main point of reference for subsequentdealings with the Commission. The procedures applied include:• where possible, establishing electronic contact between successful candidates andexisting award holders, before their arrival in the United Kingdom• making contact with the prospective supervisor at the time of arrival, pointing outspecial needs and problems that may be encountered• inviting new award holders to attend the Welcome Programme• a requirement for award holders to write a report at the end of the first term, andseparate reports from award holders and their supervisors at the end of each year• scanning of annual reports for emerging issues – each report is read not only bysecretariat staff, but also by at least one member of the Commission• access as required to specialist services offered by the British Council, dealing forexample with welfare and immigration issuesMeasuring SuccessA key indicator of the scheme’s success is the extent to which award holders achievetheir intended qualifications. For taught courses, the outcome is overwhelminglypositive – success rates have continually been over 90% in recent years.In the case of doctoral qualifications, the Commission monitors submission rates,using as a benchmark the equivalent figures for the UK Research Councils, whoseawards are among the most sought after by British postgraduates. This is an ambitioustarget, given the wide range of personal, cultural and social problems encountered byoverseas students.Commonwealth Scholars have fared well against this measure, largely matchingResearch Council students over the past four years. This year our cohort fell slightlybehind the benchmark. Although the 74% submission rate within four years was theSubmission rates by field of study: 1997 startersField of StudyStarters1997GainedInside 4yearsSubmissionRate within 4years %SubmissionRate within5 years %ARTS 30 19 63 73AGRICULTURE AND4 3 75 75FORESTRYDENTISTRY 1 1 100 100MEDICINE 8 7 88 88PURE SCIENCE 28 23 82 86SOCIAL SCIENCES 30 20 67 73TECHNOLOGY 24 19 79 83VETERINARY SCIENCE 2 2 100 100TOTAL 127 94 74 80second highest recordedfor our students, theCouncil’s rates increasedstill further. This mayreflect more generousfunding arrangements andprovision for structuredtraining during the earlystages of doctoralprogrammes.Encouraging Feedback: (top)Julie Stackhouse, of the Commission secretariatand Carmel Connolly of the British Councilseeking award holders views (below) Rachel Day,of the Commission secretariat and Jennifer Yap ofthe British Council in discussion with new awardholdersThe difference is somewhat less marked, however, when subject differences areanalysed. Although the nature of the categories makes precise comparisons difficult,Commission submission rates appear higher than the benchmark in the areas ofmedicine and several areas of science. They are markedly lower in the field of socialsciences. On the other hand, the Commission average rate is depressed by a low figurefor arts students, for which no equivalent Research Council figure is available.Although the gap between Commission and Research Council rates in social sciencesthis year will require further monitoring, overall the close relationship between thesuccess of our students and those of their top quality peers in the UK is encouraging,and one that we will continue to use as the basis for our analysis in future.CSC Annual Report page 16

PERFORMANCE INDICATORSEncouraging FeedbackAward holders’ views on their experience in the United Kingdom play an importantrole in determining our level of service. In the last four years, we have conductedanonymous surveys to establish their feelings about the scheme itself, their hostinstitutions and life in the United Kingdom generally. Although anonymity preventsour issuing reminders, the number of replies has increased this year withquestionnaires being received from almost 400 award holders.Overall impressions were once again very positive, and in most categories the resultswere similar to those of previous years. Some trends, however, are worth recording.The provision of advice by institutions was once again the least well regarded feature;however, the proportion of those rating this as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ did increase for thethird successive year – it now stands at 67%, compared with 56% in 1999. Conversely,the proportion rating this as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ dropped below 10% for the firsttime, to 8.6%.Other discernible trends include the steady improvement in access to computingfacilities – from 76% ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ in 1999 to 88% this year and the increasingproportion of respondents rating their overall academic experience as ‘good’ or‘excellent’, which reached 90% for the first time in 2002. The overall administrationResults of award-holders survey: combined ratings for ‘excellent’ and ‘good’1999-20021999%2000%2001%2002%Selection and placement procedures 85 88 86 84ACU’s Administration overall 90 96 95 93Standard of supervision/ teaching 84 87 85 83Access to Library 80 86 84 86Access to Computing Facilities 76 79 83 88Access to Laboratories 86 87 89 90Academic Facilities Overall 85 91 86 87Course of Study Overall 85 84Academic Experience Overall 87 89 89 90Institutions Provision of Advice 56 57 65 67Overall Experience of living in the UK 85 84 87 89of the scheme by theACU was onceagain the highestrated feature, with acomparable figure of93%.Living in theUnited KingdomAward holders’overall perception ofliving in the UnitedKingdom has improved marginally over the past two years, with the proportion ratingthe experience as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ increasing from 84% to 89% over that period.Only 1% found the experience less than ‘satisfactory’.Giving Feedback: Commonwealth Scholars givetheir views on a range of issues, at the 2002Welcome DayStudents were more divided over the adequacy of financial support. 69% found this tobe at least ‘fairly adequate’ – a slight decline from the 70% in 2001. Only 4% foundthe award to be ‘not at all adequate’. Interestingly, the level of satisfaction wasrelatively even between categories of award holder, with 73% of Fellows and taughtpostgraduates being at least fairly satisfied, despite the higher stipend levels in theformer categories. Research postgraduates, however, were less content, with anequivalent figure of 65%.Results of award-holders survey 2002Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very Poor No.% %% %%Selection and placement procedures 38.1 45.8 14 1.3 0.8 236ACU’s Administration overall 52.2 41.2 6.3 0.3 0 381Standard of supervision/ teaching 53.9 28.8 14.5 2.8 0 386Access to Library 44 41.7 12.4 1.6 0.3 386Access to Computing Facilities 50 37.6 9.8 2.6 0 386Access to Laboratories 49.4 40.6 8.8 1.3 0 160Academic Facilities Overall 41 45.6 12.4 1.0 0 388Course of study Overall 40.2 44 11.4 4.4 0 386Academic Experience Overall 41.1 48.7 8.9 1.3 0 384Institutions Provision of Advice 16 50.9 24.5 8.3 0.3 375Overall Experience of living in the UK 35.2 54 9.5 0.8 0.5 389Where possible, the Commission seeks to monitor living costs most closely associatedwith award holders. Of particular interest are rent levels, which our survey showedincreasing by 4.8% from the previous year, following a 3.7% rise in 2001. Average rentsnow stand at £343 for scholars and £421 for Fellows, although these figures concealconsiderable variation. Location, as might be expected, was a significant factor,although in many cases the ability to secure university accommodation was equallyimportant. Although the average Fellow’s rent was 23% higher than that of a scholar, itshould be remembered that the differential in stipend is 60%.CSC Annual Report page 17

2003 SELECTIONSScholars and Fellows on award during the2001/2002 Academic YearSchemeNoCommonwealth General Scholarships 398Commonwealth Split-siteScholarships 18Commonwealth Academic StaffScholarships 105Commonwealth Fellowships 78TOTAL 5992002 Selections: General Scholars by regionRegion Target% Actual%Sub-Saharan Africa 50 57South Asia 30 26Others 20 17The number of new awards taken up in 2002 rose from 291 to 365 – an increase of25%. This increase was concentrated on those countries supported by the Departmentfor International Development, which accounted for 293 awards, compared with 215in the previous year. The number of new awards supported by the Foreign andCommonwealth Office declined slightly, from 78 to 72. These figures exclude awardsmade during 2002-03 for the new programmes of distance learning scholarships andprofessional fellowships, since these were taken up after the period covered by thisreport.Regional QuotasThe Commission does not allocate specific numbers of awards to individual countries,since it seeks to encourage open competition between candidates. In recent years,however, it has adopted loose targets for the division of General Scholarships betweenregions. These were revised in our 2000 review to place more emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa, which had under-performed during the 1990’s.This aim was more than fulfilled during the year, with 57% of the awards concernedgoing to Africa. Southern Asia took 26%, compared with a 30% target, and othercountries 17%. Whilst the Commission welcomes this development in the short term,since it reflects a significant increase in the quality of candidates from Africa, it willretain the previous targets for 2003.A more complete picture of success rates can be seen by comparing nominations,selections and awards taken up. Africa was responsible for 40% of the 888 eligiblenominations, and received 38% of the awards offered. The 47% success rate ofAfrican candidates was almost identical to that for those from South Asia and thecombined ‘other’ regions. In interpreting these figures, it should be remembered thatselection by the Commission represents only part of the process, and that candidateshave to undergo highly competitive procedures in order to secure their nomination.General Scholarships are the only Commission programme through which awards areavailable to all Commonwealth countries. In the case of Academic Staff Scholarships,awards are concentrated on universities in the poorest third of the United NationsHuman Development Index, and sub-Saharan Africa. Academic Fellowships andSplit-site Doctorates are also concentrated on particular developing countries.2002 Selections: Scholars by level of studyAwards Taught% Research%FCO FundedGeneral Scholarships 66 34DFID FundedGeneral Scholarships 62 * 38CASS 43 57All 61 39*Includes one undergraduate awardType of CourseWithin the General Scholarships category, selections continued the move of recentyears away from doctorates to taught courses, often of a more directly vocationalnature. This policy was adopted following our 2000 review, and endorsed in asubsequent survey of national nominating agencies. The 62% of DFID funded generalscholarships awarded for taught courses was the highest for several years, increasingfrom 49% in 2002. The figure reflects both overall policy, and our desire not to incurabnormally high continuer costs by using this year’s budget increase on three yearawards. The proportion of FCO funded awards for taught courses also continued torise, the figure of 66% comparing with 59% the previous year.The trend towards taught courses was most marked in the case of Academic StaffScholarships. These have traditionally concentrated on doctorates, in response to theexpressed needs of recipient universities. Last year, 85% of awards were in thiscategory; in 2002 the figure declined to 57%. Support for Split-site Doctorates, however,increased significantly, with the highest ever number of awards – 30 – comparing with18 in 2001.Selection By GenderThe Commission does not routinely discriminate in favour of women in its selection process,but in recent years has increasingly highlighted to nominating agencies the need to ensure afair gender balance in their selections. Our awards also make provision for spouses anddependent children. This year’s figures suggest that this policy is having positive effects.In 2001, the proportion of new female General Scholars reached 50% for the first time.CSC Annual Report page 18

