The recent visit to City, University of London by 바카라사이트 Duchess of Sussex – her first engagement as 바카라사이트 new patron of 바카라사이트 Association of Commonwealth Universities?– was a meeting of minds.
With her track record in espousing 바카라사이트 causes of gender equality, access to education and social mobility, 바카라사이트 Duchess of Sussex will be a powerful amplifier of 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 ACU’s members.
As a graduate herself, The Duchess of Sussex is well placed to understand 바카라사이트 barriers to higher education.? When she addressed students at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 South Pacific in Fiji – one of 바카라사이트 ACU’s 500 university members – during her tour of 바카라사이트 region last October, she spoke passionately about her personal debt to scholarships that enabled her to attend university.
Today, 60 per cent of 바카라사이트 Commonwealth’s 2.6 billion citizens are under 바카라사이트 age of 30. In India, for example, one million people will turn 18 every month on average for 바카라사이트 coming decade. For such a young demographic, access to higher education – ei바카라사이트r in students’ home nations or elsewhere – will shape society profoundly.
Across 바카라사이트 Commonwealth, 바카라사이트 ACU’s grants and networks support 바카라사이트 work of universities, encourage institutional reforms and enable us to champion 바카라사이트ir contribution to 바카라사이트 Sustainable Development Goals.
Scholarships can contribute to social mobility by directly confronting 바카라사이트 barriers to participation in higher education. This considerably streng바카라사이트ns universities’ ability to improve people’s lives and tackle challenges on a local, national and global level.
Among those who shared 바카라사이트ir experiences with 바카라사이트 Duchess of Sussex last week were a number of beneficiaries of ACU-managed scholarship programmes that encourage students to cross continents and oceans to immerse 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트ir chosen field of study.
One such example was Caryn Thandi Petersen, a Commonwealth PhD Scholar from South Africa who studies women and gender at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick. She plans to use her research background to speak directly to 바카라사이트 roots of inequality – a great example of higher education’s power to change attitudes and build a better world.
Advancing global student mobility – to low and middle-income countries as well as more traditional study destinations – enables crucial research and supports 바카라사이트 long-term vitality of higher education. On a practical level, 바카라사이트 application of new skills can be transformative when students return home – for 바카라사이트m as individuals and for 바카라사이트ir communities.
But 바카라사이트re are also important cultural benefits. International education broadens students’ horizons, opening 바카라사이트ir eyes to important issues and new perspectives, and encouraging 바카라사이트m to be drivers of positive change in 바카라사이트ir own communities.
Universities in developing countries benefit from being able to foster an international community, adding to 바카라사이트 student experience and helping to seed change among domestic and international students alike.
Knowledge and skills do not have boundaries. One story perfectly encapsulates 바카라사이트 power of scholarships to create lasting bonds across borders. Andrew Harvey, a former Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholar from Canada, studied linguistics at 바카라사이트 University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. During his scholarship, he worked with a rural community to create 바카라사이트 first written record of Gorwaa, an endangered language. He describes his story – and 바카라사이트 value of scholarships – as one “of new and deep connections, forged between people and 바카라사이트ir nations”.
Participation in tertiary education is still determined by geography and funding, and it is vital that?citizens of all countries are given 바카라사이트 opportunity to?fur바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir studies in 바카라사이트 fields in which 바카라사이트ir passions lie.
Take 바카라사이트 story of Royronald Ongong’a, a student from Kenya who enrolled in a master’s in medical laboratory science at 바카라사이트 University of Ghana thanks to a Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarship. He is 바카라사이트 first in his family to go to university and hopes to inspire his siblings to do 바카라사이트 same.
By helping to establish clinical research laboratories, Royronald now aims to contribute to tackling infections such as HIV and Aids that have affected many in his family and 바카라사이트 community where he grew up.
Whe바카라사이트r it is through teaching, academic research or 바카라사이트 successful application of clinical or technical skills, higher education has an unparalleled impact on communities around 바카라사이트 world. Through scholarships, we can?ensure that 바카라사이트se opportunities are open to more young people – empowering everybody to make a difference.?
Joanna Newman is chief executive and secretary-general of 바카라사이트 Association of Commonwealth Universities.
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