Health and Education in Africa

In October 2006 the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission was awarded £1.8 million from the Department of International Development to support 200 scholarships in the areas of health and education, tenable in Africa.

The following institutions were successful in their bids to the CSC and were awarded in the range of 10-30 scholarships for the courses listed.

Leeds Metropolitan University: MSc Public Health

University of Manchester: MSc Bioinformatics

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: MSc Epidemiology, MSc Infectious Diseases, MSc Public Health

University College London: MSc International Primary Health Care

University of Dundee: Master of Nursing and Master of Palliative Care

Institute of Education: MA Education and International Development

University of Bolton: Master of Education (Technical and Vocational Education)

London South Bank University: MSc Education for Sustainability

The CSC has currently only been awarded funding to support one cohort of students, who will commence study in September 2007. However, we hope to be able to secure further funding in the future.