2003 SELECTIONSWomen as a percentage of nominations and, selections by schemeType of AwardWomen as % ofNominationsWomen as %of SelectionsFCO Funded Scholarships 53.6 58.7DFID Funded Scholarships 38.6 45.1All General Scholarships 43.0 49.6CASS 23.9 27.0Split-site 45.2 54.5Fellowships 26.2 28.7All 38.1 43.9This year’s figure remained at 50%, although it remains of some concern that theproportion of female scholars from developing countries remained static in both yearsat 45%. This has been partly offset, however, by the continued attractiveness of SplitsiteDoctorates to female candidates; the proportion increasing from 53% to 55%during the year.The need for continuing action on gender, however, is demonstrated by the figuresfrom the Academic Staff Scholarships and Academic Fellowships. Nominations ofwomen in both categories remain low, doubtless reflecting the proportions of femaleacademic staff in developing country universities. This year, female nominations forNominations, selection and take-up by region2002 saw an increase in the number of universitiesoffering joint awards with the Commission. (Top)The Mayor of Nottingham, the University’s Vice-Chancellor and Anna Gane, of the Commissionsecretariat, with joint award holders at the Universityof Nottingham. (Below) Commission ExecutiveSecretary John Kirkland with Bright Kofi Sakyi, ajoint award holder at University College London.AwardsNominationsreceivedApplicationsselected bytheCommissionTake upofawardsDeveloped168 92 72CommonwealthSub-Saharan Africa 351 164 144South Asia 269 128 109Caribbean 53 32 27Pacific 13 3 3Far East 19 6 6Europe 15 6 4TOTAL 888 431 365Academic Staff Scholarships declined from 27% to 24%, although the proportion offellowship nominations increased from 20% to 26%. In each case, the proportion ofwomen selected for awards by the Commission was higher than that nominated.Joint AwardsJointly financed awards with UK universities are a new feature of the GeneralScholarships competition. Following a successful experiment with the CambridgeCommonwealth Trust in 2001, the programme was extended to a wider range ofuniversities this year. A total of 34 awards were financed in this manner. TheCommission is grateful to the Universities of Cambridge, Essex, Heriot-Watt, Leeds,Loughborough Nottingham, Oxford, St. Andrews and University College London fortheir support, and to several other universities who offered such scholarships.The joint awards have played a valuable role in making Commonwealth Scholarshipsmore widely available. It is emphasised, however, that awards remain available at allUK universities, and will continue to be made on merit alone. As a further guaranteeof this, the Commission has a stated policy of ensuring that at least 75% of itsresources will continue to be devoted to fully funded awards.New InitiativesSince the current report covers only the year ending 30 September 2002, the figures inthis section refer only to the four established schemes for which award holders wereselected by that date. During the period, however, work was also taking place towardsselection of the initial cohorts of distance learning scholars and professional fellowshipholders. Both processes were completed during the 2002-03 financial year, and arereported on pages 9, 10 and 11. Final numbers of awards will be given in the reportfor the year ending September 2003.CSC Annual Report page 19

CSFP PEOPLE...One of the biggest areas of change in the past year was in the composition of theCommission itself. In total, nine new members were appointed, as the result ofretirements and a policy of bringing membership up to the legal limit of 15. The newmembers were appointed in accordance with the Code of Practice on PublicAppointments. The aim was to recruit individuals who combine academic excellencewith direct experience of international development.Meeting award holders at first hand : (above)Commission Deputy Chair Professor William Hill;(right top) Professor Trudy Harpham and (rightbelow) Professor Tim ShawThe most significant change, in December, was the appointment of a new Chair.Professor Trudy Harpham, Professor of Urban Development and Policy at SouthBank University, has over twenty years’ experience of applied development studiesembracing health, social, education, poverty and infrastructure projects. A member ofthe Commission for five years, she has successfully supervised more than 20 doctoralstudents. She replaces Dr Geoffrey Caston, former Vice-Chancellor of the Universityof the South Pacific, whose term of office expired in December 2001.The new look Commission includes three members with experience of directing highereducation institutions. Professor Colin Bundy is Director of the School of Orientaland African Studies, having formerly been Vice-Chancellor of the University of theWitwatersrand in South Africa.In addition to his first handexperience of higher educationand development issues inSouthern Africa, he serves onthe Universities UKInternational Strategy Group.Professor Maxwell Irvineprovides another valuable linkwith the UK system, through hisroles on the Universities UK/Foreign and CommonwealthOffice Steering Group. Aformer Vice-Chancellor of theUniversities of Aberdeen andBirmingham, he is currentlyworking on the promotion ofscience at the University ofManchester.Professor David Johns whosebackground is in charteredengineering has experience asDirector of the (now) CityUniversity of Hong Kong andthe University of Bradford. Hehas widespread experience ofdeveloping countries, through project work for the former Overseas DevelopmentAdministration and British Council. His other policy interests are knowledge transfer,economic regeneration, health and continuing education.Other new recruits have an even more direct link with development issues. SharonHuttly is a Reader in International Child Health and Development at the LondonSchool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is also Teaching Programme Directorfor the School, with responsibility for overseeing the development of both Londonbased and distance learning postgraduate courses. She has previously undertaken workfor the World Health Organisation, World Bank, Department for InternationalDevelopment and United Nations agencies.Professor Gurharpal Singh has recently been appointed Nadir Dinshaw Professor ofInter-Religious Relations at the University of Birmingham, having previously beenProfessor of Indian Politics at the University of Hull. His main interests are in theCSC Annual Report page 20

...THE COMMISSIONfield of religious and ethnic conflict, democratisation, multiculturalism and interreligiousrelations.Professor Martin Snaith also has a long standing commitment to development issues,specialising in the management and development of highway networks. Systemsdeveloped by his centre at the University of Birmingham have been widely adopted indeveloping countries, often with DFID support. The centre has also been responsiblefor training over 600 post graduate students, including senior civil servants andeducationalists from around the world.Other new appointments have combined development expertise with a particularinterest in Commonwealth affairs. Dr Hilary Perraton spent ten years at theCommonwealth Secretariat where he was closely involved with the establishment ofthe Vancouver based Commonwealth of Learning organisation; he was also closelyinvolved with distance learning policy as an educational planner at the University ofthe West Indies, and as Founding Director of the International Research Foundationfor Open Learning, and written several authoritative texts in the field.Professor John Morgan is Chairman of the new Commonwealth EducationDocumentation Centre at the University of Nottingham, where he is also Director ofthe Centre for Comparative Education Research. He has long standing interests ineducation and development, with experience in Africa (particularly Nigeria) and Asia.He serves on the executive committees of the British Association for International andComparative Education, and the Council for Education in the Commonwealth.Professor Tim Shaw is the Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies inLondon, where his expertise lies in the area of governance and development. He hasthe distinction of gaining degrees on three continents – including a Masters degree atMakerere University in Uganda. He has taught in Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda,Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as Canada and the United Kingdom, and remains aVisiting Professor at both Makerere University and the University of Stellenbosch.The new appointments join five existing Commission members. Of these, ProfessorWilliam Hill, until recently Dean of Science at the University of Edinburgh, hasrecently been appointed Deputy Chair. Professor Hill has broad interests in the fieldsof biology and agriculture. His many honours include a Fellowship of the RoyalSociety, and appointment as a panel Chair in the most recent national ResearchAssessment Exercise.Another member based in Scotland, Professor Jang Dilawari is a ConsultantPhysician and Gastroenterologist at Invercylde Royal Hospital, who in addition tomedical expertise brings first hand knowledge of provision in the Indian sub-continent.Continuing the discussion: (from the top) ProfessorJohn Morgan, Professor Martin Snaithand Professor David JohnsThe three remaining Commission members were appointed in the last round ofselections, in 2000, and all support the growing emphasis on developing country work.Caren Levy works for the Development Planning Unit at University College London,specialising in urban policy and planning and the institutionalisation of social justice indevelopment, particularly in respect of gender issues.Dr Derek Miles was until recently Director of the Institute of DevelopmentEngineering at the University of Loughborough. In a prolific career embracing boththe private and university sector, he has worked in over 50 countries as a consultantand adviser on construction industry development, and has been author or co-author of19 books and over 100 articles and papers.Dr Pat Richardson’s expertise lies in the development of small business andenterprise, with particular emphasis on gender issues. Her 20 years’ experience largelyat the Foundation for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development – at theUniversity of Durham, have involved direct work with institutions in South Africa,Lesotho, Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Jordan, China, India and Bangladesh. She has alsoundertaken several projects for DFID and other international aid agencies.CSC Annual Report page 21

2002 AWARDS: NOMINATIONS AND SELECTIONSNominations received from overseasApplications selected for awards by the CommissionCOUNTRYGeneral CASS Fellows Split-site Total General CASS Fellows Split-site TotalDEVELOPEDCOMMONWEALTHAUSTRALIA 62 0 0 0 62 33 0 0 0 33CANADA 78 0 0 0 78 45 0 0 0 45NEW ZEALAND 28 0 0 0 28 14 0 0 0 14Subtota 168 0 0 0 168 92 0 0 0 92SUB-SAHARAN AFRICACAMEROON 14 0 4 1 19 6 0 4 0 10GAMBIA 8 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 3GHANA 10 9 4 4 27 7 2 3 0 12KENYA 15 0 4 4 23 3 0 0 2 5LESOTHO 1 4 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 2MALAWI 11 4 0 1 16 3 1 0 1 5MAURITIUS 2 0 2 1 5 2 0 2 1 5MOZAMBIQUE 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1NAMIBIA 6 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1NIGERIA 33 23 11 8 75 12 7 5 2 26ST HELENA 1 1SEYCHELLES 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1SIERRA LEONE 12 2 0 0 14 2 1 0 0 3SOUTH AFRICA 47 5 1 8 61 39 2 1 5 47SWAZILAND 6 0 3 0 9 2 0 2 0 4TANZANIA 8 7 2 2 19 5 4 1 2 12UGANDA 15 6 0 0 21 8 5 0 0 13ZAMBIA 12 8 1 1 22 4 2 1 1 8ZIMBABWE 9 5 0 0 14 5 1 0 0 6Subtota 215 74 32 30 351 104 27 19 14 164SOUTH ASIABANGLADESH 22 12 14 1 49 16 8 7 1 32INDIA 54 0 75 6 135 18 0 38 5 61MALDIVES 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1PAKISTAN 27 0 14 0 41 7 0 5 0 12SRI LANKA 12 0 19 11 42 7 0 11 4 22Subtotal 117 12 122 18 269 49 8 61 10 128CARIBBEANANGUILLA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0BARBADOS 4 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 1 4BELIZE 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1CAYMAN ISLANDS 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0DOMINICA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0GRENADA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0GUYANA 4 0 2 0 6 1 0 2 0 3JAMAICA 8 0 0 3 11 7 0 0 3 10MONTSERRAT 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1ST KITTS AND NEVIS 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1ST LUCIA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0ST VINCENT AND THEGRENADINES2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 5 0 0 5 10 4 0 0 4 8VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2Subtotal 42 0 2 9 53 22 0 2 8 32PACIFICKIRIBATI 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0NAURU 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 2SOLOMON ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0TONGA 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1TUVALU 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0WESTERN SAMOA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0Subtotal 8 5 0 0 13 1 2 0 0 3CSC Annual Report page 22

