Commonwealth Scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries are offered for Master’s, PhD, and split-site (PhD) study in the UK. These scholarships are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

NominationsThere is a nominating agency for Commonwealth Scholarships in each Commonwealth country. In addition, universities and university bodies in a number of developing Commonwealth countries are invited to nominate candidates to the CSC.

The 19th international conference of the Association for Learning
Technology, ALT-C 2012, will be held at the University of Manchester,
11-13 September 2012. This year the conference features
keynote sessions from:

Eric Mazur: Balkanski Professor Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard
University
Richard Noss: Co-director of the London Knowledge Lab
Natasa Milic-Frayling: Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge

Register at http://ow.ly/9UpEW
*Registration will close on 17 August 2012* 

The Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholarship is a one-year scholarship program for outstanding women graduate students and is designed to help increase the number of women pursuing a PhD. This program supports women in the second year of their graduate studies. Women who are interested in this scholarship must apply during first year of graduate studies. Scholarships are granted by Microsoft Research at the discretion of Microsoft. 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: 2013 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Objectives
The broad objectives of the program are to:

• Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
• Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.

However applicants should not expect the internship to lead to immediate employment with the AfDB.
Duties and responsibilities

• The fields of study from which interns shall be selected must be within the job families of the Bank,