Reporter 14/1/98: Awards by outside bodies: Association of Commonwealth Universities

AWARDS BY OUTSIDE BODIES

Association of Commonwealth Universities

ACU DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS

Tenable for short periods in developed or developing countries of the Commonwealth, the Fellowships will be offered once a year and shall be held in subject areas or fields of activity in which the needs of the developing countries are particularly great. Fellows can come from inside or outside the university sector. The Association wishes especially to encourage the movement of staff in both directions between industry, commerce, public service, and the universities, with a view to forging reciprocally beneficial links. The programme has been devised for people of proven quality at a crucial stage of their career. It is not an immediately post-doctoral or degree-earning scheme; nor will Fellowships be offered simply for the pursuit of personal research. The ACU is especially keen to receive nominations of women candidates; and for programmes intended to enhance the status and role of women in its member universities. The purpose of the awards is to enable the universities of the Commonwealth, working together through their Association, to develop the human resources of their countries, and to do so through the interchange of people, knowledge, skills and technologies.

Awards, of up to £5,000, are this year offered in the category of Titular Fellowships only, and are open generally to the academic and administrative staff, or the nominees, of universities in membership of ACU or of Commonwealth inter-university organizations. Preference will be given to workers in the following priority subject areas:

agriculture, forestry and food sciences (including nutrition and processing)
biotechnology
development strategies
earth and marine sciences (including mining engineering, mineral resources, oceanography)
engineering
health and related social sciences
information technology (e.g. computing, computer assisted learning)
management for change
professional education and training (e.g. in accountancy, banking, business studies, insurance and law)
social and cultural development
university development and management

Further details are available from the University Registry, The Old Schools.

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