2002 AWARDS: NOMINATIONS AND SELECTIONSNominations received from overseasApplications selected for awards by theCommissionGeneral CASS Fellows split-site Total General CASS Fellows split-site TotalFAR EASTMALAYSIA 5 0 7 4 16 0 0 4 0 4SINGAPORE 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2Subtotal 7 0 8 4 19 1 0 5 0 6EUROPECYPRUS 7 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1GIBRALTAR 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0MALTA 5 1 0 1 7 4 0 0 1 5Subtotal 13 1 0 1 15 5 0 0 1 6TOTAL 570 92 164 62 888 274 37 87 33 431NOTE: Figures in this section exclude distance learning and Professional Fellowship awards. These were madeafter the period covered by the report, although within the 2002-03 financial year. The awards will be covered bythe next annual report for the year to 30 September 2003.CSC Annual Report page 23

2002 AWARDS: PARTICIPATION BY UK INSTITUTIONSInstitution CASS Fellowships General Split-site TotalUniversity of Aberdeen 1 1 1 0 3University Hospital Aintree 0 1 0 0 1Architectural Association 0 0 1 0 1Aston University 1 0 0 0 1University of Bath 0 0 4 0 4University of Birmingham 3 4 5 0 12University of Bradford 0 0 2 0 2University of Bristol 0 1 3 0 4Brunel University 0 0 1 0 1University of Cambridge 0 4 32 2 38City University 0 0 1 0 1Cranfield University 1 0 0 0 1University of Durham 1 2 2 0 5University of East Anglia 0 0 0 2 2University of Edinburgh 1 3 5 0 9University of Essex 2 0 2 0 4University of Exeter 0 1 2 0 3University of Glasgow 0 1 3 1 5Heriot-Watt University 0 1 2 0 3University of the Highlands and Islands at Sabhal MorOstaig0 0 1 0 1University of Hull 1 0 1 1 3Human Reproductive Sciences Unit (MRC) 0 0 0 1 1Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted (BBSRC) 0 1 0 0 1John Innes Centre, Norwich 0 1 0 1 2University of Kent at Canterbury 0 1 2 0 3University of Lancaster 0 1 5 0 6University of Leeds 0 2 7 0 9University of Leicester 0 0 1 1 2University of Liverpool 1 2 1 0 4University of LondonBirkbeck 0 1 1 0 2Eastman Dental Institute (UCL) 0 0 1 0 1Goldsmiths College 0 0 1 0 1Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Schools of Medicine,Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences0 0 0 1 1Imperial College London 2 1 14 1 18Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith 0 1 0 1 2Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's 0 1 0 0 1Institute of Commonwealth Studies 0 0 0 1 1Institute of Education 0 0 2 2 4Institute of Psychiatry (KCL) 0 0 0 1 1King's College London 0 5 0 1 6London School of Economics and Political Science 0 1 17 0 18London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 0 1 5 0 6Queen Mary, University of London 0 2 1 0 3Royal Holloway, University of London 0 0 2 0 2School of Oriental and African Studies 0 2 3 0 5School of Pharmacy 0 0 1 0 1University College London 0 0 8 0 8London InstituteCamberwell College of Arts 0 1 0 0 1Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design 0 0 1 0 10Loughborough University 2 0 3 0 5University of Manchester 4 3 7 1 15University of Manchester Institute of Science andTechnology1 1 4 0 6Manchester Metropolitan University 1 0 0 0 1Moorfields Eye Hospital 0 1 0 0 1National Institute for Medical Research NIMR 0 1 0 0 1University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1 0 5 2 8Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital 0 1 0 0 1University of Nottingham 0 5 4 3 12Open University 0 0 0 1 1University of Oxford 2 3 22 0 27Oxford Brookes University 0 0 1 0 1CSC Annual Report page 24

2002 AWARDS: PARTICIPATION BY UK INSTITUTIONSInstitution CASS Fellowships General Split-site TotalUniversity of Plymouth 0 1 0 1 2Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh 0 0 1 0 1Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham 0 1 0 0 1Queen's University of Belfast 0 2 2 0 4Robert Gordon University 0 1 0 0 1University of Reading 1 2 7 0 10University of Salford 0 0 0 1 1Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee (SOAEFD) 0 0 1 0 1University of Sheffield 1 1 1 0 3Sheffield Hallam University 0 1 0 0 1University of St Andrews 0 0 2 0 2University of Stirling 0 0 1 1 2University of Southampton 0 1 3 0 4University of Strathclyde 1 1 3 0 5University of Sunderland 0 1 0 1 2University of Surrey 0 0 5 1 6University of Sussex 2 0 7 0 9The Sussex Eye Hospital 0 1 0 0 1University of WalesUniversity of Wales College of Medicine 0 0 1 0 1University of Wales Swansea 0 0 3 0 3University of Wales, Bangor 1 1 2 0 4University of Wales, Cardiff 0 1 0 0 1University of Warwick 0 0 3 0 3Writtle College 0 1 0 0 1University of York 0 0 1 1 2TOTAL 31 74 230 30 365CSC Annual Report page 25

2002 AWARDS: SCHOLARS BY COUNTRY AND FIELD OF STUDYCOMMONWEALTH ACADEMIC STAFFSCHOLARS (CASS)GENERAL SCHOLARSAgriculture andForestryArtsMedicinePure ScienceSocial ScienceTechnologyTotalAgriculture andForestryArtsDentistryMedicinePure ScienceSocial ScienceTechnologyVeterinaryScienceTotalCOUNTRYDEVELOPED COMMONWEALTHAUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 12 3 0 26CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 2 21 1 0 35NEW ZEALAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2 0 11Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 1 9 38 6 0 72SUB-SAHARAN AFRICACAMEROON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5GAMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3GHANA 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 7KENYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3LESOTHO 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0MALAWI 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3MAURITIUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2NIGERIA 0 2 1 3 0 1 7 1 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 12SEYCHELLES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1SIERRA LEO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2SOUTH AFRI 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 0 0 8 15 2 0 32SWAZILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2TANZANIA 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5UGANDA 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 7ZAMBIA 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4ZIMBABWE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5Subtotal 2 3 1 5 7 6 23 4 10 1 4 18 35 21 0 93SOUTH ASIABANGLADES 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 5 3 1 13INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 6 1 3 0 16MALDIVES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 6SRI LANKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6Subtotal 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 6 1 2 0 10 10 12 1 42CARIBBEANBARBADOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2BELIZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1GUYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1JAMAICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 6MONTSERRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1SAINT KITTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1VIRGIN ISLAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 10 1 0 18PACIFICPAPUA NEW 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TONGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1Subtotal 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1CSC Annual Report page 26

2002 AWARDS: SCHOLARS BY COUNTRY AND FIELD OF STUDYCOMMONWEALTH ACADEMIC STAFFSCHOLARS (CASS)GENERAL SCHOLARSAgriculture andForestryArtsMedicinePure ScienceSocial ScienceTechnologyTotalAgriculture andForestryArtsDentistryMedicinePure ScienceSocial ScienceTechnologyVeterinaryScienceTotalFAR EASTSINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1EUROPECYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1MALTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3TOTAL 2 4 1 7 10 7 31 11 29 3 6 43 94 43 1 230CSC Annual Report page 27

AWARDS HELD IN 2001-2002: PARTICIPATION BY UK INSTITUTIONSInstitution CASS Fellowships General Split-site TotalUniversity of Aberdeen 0 2 7 0 9Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge 0 1 0 0 1Aston University 1 0 0 0 1University of Bath 1 0 3 0 4University of Birmingham 7 2 9 0 18Bournemouth University 0 0 1 0 1University of Bradford 0 0 1 1 2University of Brighton 1 0 0 0 1Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children 0 1 0 0 1University of Bristol 3 1 3 0 7Brunel University 0 1 0 0 1University of Cambridge 5 1 70 0 76Canterbury Christ Church University College 2 0 0 0 2Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (NERC) 0 1 0 0 1City University 0 0 2 0 2Colindale Public Health Laboratories 0 0 1 0 1Cranfield University 1 0 5 0 6University of Dundee 1 0 5 0 6University of Durham 3 0 3 0 6University of East Anglia 1 2 11 1 15Roslin Institute, Edinburgh 0 2 0 0 2University of Edinburgh 2 2 9 0 13University of Essex 4 0 5 0 9University of Exeter 1 1 2 0 4University of Glasgow 1 2 5 0 8University of Greenwich 1 0 0 0 1Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children 0 1 0 0 1Glasgow Western Infirmary 0 1 0 0 1Heriot-Watt University 0 1 1 0 2University of Hull 0 0 1 0 1Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright 0 0 4 0 4(BBSRC) 0 0 1 0 1University of Keele 1 0 2 0 3University of Kent at Canterbury 1 0 2 0 3University of Lancaster 2 1 3 0 6University of Leeds 5 0 15 0 20Leeds Metropolitan University 0 0 1 0 1University of Leicester 0 1 1 2 4Leeds General Infirmary 0 1 0 0 1University of Liverpool 1 3 4 2 10Liverpool Women's Hospital 1 0 0 0 1University of LondonBirkbeck 0 0 2 0 2Courtauld Institute of Art 0 0 2 0 2Goldsmiths College 0 2 4 0 6Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Schools ofMedicine, Dentistry and Biomedical 0 2 1 0 3Imperial College at Wye 0 1 0 0 1Imperial College London 1 2 15 0 18Imperial College School of Medicine atHammersmith 0 0 1 0 1Imperial College School of Medicine at RoyalBrompton 0 0 1 0 1Institute of Cancer Research 0 1 0 0 1Institute of Education 1 0 1 0 2King's College London 2 1 5 1 9CSC Annual Report page 28

