Mining women’s potential in Zambia

Mususu Kaonda (2012 Commonwealth Scholar from Zambia, PhD Materials Science, University of Birmingham) spoke to SciDev.Net about how to encourage more young women to begin science and engineering careers. Mususu was encouraged to follow a career as an engineer by her...

Bringing science to the wider community

Professor Shaun Hendy (1995 Commonwealth Scholar from New Zealand to Canada, PhD in Physics, University of Alberta) combines his work as  a Professor of Physics with encouraging public engagement in science. In 2012 he won the New Zealand Prime Ministers Science Media...

Taking the Solar Village to Asia and Africa

Professor  IM (Dharme) Dharmadasa (1977 Commonwealth Scholar from Sri Lanka, PhD Solid State Electronics, Durham University) has been involved with the ‘Solar Village’ project since the 1990s. The scheme improves the standard of living for remote villages where there...