The following are institutions engaged in the delivery of the Commission’s new 2nd strand, or “non-partnership” scholarships:

Cardiff University
This course offers an MSc in Palliative Medicine; its target audience is medical practitioners working in any field of medicine where palliative care forms a significant part of their clinical practice.
www.palliumwales.co.uk
www.cardiff.ac.uk/indes.html

Imperial College Wye (now SOAS)
This course is a Masters of Science in Agricultural Science offered as a University of London external degree under the academic supervision of Imperial College Wye. The course is designed to enhance the understanding and skills required by practitioners working to promote economic growth, environmental sustainability and human capacity in poor areas.
www.wye.ic.ac.uk/EP

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
This course offers an MSc in Public Policy and Management and provides essential skills in areas such as financial planning and control, taxation and debt, information systems, human resource management, management of change, decentralisation, investment appraisal and structural adjustment.
www.cefims.ac.uk

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This course offers a Masters of Science degree in Epidemiology and aims to provide a broad foundation for working successfully in many different areas related to public health and to address the needs of health professionals in different economic environments.
www.lshtm.ac.uk

The Open University
This course offers a Masters of Science in Global Development Management. The programme aims to improve the work of development professionals by providing them with both conceptual tools for critical understanding, and practical skills in institutional development and strategic and project management.
www.open.ac.uk

University of Ulster
This course offers a Masters of Science in Biomedical Sciences and is designed to provide clinically relevant and service driven postgraduate education for those working in the area of medical laboratory science within the health service as well as health related industry and research.
www.ulster.ac.uk

WEDC-Loughborough         University
This course offers a Masters of Science in Water & Waste Engineering or Water & Environmental Management, or the Diploma in Technology for Development. It aims to encourage the integration of technological, environmental, social, economic and management input for effective             and           sustainable             development.
wedc.lboro.ac.uk/education/education.htm

Royal Veterinary College

This course offers an MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health; the target audience will be veterinarians and specialists involved in the livestock sector, including policy makers and planners, researchers and those involved in livestock development projects.

www.rvc.ac.uk

London South Bank University

This course offers a Masters of Science degree in Education for Sustainability.  The target audience will be professionals with development potential that will enable them to become effective leaders of change.

www.lsbu.ac.uk

Birkbeck College, University of London

This course offers an MSc in Structural Molecular Biology; it is aimed at post-doctoral workers in the developing Commonwealth who are conducting research in molecular biosciences that will have an impact on development within their own countries.

www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk

Open University

This course offers an MPA in Public Administration and will be of particular benefit to graduates working in central or local government, NGOs and social enterprises and who have the intellectual ability and social commitment to bring about change.

www.open.ac.uk

SOAS (Centre for Development, Environment and Policy)

This course offers a Masters degrees  in Sustainable Development, Managing Rural Development and Environmental Management; it is designed for mid-career development professionals working in NGOs or in local or central government.

www.soas.ac.uk

University of York

This programme offers a Masters degree in Public Administration/Policy and Management and is designed for those working in or with developing Commonwealth countries’ public services including charities, aid agencies, voluntary bodies and NGOs.

www.york.ac.uk/depts/spsw

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