AWARDS HELD IN 2001-2002: PARTICIPATION BY UK INSTITUTIONSInstitution CASS Fellowships General Split-site TotalLondon School of Economics and PoliticalScience 0 1 9 0 10London School of Hygiene and TropicalMedicine 1 0 14 0 15Queen Mary, University of London 0 0 1 1 2Royal Academy of Music 0 0 1 0 1Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine 0 1 0 0 1Royal Holloway, University of London 2 0 2 0 4School of Oriental and African Studies 1 2 6 0 9School of Pharmacy 0 1 1 0 2Slade School of Art (UCL) 0 0 1 0 1University College London 6 0 16 0 22Loughborough University 2 3 2 0 7University of Manchester 5 1 14 0 20University of Manchester Institute of Scienceand Technology 3 2 5 0 10Middlesex University 0 0 0 1 1Newcastle General Hospital 0 1 0 0 1University of Newcastle upon Tyne 0 1 6 3 10National Film and Television School 0 0 1 0 1University of Nottingham 2 2 11 3 18Nottingham Trent University 0 1 0 0 1University of Oxford 1 5 35 1 42Oxford Brookes University 0 0 1 0 1Edinburgh 0 0 1 0 1Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham 0 1 0 0 1Queen's University of Belfast 0 1 2 0 3University of Reading 8 6 14 1 29Robert Gordon University 0 0 1 0 1Royal College of Art 0 0 1 0 1Royal Northern College of Music 0 0 1 0 1Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee(SOAEFD) 1 0 0 0 1University of Sheffield 3 2 4 0 9Sheffield Hallam University 0 1 0 0 1University of St Andrews 0 0 1 0 1St Mark's Hospital London 0 1 0 0 1University of Southampton 0 1 6 1 8University of Strathclyde 5 0 3 0 8University of Surrey 3 1 3 0 7University of Sussex 0 1 7 0 8University of WalesUniversity of Wales College of Medicine 1 0 0 0 1University of Wales Swansea 1 0 2 0 3University of Wales, Aberystwyth 1 1 0 0 2University of Wales, Bangor 2 0 0 0 2University of Wales, Cardiff 1 2 1 0 4Walton Centre for Neurology andNeurosurgery NHS Trust 0 0 1 0 1University of Warwick 4 2 6 0 12Whipps Cross Hospital 0 0 1 0 1University of York 2 0 8 0 10TOTAL 105 78 398 18 599CSC Annual Report page 29

GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS HELD IN 2001-2002: BY COUNTRY, FIELD OF STUDY AND YEAR OF ENTRYAgricultureand ForestryArtsDentistryMedicinePure ScienceSocialScienceTechnologyVeterinaryScienceTotal1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TotalCOUNTRYDEVELOPED COMMONWEALTHAUSTRALIA 0 13 0 1 10 17 3 0 44 0 2 5 4 33 44CANADA 0 14 0 1 11 26 1 0 53 0 6 6 8 33 53NEW ZEALAND 0 13 0 1 4 5 1 0 24 0 3 6 2 13 24Subtotal 0 40 0 3 25 48 5 0 121 0 11 17 14 79 121SUB-SAHARAN AFRICABOTSWANA 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 3CAMEROON 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 4 1 7GAMBIA 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 8 0 1 2 3 2 8GHANA 1 0 0 1 8 1 2 0 13 0 0 4 4 5 13KENYA 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 8 0 2 3 3 0 8LESOTHO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1MALAWI 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 4MOZAMBIQUE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1NAMIBIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1NIGERIA 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 10 0 0 0 3 7 10SEYCHELLES 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2SIERRA LEONE 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 9 2 0 2 3 2 9SOUTH AFRICA 1 10 0 2 10 17 5 0 45 0 3 18 5 19 45SWAZILAND 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 3TANZANIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3UGANDA 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 9 0 1 1 2 5 9ZAMBIA 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 9 0 0 2 2 5 9ZIMBABWE 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 2 1 6Subtotal 7 11 2 21 32 45 23 1 142 2 10 41 34 55 142SOUTH ASIABANGLADESH 1 0 0 0 9 7 4 0 21 0 2 4 6 9 21INDIA 5 7 0 1 12 7 12 6 50 0 6 17 11 16 50MALDIVES 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1PAKISTAN 1 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 10 0 5 3 0 2 10SRI LANKA 0 1 0 2 4 2 2 0 11 0 2 2 2 5 11Subtotal 7 8 0 4 28 20 20 6 93 0 15 27 19 32 93CARIBBEANANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2BAHAMAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1BARBADOS 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3BELIZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1GRENADA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1GUYANA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1JAMAICA 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 0 0 1 1 4 6ST VINCENT AND THEGRENADINES0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 3Subtotal 0 0 0 1 3 8 7 0 19 0 1 3 6 9 19CSC Annual Report page 30

GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS HELD IN 2001-2002: BY COUNTRY, FIELD OF STUDY AND YEAR OF ENTRYAgricultureand ForestryArtsDentistryMedicinePure ScienceSocialScienceTechnologyVeterinaryScienceTotal1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TotalCOUNTRYPACIFICKIRIBATI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1NAURU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1TONGA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2Subtotal 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 4FAR EASTBRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 8 0 0 3 2 3 8Subtotal 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 9 0 0 3 2 4 9EUROPECYPRUS 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 0 5GIBRALTAR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1MALTA 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 4Subtotal 0 5 0 0 2 2 1 0 10 0 0 4 5 1 10TOTAL 14 64 2 29 92 130 60 7 398 2 37 96 80 183 398CSC Annual Report page 31

COMMONWEALTH ACADEMIC STAFF SCHOLARSHIPS HELD IN 2001-2002: BY COUNTRY, FIELD OFSTUDY AND YEAR OF ENTRYAgricultureand ForestryArtsDentistryMedicinePure ScienceSocialScienceTechnologyTotal1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TotalCOUNTRYSUB-SAHARANAFRICACAMEROON 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 3GHANA 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 11 0 1 5 0 5 11KENYA 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 1 3 1 1 6LESOTHO 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 3MALAWI 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 3 1 2 6MAURITIUS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2NAMIBIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1NIGERIA 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 7 0 0 0 3 4 7SIERRA LEONE 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 3 3 1 6SWAZILAND 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 4TANZANIA 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 4UGANDA 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 1 3 5ZAMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2ZIMBABWE 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 3 0 2 5Subtotal 8 11 1 2 12 27 7 68 0 5 27 13 25 68SOUTH ASIABANGLADESH 0 2 0 1 4 7 1 15 1 2 6 3 3 15PAKISTAN 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 2 0 2 5SRI LANKA 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 8 0 6 2 1 0 8Subtotal 1 3 0 3 7 9 5 28 1 9 10 4 5 28CARIBBEANGUYANA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1Subtotal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1PACIFICFIJI 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 3PAPUA NEWGUINEA0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 4Subtotal 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 7 0 3 3 1 1 7EUROPEMALTA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1TOTAL 9 15 1 5 21 42 12 105 1 17 42 18 31 105CSC Annual Report page 32

FELLOWSHIPS AND SPLIT-SITE SCHOLARSHIPS HELD IN 2001-2002: BY COUNTRY, FIELD OF STUDYFellowsSplit-siteAgriculture andForestryArtsDentistryMedicinePure ScienceSocial ScienceTechnologyVeterinaryScienceTotalAgriculture andForestryArtsPure ScienceSocial ScienceTechnologyTotalCOUNTRYSUB-SAHARAN AFRICACAMEROON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0GHANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0KENYA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1MAURITIUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1NIGERIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 4SWAZILAND 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Subtotal 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 2 0 3 2 0 7SOUTH ASIABANGLADESH 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 1INDIA 2 1 0 8 10 9 2 2 34 1 0 1 1 0 3PAKISTAN 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0SRI LANKA 1 1 0 2 5 0 1 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 2Subtotal 6 2 0 10 24 11 5 2 60 2 2 1 1 0 6CARIBBEANJAMAICA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3Subtotal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3PACIFICPAPUA NEW GUINEA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Subtotal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0FAR EASTMALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 2SINGAPORE 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Subtotal 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 2TOTAL 8 4 1 11 33 13 6 2 78 4 3 6 4 1 18CSC Annual Report page 33

COMMISSION FINANCESDistribution of expenditure£12,000,000£10,000,000£8,000,000£6,000,000£4,000,000FCODFIDTOTALThe Commission’s funds come in the form of grants from theDepartment for International development (DFID) and the Foreignand Commonwealth Office (FCO). The former is used exclusively tosupport award holders from developing Commonwealth countries,whilst FCO funding has hitherto supported candidates from Australia,Canada and New Zealand. For the 2003 competition, FCO supporthas been extended to cover Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus,Malta and Singapore.Figures on this page relate to the financial year 2001-02, duringwhich the grant from DFID was maintained at £10 million, and thatfrom FCO increased from £1.75 million to £1.95 million.Subsequently, the DFID grant for 2002-03 was increased to £11.5,enabling the Commission to develop many of the new initiativesdescribed in this report.£2,000,000£0ACU FeeCostsBritish Council FeeAward Expenditure87% of expenditure went directly on the cost of awards, a figureunchanged from the previous year. Administrative costs of the ACUbased secretariat accounted for 4.4% , and the British Council for5.9%. 1.0% was devoted to remaining Commission costs, such as theannual welcome programme for new award holders. The remaining2.0% was accounted for by VAT.Distribution of expenditure figuresFCO DFID TOTALAllocation £1,950,000 £10,000,000 £11,950,000ExpenditureACU Fee £83,406 £437,882 £521,288Costs £19,304 £101,346 £120,650British Council Fee £111,635 £586,085 £697,720Total VAT £37,510 £196,929 £234,439Award Expenditure £1,791,655 £8,494,426 £10,286,081TOTAL £2,043,510 £9,816,668 £11,860,178Overspend (underspend) £93,510 (£183,332) (£89,822)% Overspend (underspend) 4.80 (1.83) (0. 75)Sources of fundingFCO £1,950,000The Secretariat and British Council aim to match income andexpenditure as accurately as possible. 2001-02 saw an underspend of0.75%, compared with an overspend of 2.31% in the previous year.DFID £10,000,000CSC Annual Report page 34

