by Hannah Openshaw | Aug 6, 2014 | Alumni, News
Antoinette Simpah Danso is a 2011 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Ghana. She studied MSc Meat Science and Technology at the University of Bristol. Antoinette’s MSc project was on the effect of various slaughter methods on the quality of lamb meat. She explains:...
by Hannah Openshaw | Mar 10, 2014 | News
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...
by Hannah Openshaw | Oct 22, 2013 | Alumni, News
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...
by Hannah Openshaw | Jul 21, 2013 | Alumni, News
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...
by Hannah Openshaw | Jul 20, 2013 | Alumni, News
Commonwealth Scholarship alumni and Science & Technology Network members around the world make significant contributions through scientific research, product development, community projects and by communicating science more affectively to the general public. As...
