Commonwealth Scholarship
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The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, established in 1959, was designed by Commonwealth governments to enable students of high intellectual promise to pursue studies in Commonwealth countries other than their own, so that on their return they could make a distinctive contribution in their own countries while fostering mutual understanding within the Commonwealth. It also arranges professional visiting fellowships for educators and researchers between Commonwealth countries. It is one of the primary mechanisms of pan-Commonwealth exchange.
This has involved exchange of students between and within Commonwealth members such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many Caribbean, and Oceanic nations. The United Kingdom has been the greatest recipient of foreign scholars since inception of the Plan. It is co-ordinated by the Association of Commonwealth Universities but scholars are screened or selected by representatives in their home countries.
Since its inception, the Plan has grown to be one of the most prestigious schemes for international study and professional development in the world, with many alumni going on to reach the very highest levels of their professions and governments.
Notable past Commonwealth Scholars include Michael Cullen, Germaine Greer, Will Kymlicka, Jeremy Waldron, Charles Krauthammer and Clive James.