CSFP PEOPLE: QUALIFICATIONS AWARDEDANTIGUA AND BARBUDAVaughn Deon BROWN MSc taught Advanced Electronic Engineering Warw.AUSTRALIAChristian Peter BEHRENBRUCH DPhil Electrical Engineering Oxf.Gemma Maree BETROS MPhil taught European Studies Camb.Rosemary Joan CLAIDEN MSc taught Art Therapy QM Edin.Laurence Arthur Henn EMMETT DPhil Classics Oxf.Stephen John FREE MPhil taught Civil Law Oxf.Thomas Richard HALL DPhil Music Sus.Jason Adam JEFFERS PhD Mathematics (Topology) Camb.Sarah Louise KANOWSKI MPhil taught English Studies Oxf.Greg Warren KAPLAN MSc taught Economics Lond.Gordon Douglas MENZIES DPhil Economics Oxf.Paul Richard MILLER MBA Business Administration Oxf.Alison PARKER PhD Mathematics Lond.Alistair C.H. ROWE PhD Solid State Experimental Physics Lond.Clare Hilary ROWE MMus Cello Performance RNCMKatherine Sarah SCOTT MSc taught Environmental Technology Lond.Belinda Elizabeth SCOTT MA taught Religious Education Lond.James Matthew Bannerman SMITH LLM Asian Law Lond.Victoria Parkes Mackaness WHEELER MA taught International Peace and Security Lond.Sarah Frances WOOD MSc taught International Politics Lond.BANGLADESHS.M. Zabed AHMED PhD Library & Information Science Lough.Shakil AKHTER PhD Forestry WalesParvis AKTER PhD Molecular Virology Glas.Mohammad Ahsanul AMIN PhD Health Economics Lond.M.A. Hannan Bin AZHAR MSc research Electrical & Electronic Engineering KentFarhana AZIM MA taught Social Anthropology Lond.Nishat Shahid CHOWDHURY MSc research Zoology (Toxicity to Fish) Aberd.A B M FARUQUZZAMAN BHUIYAN PhD Water Resources Engineering E.AngliaNazneen FERDOUS MSc taught Transport Lond.Abul HASNAT PhD Pharmacy Manc.Md Sanaul HOQUE PhD Electronic Engineering KentShakhawat A T M HOSSAIN PhD Geotechnical Engineering Durh.Abusaleh Muhammad JABIR DPhil Computing Oxf.Md Abdul Hakim KHAN PhD Mathematics Brist.Abdullah Al MAHMUD MSc taught Environmental (Atmospheric) Sciences E.AngliaShantanu MAJUMDER MSc taught State, Society and Development Lond.Asma MOBAREK PhD Business Studies LeedsMd Islam NAZRUL PhD Environmental Law Lond.Sabita Rezwana RAHMAN PhD Immunology Strath.Md Azizur RAHMAN PhD Molecular Biology Lond.Shahnoor SHANTA MSc taught Communications & Signal Processing Lond.Mia Nazmul Haque SIDDIQUE PhD Automatic Control & Systems Engg Sheff.Mohammed Mohi UDDIN MBA Information Management LeedsSaifuddin Md ZAHED CHOWDHURY PhD Immun Studies Wegener's Granulom NewcastleBARBADOSNeil Jefferson Lavere BENN MSc taught Software Engineering YorkFabian Renair GRIFFIN MSc taught Economics Warw.BOTSWANABakalanga MASALA MSc taught Engineering/Technology Management Manc.ISTKeodumetse MOSARWA MSc taught Electronic Engineering Brad.Haniso MOTLHABANE PhD Education Policy ReadingCAMEROONIrene Ntube ALOBWEDE PhD Medical Microbiology LeedsFlorence Anyangwe FONTEH PhD Food Science ReadingGilbert Banseka JIFON Diploma Thoracic Medicine Lond.Henrietta Wakuna LANGMI MSc taught Environmental Technology Lond.CANADADavid Ross BALLANTYNE PhD Astronomy Camb.Judith Celia Rebecca Zelechowski BATALION MA taught History of Art Lond.Renaude BENDER MSc taught Ecological Economics Edin.Melanie BOURASSA FORCIER MSc taught International Health Policy Lond.Kimberley Lauren L. BROWNLEE MPhil taught Philosophy Camb.Alexandra Gerarda BUNYAN DPhil English Literature Oxf.John Murray COCKBURN Research Economics Oxf.Benet DAVETIAN DPhil Sociology and Sociological Psychology Sus.Katherine Anne EDDY MPhil taught Political Thought and Intellectual History Camb.Steven Ballantyne ELLIOTT DPhil Legal Research Oxf.W.L. Alan FUNG MPhil taught Epidemiology Camb.Lisa GOH MPhil taught Finance Camb.Matthew Joseph Arthur GREEN PhD English Literature LeedsCSC Annual Report page 35

CSFP PEOPLE: QUALIFICATIONS AWARDEDKate HENNESSY MA taught Anthropology of Media Lond.Karim Sadik KASSAM MSc taught Advanced Computing Lond.Todd Christopher KLECKNER PhD Optoelectronics Glas.Duncan Millard MCPHERSON MPhil taught Development Studies Oxf.Kathryn Anne MCWILLIAMS PhD Space Physics Leic.Richard James MENZIES MA taught Medieval Literature YorkParker B MITCHELL MPhil taught Development Studies Camb.Deborah Louise Hatfield MOORE PhD English QueensBelf.Elysee Arequipa NOUVET MA taught Visual Anthropology Lond.Allison PERRY MSc taught Applied Ecology and Conservation E.AngliaKerry Lynne PREIBISCH PhD Agricultural Economics ReadingRaphael Alon SCHAPIRO MPhil taught Economic and Social History (Modern British) Oxf.Jai SHAH MSc taught International Health Policy Lond.Usman SHEIKH MSc taught International Relations Lond.Alexander Elliot SLATER MPhil taught International Relations Oxf.Michael Alan SLETCHER PhD History Camb.Carolyn Corinne SZMIDT PhD Archaeology Camb.Janet Amelia VERTESI MPhil taught History of Science Camb.Sonia Darienne WESCHE MSc taught Environmental Technology Lond.Anna Gabriella WIESELGREN MFA Sculpture Lond.Boyer David WINTERS PhD Experimental Psychology Camb.CAYMAN ISLANDSJosette Kimlon WOODS MA taught Conservation Lond.Inst.CYPRUSStella ACHILLEOS PhD English Literature ReadingConstantinos HERODOTOU MBA Business Administration Lond.Doros PAPHITIS PhD Oceanography S'ton.DOMINICAValda Frederica HENRY PhD Finance Warw.FIJIKatarina TUINAMUANA PhD Teacher Education Edin.GAMBIAPa Cheboh SAINE MBA Personnel, Strategic & Financial Resources Mgmt Lanc.Sheriff Saihou SIMA PhD Development Studies E.AngliaGHANAAlbert AMANKWAH MSc taught Tropical Agricultural Development ReadingMargaret Mary AMEYAW PhD Pharmacogenetics Aberd.Alex Asante APPIAH PhD Plant Pathology Lond.Elizabeth Akolpoka AWINI MSc taught Medical Statistics Lond.Godsway Kwaku BANINI PhD Physics Camb.Johnson Kenedy GBAGBO MSc taught Environmental Engineering QueensBelf.Esi Nana NERQUAYE-TETTEH MSc taught Environmental Technology Lond.Peter Appah NKANSAH PhD Organic Chemistry E.AngliaKwabena OFORI-KWAKYE PhD Pharmaceutics Manc.Yaw OFOSU-KUSI PhD Applied Social Studies Warw.Ernest Kwaku OSEI PhD Diagnostic Radiology NewcastleJoseph SARKODIE ADDO PhD Agriculture Lond.GRENADASibyl Geraldine ALEXANDER MA taught Int'l Studies & Diplomacy Lond.Wayne Joseph RADIX MSc taught Human Resource Management Manc.GUYANAShashi PERSAUD PhD Power Systems Engineering QueensBelf.Winston Mark Obed THOMPSON PhD Vector Entomology GreenwichINDIAAnuja AGRAWAL NRQ Social Anthropology Lond.Roli ASTHANA PhD Development Studies Lond.Roshni BABU MA taught History & Philosophy of Science LeedsCSC Annual Report page 36

