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Join the Alumni Advisory Panel- applications now open!
Do you want to take an active role in supporting the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and contribute to the delivery of the ÌÇÐĹÙÍø Strategy 2025 – 2028?  The Alumni Advisory Panel is a platform for Commonwealth Alumni to provide constructive feedback on ÌÇÐĹÙÍø...
Meet the 2025 Alumni Community Engagement Fund winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Alumni Community Engagement Fund (ACEF). We received a huge volume of applications and the judges had a difficult task in selecting the activity proposals. Thank you to all the alumni who applied for ACEF this year –...
Alumni Community Engagement Fund – Applications now open!
We are delighted to announce that applications for the ÌÇÐĹÙÍø’s Alumni Community Engagement Fund (ACEF) are now open! The Alumni Community Engagement Fund (ACEF) is an annual fund which seeks to support Commonwealth Alumni in raising awareness of key development issues...
Connecting with Commonwealth Alumni and partners in the Caribbean
This month, our Alumni Relations Manager Kirsty Scott will be visiting Commonwealth Alumni in the Caribbean to find out about their work and how it supports sustainable development in the region. During the visit, Kirsty will be meeting with alumni associations, which...
Engaging youth to drive development positive action in India
Between August 2024 to February 2025, Commonwealth Alumnus Dr Monika Gupta delivered three activities to promote the role of youth activism in driving positive change and progress in India.
Promoting awareness on inclusive health care for health service providers in Nigeria
In September 2024, Commonwealth Alumnus Dr Charles Chukwuemeka Okolie delivered a training workshop for healthcare service providers in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria to raise awareness of inclusive healthcare services and improve access to healthcare for gender and sexual minority individuals.
Building youth climate action: Model Conference of Parties (COP) in Pakistan
Between January to February 2025, Commonwealth Alumnus Manzil e Maqsood delivered a two-day Model Conference of Parties 2025 (MCOP 2025) event for youth in Pakistan to learn about and experience global climate discussions through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP) model.
Promoting eye health for special needs children in Ghana
Between 9-10 October 2025, Commonwealth Alumnus Michael Ntodie delivered a two-day training workshop to raise awareness of eye health for children with special needs in Ghana.
Engaging Vyapin island fisher communities in mangrove restoration and ocean clean-up initiatives in Kerala, South India
Between December 2024 to January 2025, Commonwealth Alumnus Fredrick Juma Syanya delivered two activities to build awareness of the importance of mangrove conservation in protecting marine wildlife and coastal communities from climate change in Vyapin island, South India.
Promoting disability inclusion in health research institutions in Uganda
In November 2024, Commonwealth Alumni Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata and Ronald Kiyemba delivered a workshop to promote awareness of disability inclusion in health research institutions in Uganda.
Latest Publications and Resources
Twenty Years of Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships
The ÌÇÐĹÙÍø is proud to have supported over 3,000 exceptional scholars from 41 countries across the Commonwealth to undertake Commonwealth Scholarships by Distance Learning over the last two decades. In the run-up to the twentieth anniversary of the programme, the ÌÇÐĹÙÍø is preparing to undertake an in-depth programme evaluation, beginning with the publication of a short rapid analysis summary and infographic highlighting the unique attributes and impact of the programme.
Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarships 1960 – 2015
The ÌÇÐĹÙÍø is extremely proud of its support for doctoral research and of the thousands of Commonwealth Alumni who have obtained their PhD as a result. This review, completed in 2017 looked at the Commonwealth PhD Scholarship programme from 1960-2015 by which point over...
Successes and complexities: the outcomes of UK Commonwealth Scholarships 1960-2012
The ÌÇÐĹÙÍø's commitment to evaluation and monitoring and to understanding the post award experiences of its Scholars and Alumni led to the further expansion of its data gathering, with a refined survey building on the experience of the initial alumni impact survey...
A study of research methodology used in evaluations of international scholarship schemes for higher education
International scholarship schemes for higher education are widely supported by governments, supranational bodies, and charitable organisations as part of both public diplomacy and developmental assistance commitments. Although the objectives of many scholarship...