CSFP PEOPLE: QUALIFICATIONS AWARDEDPremalatha BALAN PhD Remote Sensing Nott.Shruti CHOPRA MPhil taught Development Studies Sus.Swarga Jyoti DAS PhD Periodontology Lond.Mangesh Chandrashekh DESHPANDE PhD Pharmaceutical Science Nott.Omar FAROOQ PhD Communication Engineering Lough.Tushar Kanti GHOSH PhD Microwave Engineering Lanc.Hemant Kumar GUPTA PhD Forest Mngmt & Planning Econom. Aberd.Charu GUPTA PhD History Lond.Roy JOSEPH PhD Biotechnology Lond.Vibha JOSHI DPhil Social Anthropology Oxf.P KATHIRVEL PhD Genome Analysis Edin.Jiban Kumar NATH PhD Mathematics Lond.Mahesh PAL PhD Remote Sensing Nott.Sanghamitra PANDA MSc taught Tropical Agricultural & Environmental Science NewcastleJoydip SENGUPTA MFA Painting Dund.Aparna SHANKAR MSc taught Psychological Approaches to Health LeedsVishnu Kumar SHARMA MSc taught Forestry Oxf.N Pauline SHEELA MSc taught Applied Genetics (Plant Genetics) Birm.Rakesh Kumar SHUKLA PhD Engg. Surveying & Space Geodesy Nott.Pritam Kaur SIDHU PhD Veterinary Pharmacology Lond.Renu SINGH PhD Development Studies WalesSachi SRIVASTAVA DPhil Mathematics Oxf.Sreenath SUBRAHMANYAM PhD Biotechnology Cran.Lakshminarayana TALLUR MA taught Contemporary Fine Art Practice Leeds Met.Leena Devi THONUR PhD Animal Husbandry Edin.Shankarshana UPADHYAY PhD Environmental Science E.AngliaMohan Ramchandra WANI PhD Bone Research Lond.JAMAICADavid Martin Alberga FRASER MA taught Biotechnological Law and Ethics Sheff.David Barrington PEARCE MSc taught Communications Technology and Policy Strath.Wayne Anthony ROBINSON PhD Economics Manc.KENYAPriscilla Atwani AKWARA PhD Gender and Population Studies S'ton.Jonathan H. Furaha CHAI PhD Sociolinguistics EssexWangeci GATEI PhD Tropical Medicine Liv.David Kihara IRUNGU PG Diploma Grain Storage Management GreenwichLizzy Aluoch MWAMBURI CPGS Molecular Plant Pathology Camb.LESOTHOV Makholu LETSOELA MSc taught Applied Linguistics Edin.Masilo MAKHETHA PhD Economics Birm.Makalo Nephthali MARITE MA taught Social Policy & Social Development Manc.Makoae Mojela Fako MASOPHA PhD Hydrology Lond.Benedict Molibeli TAELE PhD Applied/Condensed Matter Physics Lanc.MALAWILusubilo Mwagomba CHAKANIZA MSc taught Renewable Energy and Architecture Nott.Singano Dalitso KABAMBE MSc taught Economics of Rural Change Lond.Willie Baxton MARUWO MSc taught Engineering Design Lough.MALAYSIAJunaida Lee Binti ABDULLAH PhD Management Studies for the Service Sector Sur.Lay Tiong LIM MSc taught Advanced Chemical Engineering Lond.Yan Peng NG PhD Molecular Systematics Lond.Maisie Su Lin OOI DPhil Law Oxf.Shen Jye PAW MA taught Information Technology Nott.Justin SENTIAN MSc research Atmospheric Pollution and Modelling E.AngliaYun Sin TAN MSc taught Information Technology Nott.Chin Wue TIO MSc taught Advanced Mechanical Engineering Lond.MALDIVESFathimath AZZA BA (Hons) Education and Teaching EFL Middx.Nuha MOHAMED BA (Hons) Economics Camb.Aishath SHIHAM PhD Psychology NewcastleCSC Annual Report page 37

CSFP PEOPLE: QUALIFICATIONS AWARDEDMALTAAndrew ELLUL PhD Accounting & Finance Lond.Charles FARRUGIA MA taught Archives and Record Management Lond.MAURITIUSPreetum DOMAH PhD Economics Camb.Sarita HARDIN MSc taught Computer Science Lond.Yvan Caril JEAN-LOUIS MSc taught Law and Accounting Lond.Bibi Noorjahan JEEROOBURKHAN PhD Cardiovascular Disease/Molecular Lond.Kumari Nundita REETOO PhD Virology Lond.Pradeep Mahesh Kumar SOONARANE PhD Renewable Energy (Biomass Gas) Lond.NAMIBIACatherine Margaret BEUKES-AMISS MSc taught Electronic Information Management R.GordonJekura Uaurika KAVARI PhD African Oral Literature Lond.Cathline Sylvia NEELS MA taught Gender and International Development Warw.Michael OCHURUB PhD Curriculum Studies Oxf.BrookesNEW ZEALANDSimon Bruce BLAKEY PhD Chemistry Camb.Sasha Ann CALHOUN MSc taught Speech and Language Processing Edin.Timothy Edward COLEMAN MA taught Applied Japanese Linguistics Lond.Matthew John DAVIS Research Atomic & Laser Physics Oxf.Ruth Helen KEELING MPhil taught International Relations Camb.Andrea LORD DPhil Zoology Oxf.James Robert MCVITTY MSc taught Economic Development & International Trade ReadingSusan Mary Bennett MORTON PhD Epidemiology Lond.Katherine Joy PAULIN DPhil Atmospheric Physics Oxf.Antony Edward SINGLETON DPhil Middle English Oxf.Kenneth Boh Khin TEO PhD Electrical Engineering (Field Emission Displays) Camb.Inge VAN RIJ PhD Musicology Camb.Heather WILLIAMS ELDER PhD Canadian Literature Camb.NIGERIAJulie Enuka AJAKPO PhD Development Studies E.AngliaIyiola Olumide AWOSOPE MSc taught Advanced Mechanical Engineering Lond.Chukwuemeka Joachin EJIEJI PhD Engineering (Agricultural) NewcastleEjura Agah IDACHABA MSc taught Distributed Multimedia Systems LeedsMargaret Hauwa KASSAM PhD African Literature Lond.Jimoh Akindele MORAKINYO PhD Water Resources NewcastlePatience Ebehiremen OKOH MSc taught Control Systems Lond.Olayiwola Ademola ONI PhD Civil Engineering S'ton.Yemisi Mosunmola SHOBOWALE MSc taught Wireless Communication Lond.PAKISTANSyed Zahid ALI PhD Digital Communications Lond.Wasim KAUSAR PhD Police Studies Exe.Shahid Wahab KHAN PhD Engineering Materials Lough.Shakeel Ahmed KHOJA PhD Multimedia Databases S'ton.Shahid MASUD PhD Electrical Engineering QueensBelf.Shandana Khan MOHMAND MA taught Governance and Development Sus.Mathrani MUKESH MSc taught Environmental Engineering NewcastleBushra SADIA PhD Plant Science Nott.PAPUA NEW GUINEALydia Lute HIAWALYER MA taught English for Specific Purposes Birm.SAINT LUCIAKervyn TOBIAS MSc taught Information Systems S'ton.SEYCHELLESDanny Michael COOPOOSAMY MEng (UG) Civil Engineering Lond.SIERRA LEONEMohamed Nabie BAYOH PhD Malaria Transmission Durh.Mohamed Sheriff Hamid KAMARA MA taught Accounting and Finance LeedsJinnah Samuel MOMOH PhD Environmental Science NewcastleAlpha Ibrahim SESAY MA taught Development Administration Manc.Alie Hafsa WURIE MSc taught International Health Management and Development Birm.CSC Annual Report page 38

CSFP PEOPLE: QUALIFICATIONS AWARDEDSINGAPOREWinston Howe Ming CHENG LLM International Law & Trade Lond.SOUTH AFRICAJonathan Michael Anthony BURGESS PhD Mathematics Manc.Ewan Hendrik CONRADIE PhD Engineering Camb.Richard Alfred EHLERS PhD Engineering Camb.Mark Robert EVERY MA taught Music Technology YorkShirli GILBERT DPhil Musicology (Music in the Holocaust) Oxf.Willem Frederik KRUGELL MSc taught Economics Warw.Caroline Jessica KUDLA MSc taught Information Security Lond.Poovenasen MADURAMUTHU PhD Mechanical Engineering Lond.Andrew Mtutuzeli MAGADLELA PhD Ecology & Resource Management Edin.Thokozani MAJOZI PhD Process Integration Manc.ISTKavilan MOODLEY PhD Theoretical Physics Camb.Candice Eleanor MOORE MPhil taught International Relations Camb.Kammila NAIDOO PhD Development Studies Manc.Bongani Kaizer NDIMBA PhD Molecular/Plant Biotechnology Durh.Paramaselvan PATHER PhD Mechanical Engineering Lond.Christina Johanna STEENKAMP MA taught Political Science/International Relations QueensBelf.Willem Adriaan VAN HEERDEN PhD Kierkegaard's Tragic Theatre Camb.Jakobus Ernst VAN ZYL PhD Engineering Exe.Caroline Hilary WOLHUTER PhD Social Policy Brist.Zosa Olenka DE SAS KROPIWNICKI MA research Politics of International Studies LeedsSRI LANKADhammika Kumari N DAYAWANSA PhD Environmental Engineering NewcastlePayagala UdawattegeUdayangani FERNANDO PhD Ornithology Aberd.Dilani JAYAWARNA PhD Business Administration Manc.Sudheera Manorama Wadisinha RANWALA PhD Plant Ecology Aberd.GD Ishani DE SILVA DPhil Clinical Medicine (Paediatrics) Oxf.SWAZILANDPatricia Nomzamo JOUBERT PhD Industrial Conflict in Swaziland WalesClementine Phindile MASHWAMA MSc taught Community Paediatrics Nott.Amos Shaka MATHONSI PG Diploma Property Valuation and Management Sheff.HallamTANZANIAMussa Juma ASSAD PhD Accounting S'ton.Bernard Elias CHOVE PhD Food Engineering ReadingEzra Lyimo LAZARO PhD Agricultural Engineering NewcastleFlorens Dominic Andrew LUOGA PhD Tax Reform (Constitutional & Human Rights Aspects) Warw.Maimuna Hashim Sengo MSAMI MSc taught Human Resource Management Manc.Rashid Ali SALIM MSc taught International Business and Economic Development ReadingKisenge SENZIGE MSc taught Communications & Signal Processing NewcastleTONGALoseta Folaumoeloa FAPIANO MBA Business Administration S'ton.Aivi Puloka PEINI MRCOG Obstetrics and Gynaecology RVNTRINIDAD AND TOBAGOBrent Anthony GORMANDY PhD Process Control Strath.Sharaaz HOSEIN PhD Energy & Environmental Technol. Cran.UGANDAHalima Wakabi AKBAR PhD Educational Psychology Birm.Susan ATAI MSc taught Built Environment: CEM Lond.Ronald Malcolm KASOZI MSc taught Engineering for Development S'ton.Anthony Geoffrey KERALI PhD Engineering (Natural Res. Dev.) Warw.Solome Nakaweesi KIMBUGWE MA taught Development Studies E.AngliaRobinah Nakawunde KULABAKO MSc taught Environmental Engineering Manc.Andrew Paul KYAMBADDE MScEcon Health Planning & Development WalesRichard George MALINGA MSc taught Transport Engg. and Operations NewcastleAgnes Ssekaalo NAMUTEBI PhD Food Science Nott.Josephine Anne OLOKWAMBOGO MSc taught Advanced Computing Lond.Moses TEFULA PhD Accounting and Finance Birm.ZAMBIAChristopher Chilungu Bernard NG'ANDWE MSc taught Human Reproductive Biology Lond.ZIMBABWEEric Mangwende GWIMBI PhD Biology Education Lond.Walter Rutendo RUZIWA MSc taught Advanced Process Engineering Lough.CSC Annual Report page 39

CSFP PEOPLE: PANEL OF ADVISERS 2001-2002The Commission’s panel of advisers includesleading figures in all subject areas, all of whomgive their services free of charge. Without theexpert help of its advisers, working to anecessarily tight schedule, the Commission couldnot operate. Their contribution is muchappreciated.Professor K. Ravi AcharyaProfessor Fran AckermannProfessor John N. AdamsProfessor David AireyProfessor Brian J. AllowayProfessor Derek AttridgeDr. Roger BallardProfessor P. F. G. BanfillProfessor A. BarnardProfessor Peter BateyProfessor Raman BediProfessor John L. BeebyProfessor David BellProfessor T. D. BeynonProfessor V. BhaskarProfessor A. Joe BiddlestoneProfessor Senga BondProfessor Richard BonneyProfessor K. BowlerProfessor Patrick J. BoylanProfessor R. Leo BradyProfessor Niall BromageProfessor C. J. BuddProfessor Kathleen BurkProfessor Jeff Burley CBEProfessor Joan BusfieldProfessor Peter ByrneProfessor A. G. ChampionProfessor Stephen ChanProfessor Peter ColeProfessor Martin A. ConwayProfessor L. CopelandProfessor Rosemary CrowProfessor Harry DanielsProfessor G. Davey SmithProfessor G. A. DaviesProfessor Kevin DaviesProfessor T. D. DaviesProfessor L. E. DavisProfessor Nick De VilleProfessor James Diggle FBAProfessor Janet DineProfessor Adrian DixonProfessor Hazel M. DockrellProfessor J. G. DuckettProfessor Richard DyerProfessor G. EastonProfessor T. ElliottProfessor Margaret EvansProfessor Mary EvansProfessor Janet Ann EyreProfessor Roger A. FalconerProfessor John R. FarndonProfessor Charles A. FewsonProfessor Robert FildesProfessor J. Michael ForbesProfessor Peter FordProfessor James D. GeddesProfessor David M. GloverProfessor Douglas L. GodboldProfessor Peter GoldingProfessor E. C. Gordon-SmithProfessor Ian GoughMr. John GowingProfessor John GraceProfessor Roger GreenProfessor Ian A. GreerProfessor Ralph D. GrilloProfessor R. L. GrimsdaleProfessor Pierre J. GuillouProfessor George HallProfessor C. Harper-BillProfessor R. C. HiderProfessor H. Allen O. Hill FRSProfessor Jill HillsProfessor P. J. HillsProfessor S. HindujaDr. Chris HodgsonProfessor Brian W. HoggProfessor R. H. HollierProfessor Trevor Martin HopperProfessor Anne HudsonProfessor Sean HughesProfessor J. P. HuttonProfessor Stevi JacksonProfessor Leo B. JeffcottProfessor Patricia M. JefferyProfessor Carson L. JenkinsDr. Gordon JohnsonProfessor Peter JohnsonProfessor Francis X. KatambaProfessor Wilfrid S. KendallProfessor Angus J. KennedyProfessor David J. Kerr CBECSC Annual Report page 40

CSFP PEOPLE: PANEL OF ADVISERS 2001-2002Professor Kenneth KingProfessor Mike KirkbyProfessor C. J. KnowlesProfessor Peter LandshoffProfessor Ian LauderProfessor C. A. LawrenceProfessor David A. LevisonProfessor Heather M. LiddellProfessor Susan LightmanProfessor M. LiptonProfessor A. LoudonProfessor Vaughan LoweProfessor Patricia LyneProfessor R. MacDonaldProfessor Joseph MaguireProfessor Michael Norman MaiseyProfessor Robert ManselProfessor Ged MartinProfessor Brian McClellandProfessor M. McDonaldProfessor B. McSweeneyProfessor J. G. MerrillsProfessor John M. Midgley OBEProfessor Martin MillettProfessor Joe MillwardProfessor Chris R. MilnerProfessor Jeff MoorbyDr. Joan MossProfessor Klaus Muller-DethlefsProfessor Kenneth Murray FRSProfessor Max MurrayProfessor Robert E. L. NaylorProfessor D. A. NethercotProfessor Paul J. NichollsDr. Mike O'BoyleProfessor P. O'Sullivan OBEProfessor Gerald Pattenden FRSProfessor E. S. PaykelDr. David PenmanProfessor B. L. PentecostDr. Jane PlastowProfessor G. D. PlotkinProfessor S. J. PrideProfessor Alan RewProfessor Alan RobbProfessor Richard H. RobertsProfessor Paul RogersProfessor M. J. RollsProfessor Julian RushtonProfessor Martin SchroderProfessor Roger SeifertProfessor Michael Charles SheppardProfessor S. Ravi P. SilvaProfessor Roger SilverstoneProfessor Riti SinghProfessor Morris S. SlomanProfessor B. G. N. SmithProfessor Ivor SmithProfessor Stephen K. SmithProfessor I. SommervilleProfessor E. I. StentifordProfessor Ron StevensProfessor Brian StreetProfessor Andrew TaitProfessor Douglas TallackProfessor Caroline ThomasProfessor P. C. ThomasProfessor J. J. Thompson CBEProfessor R. K. R. ThorntonProfessor Paul A. TylerProfessor Alistair M. UlphProfessor Robert WalkerProfessor Christine WebbProfessor R. WebbProfessor A. J. F. WebsterProfessor B. L. WedzichaProfessor A. P. WeetmanProfessor Mel WestProfessor John WhalleyProfessor Stephen WhiteProfessor Paul WilkinsonProfessor Stephen WilksProfessor Barry WilliamsProfessor Peter H. WilliamsProfessor T. P. Wiseman FBAProfessor Jonathan WolffCSC Annual Report page 41

HOW TO APPLYApplications for General Scholarships in the United Kingdom should be made in the first instance to nominating agencies in the country of origin. These arelisted below. Each agency is responsible for its own selection criteria.Application procedures for Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarships and Fellowships vary between countries, and in many cases are handled byindividual universities. In cases of doubt, the Commission Secretariat in the UK will be happy to advise on which body to approach in particularcircumstances but cannot be responsible for the decisions or procedures adopted by the agencies concerned.ANGUILLAPermanent SecretaryDepartment of Public AdministrationGovernment of AnguillaJames Ronald Webster BuildingPO Box 60, The ValleyANGUILLATel: 1-264-497-3041/3522Fax: 1-264-497-5873ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAPermanent SecretaryMinistry of EducationYouth, Sports and Community DevelopmentChurch Street, St. John'sWest IndiesANTIGUA AND BARBUDATel: 1-268-462-4959Fax: 1-268-462-4970AUSTRALIA (developed countries)Project OfficerIDP Education Australia Ltd.GPO Box 2006CanberraACT 2601AUSTRALIATel: 61-2 6-285-8222Fax: 61-2-6-285-3036AUSTRALIA (developing countries)Director GeneralAustralian Agency forInternational Development (AusAID)GPO Box 887, CanberraACT 2601AUSTRALIATel: 61-6-275-2000Fax: 61-6-275-4880BAHAMASPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Education and CultureScholarships and Loans DivisionPO Box N3913Nassau NPBAHAMASTel: 1-325 9369/74Fax: 1-325 6194BANGLADESHAssistant SecretaryMinistry of EducationBuilding No. 6, 17th & 18th FloorBangladesh Secretariat, DhakaBANGLADESHTel: 880 232356 / 404162BANGLADESH (UGC)SecretaryUniversity Grants Commission of BangladeshAgargaonSher-e-Bangla NagarDhaka 1207BANGLADESHTel: 880-2-8111331Fax: 880-2-8122948CSC Annual Report page 42BARBADOSPermanent SecretaryMinistry of EducationYouth Affairs and Culture"The Elsie Payne Complex"Constitution RoadSt MichaelBARBADOSTel: 1 246 430 2700Fax: 1 246 436 2411BELIZEPermanent SecretaryMinistry of the Public ServiceBelmopanCentral AmericaBELIZETel: 501-8-22204/22205/22067/22320/22230Fax: 501-8-22206BERMUDAChief Education OfficerMinistry of EducationPO Box HM 1185Hamilton HM EXBERMUDATel: 00 1441 236 6904Fax: 00 1441 236 6859BOTSWANASecretaryDepartment of Student Placement and WelfareMinistry of EducationP/Bag 005GaboroneBOTSWANATel: 267 312706Fax: 267-312891BRUNEI DARUSSALAMPermanent SecretaryMinistry of EducationBandar Seri Begawan BB3510NEGARABRUNEI DARUSSALAMTel: 673 2 381511Fax: 673-2-380701CAMEROONCameroon Commonwealth Scholarship AgencyMinistry of Higher EducationDepartment of Assistance & CounsellingPO Box 1457, YaoundeCAMEROONTel: (237) 23 10 01Fax: (237) 23 97 24CANADADirector of Administration and ProgramsInternational Council for Canadian Studies75 Albert, S-908Ottawa, OntarioK1P 5E7CANADATel: 1-613-789-7828Fax: 1-613-789-7830CAYMAN ISLANDSSenior Education OfficerEducation DepartmentPO Box 910George TownGrand CaymanCAYMAN ISLANDSTel: 1-345-945-1199Fax: 1-345-946-3900CYPRUS (in respect of Greek Cypriots only)SecretaryCyprus State Scholarship Authority148 NicosiaCYPRUSTel: 357-22-302196Fax: 357-22-673910CYPRUS (in respect of Turkish Cypriots only)The British Council3 Museum StreetPO Box 25654, CY-1387 NicosiaCYPRUSTel: 357 22665152Fax: 357 22677257DOMINICAChief Personnel OfficerEstablishment Personnel and TrainingDepartmentGovernment HeadquartersKennedy Avenue, RoseauDOMINICATel: 1-767-448-2401 ext 3274/3295Fax: 1-767-448-5044FALKLAND ISLANDSDirector of EducationEducation DepartmentFalkland Islands GovernmentStanley CottageRoss Road, StanleyFALKLAND ISLANDSTel: 00 500-27289Fax: 00 500-27292FIJISecretaryPublic Service CommissionBerkeley CrescentPO Box 2211, Government BuildingsSuva, FIJITel: 679 314588Fax: 679 302379/302570THE GAMBIASecretaryScholarship Advisory BoardDepartment of State for EducationWilly Thorpe Place BuildingBanjul, GAMBIATel: 220 228 310Fax: 220 224180GHANARegistrarScholarships SecretariatPO Box M-75, AccraGHANATel: 233-21-662681

HOW TO APPLYGIBRALTARDirectorDepartment of Education40 Town RangeGIBRALTARTel: 350-71430Fax: 350-71564GRENADAPermanent SecretaryDepartment of Personnel and ManagementServices (DPMS)Prime Minister's OfficeBotanical Gardens, TanteenSt George'sGRENADATel: 1 4734403767/3789Fax: 1 473-440 6609GUYANAChief Training OfficerFor Permanent SecretaryPublic Service MinistryVlissengen Road and Durban StreetGeorgetownGUYANATel: 592-2-68732Fax: 592-2-57899INDIA (in respect of awards made to Indiannationals)Director (Scholarships)Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentDepartment of Secondary Education & HigherEducationGovernment of IndiaNew Delhi 110 001INDIATel: 91-11-3384501Fax: 91-11-3381355/3382947INDIA (in respect of awards tenable in India)Director GeneralIndian Council for Cultural Relations, AzadBhavanIndraprastha EstateNew Delhi 110 002INDIATel: 331-9309/331-9310Fax: 371-2639/331-8647INDIA (UGC)SecretaryUniversity Grants CommissionBahadurshah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 002INDIAFax: 91 11 323 6288JAMAICA (in respect of awards made toJamaican nationals)DirectorCabinet Office, Efficiency and ReformDirectorate8th Floor Citibank Building63-67 Knutsford BoulevardKingston 5JAMAICATel: 1-876-92-98871/9263242-47Fax: 1-876-92-01291JAMAICA (in respect of awards tenable inJamaica)Permanent SecretaryMinistry of Education, Youth and Culture2 National Heroes CirclePO Box 498KingstonJAMAICATel: 001 876 922 1400Fax: 1-876 922 6328KENYAPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Education, Science and TechnologyHarambee AvenueP O Box 30040NairobiKENYATel: 254-2-334411Fax: 254-2-214287KIRIBATISecretaryMinistry of Education, Training and TechnologyPO Box 263Bikenibeu, TarawaKIRIBATITel: 686-28091Fax: 686 28222LESOTHODirectorThe National Manpower Development SecretariatPO Box 517Maseru 100LESOTHOTel: 266-323842Fax: 266 310511MALAWISecretaryDepartment of Human Resource Managementand DevelopmentPO Box 30227Lilongwe 3MALAWITel: 265-789522Fax: 265-789006MALAYSIADirectorPublic Service Department Malaysia, TrainingDivision2nd Level, Block B, JPA ComplexTun Ismail Road50510 Kuala LumpurMALAYSIATel: 603-2938444Fax: 603-2940129/30/31MALDIVESMinistry of Human Resources, Employment andLabourGhazee BuildingAmeeru Ahmed MaguMalé (20-05)REPUBLIC OF MALDIVESTel: 960 331579/317379Fax: 960 331578MALTAThe SecretaryCommonwealth Scholarships AgencyMinistry of EducationFlorianaMALTATel: 00356-235495/231374/5Fax: 00356-21 221634MAURITIUSPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Education and Scientific ResearchIVTB HousePort FerMAURITIUSTel: 698 0464/1084/1435/2055/3566Fax: 230 698 2550MONTSERRATPermanent SecretaryDepartment of AdministrationGovernment HeadquartersBradesWEST INDIESMONTSERRATTel: 664 491 2693Fax: 664491 6234MOZAMBIQUEHead of ScholarshipsMinister of EducationMaputoMOZAMBIQUETel: 258 1 49 09 25Fax: 258 1 49 09 79 / 49 21 96NAMIBIAPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Foreign Affairs & CooperationVocational Training, Science and TechnologyBursaries and Qualifications DivisionPrivate Bag 13391, WindhoekNAMIBIATel: 264-61-2706171Fax: 264-61-2706122NAURUSecretaryDepartment of EducationCENTRAL PACIFICNAURUTel: 674-444 3133Fax: 674-444 3718NEW ZEALANDScholarships ManagerNew Zealand Vice-Chancellors' CommitteePO Box 11-915Manners StreetWellingtonNEW ZEALANDTel: 64-4-381 8510Fax: 64-4-381 8501NIGERIADeputy DirectorFederal Scholarship BoardFederal Ministry of EducationBlock 353, Yaounde StreetWuse Zone 6. PMB 134, Garki-AbujaFCTNIGERIATel: 234-9-5230493/5230574Fax: 234-9-523-7995PAKISTANDeputy Educational Adviser (Scholarships)Ministry of EducationIslamabadPAKISTANTel: 92-51-920-1778Fax: 92 51 9222285CSC Annual Report page 43

HOW TO APPLYPAPUA NEW GUINEASecretaryDepartment of Personnel ManagementPO Box 519WaiganiPAPUA NEW GUINEATel: 00 675 327 6379Fax: 00 675 325 0520SAINT HELENAChief Education OfficerEducation DepartmentJamestownSouth Atlantic OceanSAINT HELENATel: 290-2710Fax: 290-2461SAINT KITTS AND NEVISPermanent SecretaryEstablishment DivisionGovernment of St. Kitts & NevisChurch Street, P O Box 186, BasseterreWest IndiesSAINT KITTS AND NEVISTel: 1 8694652521 x1037Fax: 1 869 4663490SAINT LUCIAPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Education, Human ResourceDevelopment,Youth and SportsFrancis Compton BuildingThe Waterfront, CastriesSAINT LUCIATel: 1-758-453 0878/ 468 5230 / 5231Fax: 1-758-468 5291 / 453 2299SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESChief Personnel Officer (Ag)Service Commissions DepartmentMinisterial BuildingHalifax StreetKingstownSAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESTel: 1-784-456-1111 ext355Fax: 1 784-457-2638SEYCHELLESPrincipal SecretaryMinistry of EducationMont FleuriP O Box 48MaheSEYCHELLESTel: 00 248-283283Fax: 00 248-224859SIERRA LEONEChief Education OfficerMinistry of Education, Science and TechnologyNew England VilleFreetownSIERRA LEONETel: 232-22-240380Fax: 232-22-223030SINGAPOREPermanent SecretaryPrime Minister's OfficePublic Service Division100 High Street, #07-01The Treasury 179434SINGAPORETel: 65-323-23900Fax: 65-2259911SOLOMON ISLANDSPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Education and TrainingPO Box G28HoniaraSOLOMON ISLANDSTel: 677-23900Fax: 677-20485SOUTH AFRICASAUVCA National OfficePO Box 27392Sunnyside 0132PretoriaSOUTH AFRICATel: 27-12-481-2842Fax: 27-12-481-2843SRI LANKASecretaryMinistry of Tertiary Education and Training18 Ward PlaceColombo 07SRI LANKATel: 94-1-677093/697721Fax: 94-1-91235/693918SWAZILANDPrincipal SecretarySwaziland GovernmentMinistry of Labour and Public ServicePO Box 170MbabaneSWAZILANDTel: 268-4043521Fax: 268-4045379TANZANIAPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Science, Technology and HigherEducationPO Box 2645Dar es SalaamTANZANIATel: 255 22 2668322, 2666376, 2667447Fax: 255-22 2666097TONGASenior Education Officer (Scholarships)Ministry of EducationCommunity Development & Training CentrePO Box 161Nuku'alofaTONGATel: 676-24122/24002Fax: 676-24105TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Public Administration andInformationScholarships and Advanced Training SectionABMA Building, 55-57 St Vincent StreetPort of SpainTRINIDAD AND TOBAGOTel: 1-868-625-9964Fax: 1-868-623-8636TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDSTraining ManagerStaff Training UnitSouth BaseGrand TurkWest IndiesTURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDSTel: 1-649-946-2580Fax: 1-649-94-62577/62886TUVALUDeputy SecretaryPersonnel and Training DepartmentOffice of the Prime MinisterFunafutiTUVALUTel: 688-20120Fax: 688-20819UGANDAPermanent SecretaryThe Central Scholarships Committee (CSC)Ministry of Education and SportsCrested TowersPO Box 7063, KampalaUGANDATel: 256-41-234440Fax: 256-41-230437UNITED KINGDOMExecutive SecretaryCommonwealth Scholarship Commission in theUnited KingdomJohn Foster House36 Gordon SquareLondon WC1H OPFUNITED KINGDOMTel: 44-71-387-8572Fax: 44-71-387-2655VANUATUSenior Scholarships OfficerTraining and Scholarships Coordination UnitMinistry of EducationPrivate Mail Bag 059, Port VilaVANUATUTel: 678 23708Fax: 678 25936VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)Permanent SecretaryMinistry of Education and CultureBVI GovernmentCentral Administration ComplexRoad Town, TortolaVIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)Tel: 1-284-494 3701 ext 2174Fax: 1-284-494-5018WESTERN SAMOASecretaryStaff Training and Scholarships CommitteeMinistry of Foreign AffairsPO Box L1859ApiaWESTERN SAMOATel: 685 21500Fax: 685 21504ZAMBIASecretaryBursaries CommitteeMinistry of Higher EducationPO Box 50093LusakaZAMBIATel: 260 1250726Fax: 260 1254720ZIMBABWESecretary for Higher EducationMinistry of Higher EducationPO Box UA275Union AvenueHarare, ZIMBABWETel: 263-4795891/5Fax: 263 4792109CSC Annual Report page 44

THANK YOU2002 has been a year of reform for the CommonwealthScholarship Commission. Keeping pace with the newdevelopments has not always been easy, and theCommission would like to take this opportunity of thankingthe staff, based at the Association of CommonwealthUniversities and British Council, for combining newinitiatives with the smooth administration of existingactivities.We would also like to thank our in-country nominatingagencies, academic advisers, supervisors and hostinstitutions in the United Kingdom for their help andsupport, and the award holders themselves, whose positiveattitude, ability and determination to change the world forthe better is essential to our efforts.Most of all, we would like to thank our sponsors in the UKgovernment – the Department for InternationalDevelopment and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office –for their continued support. We feel confident that theimpact of our award holders, and existing alumni in laterlife, will repay this investment several times over

Executive SecretaryCommonwealth Scholarship Commission UKJohn Foster House36 Gordon SquareLONDON WC1H 0PFTel: +44 (0) 207 380 6700Fax: +44 (0) 207 387 2655Email: awards@acu.ac.uk